A commissioned officer of the armed forces who is on active duty and is a member of a bar of a federal court or of the highest court of a state. • The Judge Advocate General of the particular service must certify a military judge as qualified for duty. A military judge of a general […]
A trust in which the trustee has no duty other than to transfer the property to the beneficiary. — Also termed dry trust; general trust; nominal trust; simple trust; naked trust; ministerial trust; technical trust. See bare trustee under TRUSTEE. Cf. active trust. [Cases: Trusts 136. C.J.S. Trover and Conversion §§ 13, 243.]
enactory, (i-nak-t[schwa]-ree), adj. 1. Of, relating to, constituting, or by an enactment; esp., instituting a new right or duty by means of enactment. 2. ENACTIVE.
concealment, n. 1. The act of refraining from disclosure; esp., an act by which one prevents or hinders the discovery of something; a cover-up. 2. The act of removing from sight or notice; hiding. 3. Insurance. The insured’s intentional withholding from the insurer material facts that increase the insurer’s risk and that in good faith
nonfeasance (non-feez-[schwa]nts), n. The failure to act when a duty to act existed. Cf. MALFEASANCE; MISFEASANCE; FEASANCE. [Cases: Municipal Corporations 735; Negligence 200. C.J.S. Municipal Corporations §§ 668, 671–672, 682; Negligence §§ 5–13, 15–20, 33, 64.] — nonfeasant, adj. — nonfeasor, n. “Hence there arose very early a difference, still deeply rooted in the law