A deposition made before a notary to record and preserve a claim, usu. to property. • Historically, most actes de notoriété were conducted to establish the identity and genealogy of a purported heir. The deposi-tions were subject to exclusion as hearsay. But an acte de notoriété may also appear in a chain of title. See […]
price-fixing. The artificial setting or maintenance of prices at a certain level, contrary to the workings of the free market. • Price-fixing is usu. illegal per se under antitrust law. See FIX(3). [Cases: Monopolies 17(1.7). C.J.S. Monopolies §§ 83–85, 87.] “Price-fixing agreements may or may not be aimed at complete elimination of price competition. The
legal dictionaries 法律词典 定义或阐释专业性的法律用语或出现在法律文本中具有特定含义的词和词组的意义和用法的词典。当然，大多数英美普通词典对这些词语也作解释。思想和语言的精准是成功的法律词典的首要因素。法律词典的作用在于减少概念上的混乱、语言上的含混及遣词上的不准确。与法律词典功能类似的是那些论述词和词组在司法语境中特定含义的书籍。第一部主要的法律词典是1527年由约翰·拉斯特尔〔John Rastell〕编纂的《英格兰法定义解释》〔Expositiones Terminorum Legum Anglorum〕。现代英格兰法律词典主要有：约翰·J.S.沃顿〔John J.S. Wharton〕于1848年编纂的《法律词汇》〔Law Lexicon〕；查尔斯·斯威特〔Charles Sweet〕于1882年编纂的《英格兰法律词典》〔Dictionary of English Law〕；W.G.伯恩〔W.G.Byrne〕于1923年编纂的《英格兰法律词典》〔Dictionary of English Law〕；厄尔·乔伊特〔Earl Jowitt〕以沃顿和伯恩的词典为基础于1959年编纂的《英格兰法律词典》〔The Dictionary of English Law〕，该词典于1977年再版，名为《乔氏英格兰法律词典》〔Jowitt’s Dictionary of English Law〕，编者为约翰·伯克〔John Burke〕；E.R.哈迪艾维米〔E. R. Hardy Ivamy〕于1988年编纂的第十版《莫兹利与怀特利法律词典》〔Mozley and Whiteley’s Law Dictionary〕；约翰·S.詹姆斯〔John S. James〕于1986年主编的第五版五卷本《斯特劳德氏词与词组司法词典》〔Stroud’s Judicial Dictionary of Words and Phrases〕；以及约翰·B.桑德斯〔John B. Saunders〕于1969年总编的第二版五卷本《词与词组法律界定》〔Words and Phrases〕;戴维·M.沃克〔David M. Walker〕于1980年编纂的《牛津法律总览》〔The Oxford Companion to Law〕。现代美国法律词典主要有：约翰·布维尔〔John Bouvier〕于1839年编纂的《参照大陆法系和其他外国法系适用于美国法律及一些州法的法律词典》〔Law Dictionary
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military law. The branch of public law governing military discipline and other rules regarding service in the armed forces. • It is exercised both in peacetime and in war, is recognized by civil courts, and includes rules far broader than for the punishment of offenders. — Also termed military justice. — Sometimes loosely termed martial
Hague Convention on the Taking of Evidence Abroad in Civil or Commercial Matters. An international convention, concluded on October 26, 1968, that establishes procedures for obtaining evidence in a foreign country, such as taking a deposition abroad. • More than 27 countries are parties, including the United States. [Cases: Federal Civil Procedure 1261; Pretrial Procedure
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