out-of-home placement. Family law. The placing of a child in a living arrangement outside the child’s home (as in foster care or institutional care), usu. as the result of abuse or neglect; specif., in a child-abuse or child-neglect case, state action that removes a child from a parent’s or custodian’s home and places the child […]
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file, n. 1. A court’s complete and official record of a case (the associate went to the courthouse to verify that the motion is in the file). 2. A lawyer’s complete record of a case (the paralegal stored the file in three drawers in her office). 3. A portion or section of a lawyer’s case
custos morum (k[schwa]s-tahs mor-[schwa]m). [Law Latin] Custodian of morals (H.L.A. Hart believed that courts should not be seen as the custos morum). • This name was sometimes used in reference to the Court of King’s Bench. “[H]e [Viscount Simonds] approved the assertion of Lord Mansfield two centuries before that the Court of King’s Bench was
garnish, n. Hist. Money exacted from a new prisoner by other prisoners or as a jailer’s fee. • This practice was banned in England in 1815. garnish, vb. [Old French garnir “to warn”; “to prepare”] 1. Hist. To serve an heir with notice (i.e., to warn) of certain debts that must be paid before the
sheriff. [Middle English shire reeve from Anglo-Saxon scirgerefa] 1. A county’s chief peace officer, usu. elected, who in most jurisdictions acts as custodian of the county jail, executes civil and criminal process, and carries out judicial mandates within the county. — Also termed high sheriff; vice-comes. [Cases: Sheriffs and Constables 1. C.J.S. Sheriffs and Constables
A trust used to hold shares of voting stock in a closely held corporation, usu. transferred from a parent to a child, and empowering the trustee to exercise the right to vote. • The trust acts as custodian of the shares but is not a stockholder. Cf. VOTING GROUP. [Cases: Corporations 198.1(1). C.J.S. Corporations §
Securities. A person or company acting as an intermediary in a securities transaction or providing facilities for comparing data with respect to securities transactions. • The term includes a custodian of securities in connection with the central handling of securities. Securities Exchange Act § 3(a)(23)(A) (15 USCA § 78c(a)(23)(A)). — Also termed clearing agency.
Official Trustee of Charitable Funds 〈英〉慈善基金官方受托人 即慈善事务委员会〔Charity Commission〕的官员，掌管受捐赠的基金，负责将收入交慈善团体的执行受托人，并在适当时间依法院或慈善事务委员会〔Charity Commissioners〕的指示让与资金。 (→Official Custodian of Charities)
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summons, n. 1. Formerly, a writ directing a sheriff to summon a defendant to appear in court. 2. A writ or process commencing the plaintiff’s action and requiring the defendant to appear and answer. [Cases: Federal Civil Procedure 401; Process 7. C.J.S. Process §§ 2, 12.] 3. A notice requiring a person to appear in
public trustee 公共受托人 可被指定担任公民个人或私人团体财产受托人的政府官员。根据英国1906年《公共受托人法》〔Public Trustee Act〕，公共受托人可作为普通受托人〔ordinary trustee〕、监管受托人〔custodian trustee〕及司法受托人〔judicial trustee〕而行事，并负责管理价值1 000英镑以下的小额遗产。在美国，该词指管理信托契据〔deed of trust〕的县级政府官员。