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no-bonus clause

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no-bonus clause 〈美〉额外利益不予补偿条款；无额外补偿金条款 不动产租赁合同中的一项条款，并于政府征用〔condemnation〕租赁物时生效。其内容是：当征用发生时，承租人只能索回其对租赁财产所作的实际改进〔improvement〕部分的价值，而无权就其租地权益〔leasehold interest〕的损失要求补偿，即不得要求补偿租赁合同规定的租金与市场租金的差额。

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bonus stock

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A stock share that is issued for no consideration, as an enticement to buy some other type or class of security. • It is considered a type of watered stock. — Also termed bonus share. [Cases: Corporations 99, 243(6). C.J.S. Corporations §§ 163, 169.]

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bonus

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bonus. 1. A premium paid in addition to what is due or expected (year-end bonus). • In the employment context, workers’ bonuses are not a gift or gratuity; they are paid for services or on consideration in addition to or in excess of the compensation that would ordinarily be given. 2. BOUNTY(3). 3. Oil &

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patronus

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patronus (p[schwa]-troh-n[schwa]s), n. [Latin] 1. Roman law. Someone who had manumitted a slave, and was therefore entitled to certain services from the slave. 2. ADVOWEE. Pl. patroni (p[schwa]-troh-nI).

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conusance

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conusance (kon-y[schwa]-z[schwa]nts). Hist. 1. Cognizance; jurisdiction. • The word conusance is actually an archaic form of cognizance. See COGNIZANCE(1); CLAIM OF COGNIZANCE. 2. JUDICIAL NOTICE. 3. An acknowledgment (of a debt, act, or opposing claim). • Examples of conusance include an acknowledgment in replevin that the defendant took the sued-for goods, or an acknowledgment in

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