A divorce granted after (1) a legal separation has been granted or the parties have signed a separation agreement, and (2) the parties have lived separately for a statutorily prescribed period. — Also termed convertible divorce; conditional divorce.
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框架（主）协议 英语：framework (master) agreement 法语：accord-cadre 德语：Rahmenvertrag 意大利语：accordo quadro 西班牙语：contrato-tipo
attaint ([schwa]-taynt), adj. Maligned or tarnished reputationally; under an attainder for crime. attaint, n. Hist. A writ to inquire whether a 12-member jury gave a false verdict. • If it was so found (by a 24-member jury), the judgment based on the verdict was overturned. The writ was abolished in England in 1826.
intervening rights. Patents. An infringement defense based on the right of a person who practiced a patent’s broadened claims to continue practicing, even though a patent is later reissued with broader claims because of inadvertent claim errors in the original patent. — Also termed doctrine of intervening rights. 35 USCA § 252, ¶ 2. [Cases:
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internal-security act. A statute illegalizing and controlling subversive activities of organizations whose purpose is believed to be to overthrow or disrupt the government. • In the United States, many provisions in such statutes have been declared unconstitutional. One such law was repealed in 1993. See 50 USCA § 781. [Cases: Treason 1. C.J.S. Treason §§
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feme (fem), n. [Law French] Archaic. 1. A woman. 2. A wife. — Also spelled femme. feme covert (fem k[schwa]v-[schwa]rt). [Law French “covered woman”] Archaic. A married woman. • The notion, as Blackstone put it, was that the husband was the one “under whose wing, protection, and cover, she performs every thing.” 1 William Blackstone,
A security with features of both a debt instrument (such as a bond) and an equity interest (such as a share of stock). • An example of a hybrid security is a convertible bond, which can be exchanged for shares in the issuing corporation and is subject to stock-price fluctuations.
newspaper. A publication for general circulation, usu. in sheet form, appearing at regular intervals, usu. daily or weekly, and containing matters of general public interest, such as current events. daily newspaper. A newspaper customarily published five to seven days every week. — Often shortened to daily. legal newspaper. A newspaper containing matters of legal interest
The evidentiary rule that, although a piece of evidence is inadmissible under one rule for the purpose given in offering it, it is nevertheless admissible if relevant and offered for some other purpose not forbidden by the rules of evidence. [Cases: Criminal Law 385; Trial 54. C.J.S. Criminal Law §§ 656, 753; Trial § 179.]
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union, n. An organization formed to negotiate with employers, on behalf of workers collectively, about job-related issues such as salary, benefits, hours, and working conditions. • Unions generally represent skilled workers in trades and crafts. — Also termed labor union; labor organization; organization. See TRADE COUNCIL. [Cases: Labor Relations 81. C.J.S. Labor Relations §§ 43–45.]