lost bill of exchange，cheque，or promissory note 〈英〉遗失的汇票、支票或本票 根据1882年《汇票法》〔Bills of Exchange Act〕的规定，如果汇票、支票或本票在到期日前遗失，持票人可向出票人要求交付另一张同样期限的汇票、支票或本票，如经要求，应对出票人保证在所称遗失的汇票、支票或本票重新发现时向其作出赔偿。该法第70条规定，关于汇票、支票或本票的任何诉讼或程序中，只要向其他对该票据主张权利的人提供了使法庭满意的保证，法庭可以命令对该票据不予挂失。
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lost document 〈美〉丢失的文件 在诉讼中，对一份文件内容的证实，通常要求提交原件。但如能证明某一文件已被毁损或经恰当的寻找而无从找到，也可以次要证据〔secondary evidence〕对其加以证实。次要证据可以是文件的副本或关于其内容的言词证据。在苏格兰，如能通过诉讼证明文件的原意〔tenor〕，副本亦可被视为与原件有同等效力。
See theft of property lost, mislaid, or delivered by mistake under THEFT.
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lost grant 权利转让契据遗失 这是一种法律拟制。在英格兰早期，地役权人主张地役权〔easement〕的，必须证明该权利系由权利转让契据所创设，或者其自人类无可记忆〔immemorial〕的时代起即享有该权利。但是，1623年《诉讼时傚法》〔Limitation Act〕规定以占有土地20年作为提起诉讼的时效期限，此后，法院采用20年期间作为地役权产生的充分的时效条件，其假设是：曾有一份地役权创设所需的权利转让契据，但已遗失。在1832年《时傚法》〔Prescription Act〕以后，该种权利转让契据遗失的假设已不具有重要意义，但它仍是地役权取得方法之一。这种因连续20年享有地役权从而认为权利转让契据已经遗失的假设是可反驳的〔rebuttable〕，即须以证据证明制作该权利转让契据为不可能。
larceny of property lost， mislaid， or delivered by mistake 偷盗遗失、错置、误投的财物 行为人明知是他人遗失、错置、误投的财物，根据该物品的性质、数量及行为人的身份，如果行为人没有采取合理的方法寻找所有权人而故意非法占有该物品，可构成偷盗罪。
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A point in a land description, such as a landmark or natural object, whose position cannot be rea-sonably determined from traces of the original marks or other acceptable evidence. • The location can be determined by reference to one or more independent points remaining in the description.
lost-chance doctrine. 1. LOSS-OF-CHANCE DOCTRINE. 2. A rule permitting a claim, in limited circumstances, against someone who fails to come to the aid of a person who is in imminent danger of being injured or killed. Cf. GOOD SAMARITAN DOCTRINE.
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lost, adj. 1. (Of property) beyond the possession and custody of its owner and not locatable by diligent search (lost at sea) (lost papers). 2. (Of a person) missing (lost child). 3. Parliamentary law. (Of a motion) rejected; not adopted (the motion is lost).
lost-volume seller. A seller of goods who, after a buyer has breached a sales contract, resells the goods to a different buyer who would have bought identical goods from the seller’s inventory even if the original buyer had not breached. • Such a seller is entitled to lost profits, rather than contract price less market
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Lost Judge 失踪的法官 指纽约最高法院法官约瑟夫·F.克瑞特〔Joseph F. Crater〕，其于1930年8月6日在纽约城一家餐馆用餐后上了一辆出租车，此后就再无踪迹。他遗留下他的妻子25 000美元的薪俸及可观的银行存款，此事成为传奇。