aspirin wars
aspirin wars. Slang. A series of false-advertising lawsuits between makers of over-the-counter pain relievers in the 1980s, all regarding the boundaries of comparative advertising.
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准合同
准合同 英语：quasi-contract 法语：quasi-contrat 德语：Quasikontrakt, Quasivertrag 意大利语：quasi contratto, contratto presunto dalla legge 西班牙语：contrato tácito o implícito
regulation q
Regulation Q. A Federal Reserve Board regulation that sets interest-rate ceilings and regulates advertising of interest on savings accounts. • The Banking Act of 1933 is the basis of this regulation, which applies to all commercial banks. [Cases: Banks and Banking 359. C.J.S. Banks and Banking §§ 661–662.]
discount
discount, n. 1. A reduction from the full amount or value of something, esp. a price. 2. An advance deduction of interest when a person lends money on a note, bill of exchange, or other commercial paper, resulting in its present value. See PRESENT VALUE. 3. The amount by which a security’s market value is
married woman’s separate estate in equity
married woman’s separate estate in equity. Hist. At common law, a trust that a rich family could set up for a daughter so that she would not lose control of her own money and property to her husband. • The daughter could escape the severe limits of coverture by having her family establish a separate
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larcenous intent
A state of mind existing when a person (1) knowingly takes away the goods of another without any claim or pretense of a right to do so, and (2) intends to permanently deprive the owner of them or to convert the goods to personal use. See LARCENY. [Cases: Larceny 3. C.J.S. Larceny §§ 25–29.]
anarchist
anarchist, n. One who advocates the overthrow of organized government by force or who believes in the absence of government as a political ideal. — anarchism (the philosophy), n.
disentailment
disentailment (dis-[schwa]n-tayl-m[schwa]nt), n. The act or process by which a tenant in tail bars the entail on an estate and converts it into a fee simple, thereby nullifying the rights of any later claimant to the fee tail. See BARRING OF ENTAIL. — Also termed disentailing assurance. [Cases: Estates in Property 12. C.J.S. Estates §§
poor debtors’ oath
poor debtors’ oath 贫困债务人的誓言(→pauper’s oath; poverty affidavit)
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hand formula
Hand formula. A balancing test for determining whether conduct has created an unreasonable risk of harm, first formulated by Judge Learned Hand in United States v. Carroll Towing Co., 159 F.2d 169 (2d Cir. 1947). • Under this test, an actor is negligent if the burden of taking adequate precautions against the harm is outweighed