government immunity
government immunity 〈美〉政府豁免；主权豁免(→governmental immunity; Federal Tort Claims Act; sovereign immunity)
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feres doctrine
Feres doctrine (feer-is orfeer-eez or fer-ez).Torts. The rule that a member of the military is barred from recovering damages from the United States on a claim brought under the Federal Tort Claims Act for injuries sustained in military service. Feres v. United States, 340 U.S. 135, 71 S.Ct. 153 (1950). — Also termed Feres rule.
law of the place
law of the place. Under the Federal Tort Claims Act, the state law applicable to the place where the injury occurred. • Under the Act, the federal government waives its sovereign immunity for specified injuries, including certain wrongful acts or omissions of a government employee causing injury that the United States, if it were a
employee of the United States
employee of the United States 〈美〉美国政府僱员 广义上，指任何受美国政府僱佣的人，在《联邦侵权赔偿法》〔Federal Tort Claims Act〕中，特指在政府直接控制下，不受任何进行干涉的主权〔intervening sovereignty〕、独立机构或独立承包人所控制的立场的影响，进行工作的人。
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admiralty
admiralty (ad-m[schwa]-r[schwa]l-tee), n. 1. A court that exercises jurisdiction over all maritime contracts, torts, injuries, or offenses. • The federal courts are so called when exercising their admiralty jurisdiction, which is conferred by the U.S. Constitution (art. III, § 2, cl. 1). — Also termed admiralty court; maritime court. [Cases: Admiralty 1. C.J.S. Admiralty §§
great lakes rule
Great Lakes rule. Maritime law. The statutory provision that an admiralty litigant is entitled to a jury trial in a contract or tort action if the lawsuit arises from the operation of a commercial vessel on the Great Lakes or the navigable waters connecting them. See 28 USCA § 1873. [Cases: Admiralty 80. C.J.S. Admiralty