transit passage. Int’l law. The right of a vessel or airplane to exercise freedom of navigation and overflight solely for the purpose of continuous and expeditious transit between one part of the high seas or an exclusive economic zone and another part of the high seas or an exclusive economic zone. — Also termed right […]
fuer (fyoo-[schwa]r). [Law French “to flee”] Flight from the law. — Also termed fugere. fuer in fait (fyoo-[schwa]r in fay). [Law French “flight in fact”] Actual flight from the law. — Also termed fugere in facta. fuer in ley (fyoo-[schwa]r in lay). [Law French “flight in law”] Legal flight from the law. • If the
waif, n. 1. An abandoned article whose owner is unknown, esp. something stolen and thrown away by the thief in flight, usu. through fear of apprehension. • At common law, if a waif, whether stolen or merely abandoned, was seized before the owner reclaimed it, the title vested in the Crown. The owner was thus
judicio sisti (joo-dish-ee-oh sis-tI). [Latin “to be present in court”] 1. Roman law. Appearance in court. 2. Roman law. Security for appearance in court; VADIMONIUM. 3. Scots law. A type of caution requiring a claimant or the principal debtor to appear in court whenever the opponent demanded it. • This type of caution was used
Montreal Agreement. A private agreement, signed by most international airlines, waiving both the Warsaw Convention’s limitation on liability for death and personal-injury cases (currently about $20,000) and the airline’s due-care defenses, raising the liability limit per passenger to $75,000, and providing for absolute liability on the part of the carrier (in the absence of passenger
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activity incident to service. An act undertaken by a member of the armed forces as a part of a military operation or as a result of the actor’s status as a member of the military. • For example, if a member of the military takes advantage of that status by flying home on a military
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emigration (em-[schwa]-gray-sh[schwa]n), n. The act of leaving a country with the intent not to return and to reside elsewhere. Cf. IMMIGRATION. — emigrate, vb. “Emigration is usually defined as the voluntary removal of an individual from his home State with the intention of residing abroad. However, not all emigration is voluntary; there sometimes exists forced
National Aeronautics and Space Administration. The independent federal agency that conducts research into space flight and that builds and flies space vehicles. • NASA was created by the National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958.42 USCA §§ 2451 et seq. — Abbr. NASA.
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fugam fecit (fyoo-g[schwa]m fee-sit). [Law Latin] Hist. He fled; he has made flight. • When a jury made this finding in a felony or treason trial, the defendant’s property was subject to forfeiture.