associates in office
associates in office 合伙人；共事者 指为共同目的而联合行动的人，他们分享权利，彼此平等。也指经依法授权，共同或以组成团体的形式履行相关职责者。
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collega
collega (k[schwa]-lee-g[schwa]), n. [Latin] Roman law. A person invested with joint authority; a colleague or associate. • Collega usu. referred to a member of an association (collegium) or a coheir. See COLLEGIUM.
three wicked sisters
three wicked sisters. Slang. The three doctrines — contributory negligence, the fellow-servant rule, and assumption of the risk — used by 19th-century courts to deny recovery to workers injured on the job. “These three common law defenses, contributory negligence, fellow servant rule, and assumption of the risk, became known as the ‘three wicked sisters,’ because
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unitization
unitization. Oil & gas. The collection of producing wells over a reservoir for joint operations such as enhanced-recovery techniques. • Unitization is usu. carried out after primary production has begun to fall off substantially, in order to permit efficient secondary-recovery operations. It is also done to comply with well-spacing requirements established by state law or
of counsel
of counsel 〈美〉 (1)助理律师 指案件当事人僱用的律师，尤指帮助当事人准备和处理诉讼或者提出上诉的律师，但不是当事人的首席记录在卷的律师〔principal attorney of record〕。 (2)特邀律师 指属于某一律师事务所但非该所的成员、合伙人或受雇律师〔associate〕的律师。通常为律师事务所的已退休律师或律师事务所以外的律师，仅偶尔为事务所处理法律事务或只处理特别法律事务。
justice
justice n. (1)正义；公平 一种被普遍认为适用法律原则于事实所应达到之目标的道德价值，是衡量和评价法律及某种行为正确性的标准。它的含义非常复杂，几千年来也一直处于争论和变化之中，但它最基本的意思还是恰当地实施法律，给予某人以应得的东西，以及对纠纷一贯地、连续地作出类似的处理等。常见的分类有交换正义〔commutative justice〕、分配正义〔distributive justice〕和社会正义〔social justice〕等。 (→commutative justice; distributive justice; social justice) (2)法官 １在美国，该词指联邦和州最高法院的法官，也指上诉法院的法官。如美国联邦最高法院和大部分州最高法院都由一位首席法官〔chief justice〕和若干位法官〔associate justice〕组成。２在英格兰，1873年以前，该词指王座法庭和民诉法庭的法官，此后高等法院中的那些常任法官〔puisne judges〕也用该词来称呼。另外，一些最低级的司法官员也有用该词来表示的，如治安法官〔justice of the peace〕等。３在古代文献中，多用justitia一词表示普通法法庭的法官，而教会法院及其它法院的法官则用judex来表示，后来justice就成为了judex一词的翻译，表示普通法法庭的法官，但也有人认为justice一词来源于justiciarius。 (→associate justices) (3)(封建法)司法管辖权 指封建时代领主所主张的对民事和刑事案件的管辖权，有高级司法管辖权〔high justice〕和低级司法管辖权〔low justice〕之分。 (→high justice; low justice)
central office
Central Office. The primary office for most of England’s courts. • The Central Office was established in 1879 to consolidate the masters and associates of the common-law courts, and the clerical functions of the Crown Office of the Queen’s Bench Division, the Report and Enrollment offices of the Chancery Division, and several other offices.
societas leonina
societas leonina (s[schwa]-sI-[schwa]-tas lee-[schwa]-nI-n[schwa]). [Latin “partnership with a lion”] Roman law. An illegal partnership in which a partner shares in only the losses, not the profits; a partnership in which one person takes the lion’s share. — Also termed leonina societas. “But an arrangement by which one party should have all the gain was not
association in fact enterprise
association-in-fact enterprise. Under RICO, a group of people or entities that have not formed a legal entity, but that have a common or shared purpose, and maintain an ongoing organizational structure through which the associates function as a continuing unit. • A RICO violation is not shown merely by proving that an enterprise, including an
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form of action
form of action. The common-law legal and procedural device associated with a particular writ, each of which had specific forms of process, pleading, trial, and judgment. • The 11 common-law forms of action were trespass, trespass on the case, trover, ejectment, detinue, replevin, debt, covenant, account, special assumpsit, and general assumpsit. [Cases: Action 29; Federal