shock, n. A profound and sudden disturbance of the physical or mental senses; a sudden and violent physical or mental impression depressing the body’s vital forces, as by a sudden injury or medical procedure. mental shock. Shock caused by agitation of the mental senses and resulting in extreme grief or joy, as by witnessing the […]
headright. In American Indian law, a tribe member’s right to a pro rata portion of income from a tribal trust fund set up under the Allotment Act of 1906. • This type of trust fund is funded largely by mineral royalties arising from land held or once held by the tribe member’s tribe. [Cases: Indians
quota. 1. A proportional share assigned to a person or group; an allotment (the university’s admission standards included a quota for in-state residents). [Cases: Colleges and Universities 9.15. C.J.S. Colleges and Universities § 30.] 2. A quantitative restriction; a minimum or maximum number (Faldo met his sales quota for the month). export quota. A restriction
raffle 〈法〉抽彩售货 一种摸彩方式。售货人出售小金额的彩票，中彩彩票的持有者可获得供出售的物品。抽彩售货一般是非法的，但为资助慈善事业、文化事业或为其他类似目的则可被允许。(→lottery)
A sale of an owner’s property (such as clothing or furniture) by a third party entrusted to make the sale. UCC § 9-102(a)(20). See CONSIGNMENT. [Cases: Factors 5, 20; Sales 8. C.J.S. Bailments § 11; Sales§ 3.]
foot-frontage rule. Tax. A method of property-tax assessment — used esp. to pay for improvements such as sidewalks and sewers — that considers only the lot’s actual frontage on the line of improvement and ignores the depth of the lot and the number and character of other improvements or their value.
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innocent passage. Int’l law. The right of a foreign ship to pass through a country’s territorial waters; the right of a foreign vessel to travel through a country’s maritime belt without paying a toll. • The right of innocent passage is guaranteed in Article 17 of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the
share, n. 1. An allotted portion owned by, contributed by, or due to someone ( each partner’s share of the profits). intestate share. The share that the renouncer of a will would take in the decedent’s assets if the decedent had left no will affecting in any way the distribution of assets. 2. One of
leverage contract. An agreement for the purchase or sale of a contract for the future delivery of a specified commodity, usu. silver, gold, or another precious metal, in a standard unit and quantity, for a particular price, with no right to a particular lot of the commodity. • A leverage contract operates much like a
Debate in which a designated manager, usu. a partisan leader, leads each side and allots time for speeches. — Also termed controlled time.