Foreign Pay-Off Law
Foreign Pay-Off Law 〈美〉《防止贿赂外国官员法》 1977年通过的联邦法律。该法规定贿赂外国政府官员是犯罪行为。根据该法，美国公司，包括其外国分支机构，要有精确的具备合理细节的账簿以防止贿赂外国公司〔foreign corporate bribery〕。公司管理机构必须控制记账体系以保证没有资金用于贿赂外国政府官员。
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decies tantum
decies tantum (desh-ee-eez ordee-shee-eez tan-t[schwa]m), n. [Law Latin “ten times as much”] Hist. A writ ordering a juror who accepted a bribe for a verdict to pay ten times the bribery amount, half to the suing party and half to the Crown. “Decies tantum is a writ that lies where a juror in any inquest
solicitation of a bribe
solicitation of a bribe. The crime of asking or enticing another to commit bribery. 18 USCA § 201. See BRIBERY. [Cases: Bribery 1. C.J.S. Bribery §§ 2–3, 5–8, 10–11.]
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implicate
implicate, vb. 1. To show (a person) to be involved in (a crime, misfeasance, etc.) (when he turned state’s evidence, he implicated three other suspects). 2. To be involved or affected (three judges were implicated in the bribery).
color of office
color of office. The authority or power that is inherent in an office, esp. a public office. • Acts taken under the color of an office are vested with, or appear to be vested with, the authority entrusted to that office. [Cases: Officers and Public Employees 121. C.J.S. Officers and Public Employees §§ 329–334.] “The
high crime
A crime that is very serious, though not necessarily a felony. • Under the U.S. Constitution, a gov-ernment officer’s commission of a “high crime” is, along with treason and bribery, grounds for removal from office. U.S. Const. art. II, § 4. See IMPEACHABLE OFFENSE.
corrupt
corrupt, adj. 1. Archaic. (Of a person) subject to corruption of blood. “[T]here are divers offences made Treason by Act of Parliament, whereof, though a Man be Attaint, yet his Blood, by Provisoes therein, is not corrupt, nor shall he forfeit any thing….” Thomas Blount, Nomo-Lexicon: A Law-Dictionary (1670). 2. Having an unlawful or depraved
impeachable offense
impeachable offense. An offense for which a public official may legally be impeached, during the first step in a two-step process that may, depending on the vote in the U.S. Senate, lead to the official’s removal from office. • The U.S. Constitution states that “[t]he President, Vice President and all civil Officers of the United
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implication
implication. 1. The act of showing involvement in something, esp. a crime or misfeasance (the implication of the judges in the bribery scheme). 2. An inference drawn from something said or observed (the implication was that the scheme involved several persons). necessary implication. An implication so strong in its probability that anything to the contrary