absolute contraband
Goods used primarily for war, such as arms and ammunition, as well as clothing and equipment of a military character.
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intendment
intendment (in-tend-m[schwa]nt). 1. The sense in which the law understands something (the intendment of a contract is that the contract is legally enforceable). — Also termed intendment of law. 2. A decision-maker’s inference about the true meaning or intention of a legal instrument (there is no need for intendment, the court reasoned, when the text
adventura
adventura (ad-ven-t[y]oor-[schwa]), n. [Law Latin] Hist. An adventure. • Flotsam, jetsam, and lagan were styled adventurae maris (“adventures of the sea”).
leges tabellariae
leges tabellariae (lee-jeez tab-[schwa]-lair-ee-ee). [Latin] Roman law. Laws that regulated voting by ballot.
maiden
maiden. 1. A young unmarried woman. 2. Scots law. An instrument used to behead criminals. • The Earl of Morton, who had introduced the instrument to Scotland, was the first to be executed by it, in 1581. It was the prototype of the guillotine. Hence, “to kiss the maiden was to be put to death.”
countertrade
countertrade. A type of international trade in which purchases made by an importing nation are linked to off-setting purchases made by the exporting nation. “Countertrade is barter in modern clothes. It developed rapidly as a form of doing business with the USSR and Eastern European nations in the 1970s and 1980s, before the major economic
fee simple subject to an executory limitation
A fee simple defeasible that is subject to divestment in favor of someone other than the grantor if a specified event happens (e.g., “to Albert and his heirs, but if the property is ever used as a parking lot, then to Bob”). — Also termed fee simple subject to an executory interest. [Cases: Estates in
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mcclanahan presumption
McClanahan presumption. The presumption that the states do not have jurisdiction to tax members of a Native American tribe who live or work on tribal land. • The presumption is not limited to tribal members who live or work on a formal reservation. Instead, it includes those who live or work on informal reservations, in
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legal description
legal description. A formal description of real property, including a description of any part subject to an easement or reservation, complete enough that a particular piece of land can be located and identified. • The description can be made by reference to a government survey, metes and bounds, or lot numbers of a recorded plat.
absolute majority
A majority of all those who are entitled to vote in a particular election, whether or not they actually cast ballots. See QUORUM. [Cases: Elections 126(6), 215. C.J.S. Elections §§ 114, 118(1).]