zoning ordinance. A city ordinance that regulates the use to which land within various parts of the city may be put. • It allocates uses to the various districts of a municipality, as by allocating residences to certain parts and busi-nesses to other parts. A comprehensive zoning ordinance usu. regulates the height of buildings and […]
lagan (lag-[schwa]n), n. 1. Goods that are abandoned at sea but attached to a buoy so that they may be recovered. — Also termed lagend; lagon; ligan; ligen; logan. Cf. FLOTSAM; JETSAM; WAVESON. 2. Archaic. Wreckage or cargo lying on the seabed.
booking n. (1)登记 指被逮捕的犯罪嫌疑人被带到警察局后，要在登记簿〔blotter〕上记下被逮捕人的姓名、涉嫌犯罪及其他相关事项，必要时还包括被逮捕人的照片、指纹等。 (2)〈苏格兰〉帕斯里〔Paisley〕自治市市镇农役土地保有(权)
intercept, n. Family law. A mechanism by which a portion of an obligor’s unemployment benefits, disability income, income-tax refund, or lottery winnings is automatically diverted to a child-support-enforcement agency to satisfy past-due support obligations. intercept, vb. 1. To divert (money) from a payee to satisfy a financial obligation of the payee. 2. To covertly receive
cabala (kab-[schwa]-l[schwa] or k[schwa]-bahl-[schwa]). An esoteric or obscure doctrine. CABALLERIA caballeria (kah-bah-ye-ree-ah). [Spanish] Spanish law. An allotment of land in regions formerly conquered by Spain, such as Mexico and the southwestern United States. • Originally a Spanish feudal tenure held by a soldier, a caballeria eventually came to refer to an area of land. It
Twelfth Amendment. The constitutional amendment, ratified in 1804, that altered the electoral-college system by separating the balloting for presidential and vice-presidential candidates. [Cases: United States 25. C.J.S. United States § 46.]
ager (ay-j[schwa]r), n. [Latin] Roman law. Land or territory; esp., a portion of land enclosed by definite boundaries. ager arcifinius (ay-j[schwa]r ahr-si-fin-ee-[schwa]s). [Latin “land having irregular boundaries; unsur-veyed land”] Roman law. Land enclosed only as a means of identification, not as a limit. Pl. agri arcifinii. Cf. ager limitatus. ager limitatus (ay-j[schwa]r lim-i-tay-t[schwa]s). [Latin “field
lex Gabinia (leks g[schwa]-bin-ee-[schwa]). [Latin] Roman law. A law introducing popular election by secret ballot. • Secret ballots were also used in judicial meetings. — Also termed lex Gabinia tabellaria (leks g[ schwa]-bin-ee-[schwa] tab-[schwa]-lair-ee-[schwa]).