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Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act

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A law designed to attack organized criminal activity and preserve marketplace integrity by investigating, controlling, and prosecuting persons who participate or conspire to participate in racketeering. • Enacted in 1970, the federal RICO statute applies only to activity involving interstate or foreign commerce. 18 USCA §§ 1961–1968. Since then, many states have adopted laws (sometimes […]

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stuprum

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stuprum (st[y]oo-pr[schwa]m), n. [Latin] Roman & civil law. Disgrace by unchastity; a man’s illegal sexual intercourse with a woman, usu. a virgin or widow, or with a male (pederasty). Pl. stupra. “The law refers to stuprum and adultery indiscriminately and with rather a misuse of terms. But properly speaking adultery is committed with a married

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special occupant

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A person specifically designated in a conveyance as being entitled to a life estate if the conveyee dies before the end of the life estate; specif., a pur autre vie tenant’s heir who occupies land in the interim between the death of the tenant and the death of the person who serves as the measuring

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common calling

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common calling. 1. An ordinary occupation that a citizen has a right to pursue under the Privileges and Immunities Clause. [Cases: Constitutional Law 207(2). C.J.S. Constitutional Law §§ 667, 670.] 2. A commercial enterprise that offers services to the general public, with a legal duty to serve anyone who requests the services. • For example,

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bankrupt

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bankrupt, adj. Indebted beyond the means of payment; insolvent. — Also spelled (archaically) bankerout; bankrout. — bankrupt, vb. bankrupt, n. 1. A person who cannot meet current financial obligations; an insolvent person. • This term was used in bankruptcy statutes until 1979, and is still commonly used by nonbankruptcy courts. But the Bankruptcy Code uses

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supervisor

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supervisor, n. 1. One having authority over others; a manager or overseer. • Under the National Labor Relations Act, a supervisor is any individual having authority to hire, transfer, suspend, lay off, recall, promote, discharge, discipline, and handle grievances of other employees, by exercising independent judgment. 2. The chief administrative officer of a town or

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postnuptial agreement

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postnuptial agreement (pohst-n[schwa]p-sh[schwa]l). An agreement entered into during marriage to define each spouse’s property rights in the event of death or divorce. • The term commonly refers to an agreement between spouses during the marriage at a time when separation or divorce is not imminent. When dissolution is intended as the result, it is more

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