dry exchange. Something that pretends to pass on both sides of a transaction, but passes on only one side. “Dry exchange … seems to be a subtil term invented to disguise usury, in which something is pretended to pass on both sides, whereas in truth nothing passes on the one side.” Termes de la Ley […]
baron et feme (bar-[schwa]n ay fem). [Law French] Hist. Husband and wife. See COVERTURE; FEME COVERT.
special defence 〈英〉特别答辩；特别辩护 在以前郡法院的诉讼中，如果被告人所要提出的答辩理由是以下几种之一时：债务抵销〔set-off〕、反请求〔counterclaim〕、未成年〔infancy〕、妻子的地位〔coverture〕、诉讼时傚法〔statute of limitations〕、破产〔bankruptcy〕、衡平法上的答辩〔equitable defence〕、1677年《防止欺诈法》〔Statute of Frauds〕第4条，他必须通知原告，否则在以后的诉讼中不允许他再提出。自1936年之后，特别答辩已不复存在，被告人在所有的情况下都应将其答辩理由告知原告，但是他也可以不提供答辩理由而在出庭时进行答辩，不过法院可能会要其支付由此而产生的费用。在苏格兰的刑事诉讼中，这种特别的辩护理由包括不在犯罪现场〔alibi〕、被卷入犯罪〔incrimination〕、自卫〔self-defence〕或犯罪时精神错乱〔insanity at the time of the crime〕。如果被告人要使用上述理由之一，就必须在庭审之前特别告知国王，否则将不许提出支持该理由的证据。
covert baron (k[schwa]v-[schwa]rt bar-[schwa]n). [Law French] Hist. The condition or status of a married woman at common law. — Also written cover-baron. — Also termed covert de baron. “By marriage, the husband and wife are one person in law: that is, the very being or legal existence of the woman is suspended during the marriage,
statutory period. 1. A time limit specified in a statute; esp., the period prescribed in the relevant statute of limitations. • This period includes, in addition to a fixed number of years, whatever time local law allows because of infancy, insanity, coverture, and other like circumstances. 2. Patents. The time available to a patent applicant
period of prescription. The period fixed by local law as sufficient for obtaining or extinguishing a right through lapse of time. • In addition to a fixed number of years, the period includes whatever further time is allowed by local law because of infancy, insanity, coverture, and other like circumstances. See PRESCRIPTIVE RIGHT; PRESCRIPTION(3), (4),
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