custody determination. Family law. A court order determining custody and visitation rights. • The order typically does not include any instructions on child support or other monetary obligations.
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parental rights. A parent’s rights to make all decisions concerning his or her child, including the right to determine the child’s care and custody, the right to educate and discipline the child, and the right to control the child’s earnings and property. See TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS. [Cases: Parent and Child 1–8. C.J.S. Parent and
termination hearing. See termination-of-parental-rights hearing under HEARING.
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Uniform Determination of Death Act. A 1978 model statute that provides a comprehensive basis for determining death. • This is a technical act that merely defines death clinically and does not deal with suicide, assisted suicide, or the right to die. The Act was revised in 1980. It has been adopted in almost all states.
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right to counsel. 1. Criminal law. A criminal defendant’s constitutional right, guaranteed by the Sixth Amendment, to representation by a court-appointed lawyer if the defendant cannot afford to hire one. • The Supreme Court has recognized a juvenile delinquent defendant’s right to counsel. In re Gault, 387 U.S. 1, 87 S.Ct. 1428 (1967). — Also
tenant-right. English law. A tenant’s right, upon termination of the tenancy, to payment for unexhausted improvements made on the holding. • This right is governed by the Agricultural Holdings Act of 1986.
Uniform Putative and Unknown Fathers Act. A 1988 model statute aimed at codifying Supreme Court decisions on the rights of an unwed father in relation to his child. • The Act deals primarily with an unwed father’s right to notice of a termination and adoption proceeding, to adjudication of paternity, to visitation, and to custody.
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remit, vb. 1. To pardon or forgive (the wife could not remit her husband’s infidelity). 2. To abate or slacken; to mitigate (the receipt of money damages remitted the embarrassment of being fired). 3. To refer (a matter for decision) to some authority, esp. to send back (a case) to a lower court (the appellate
lease for life. Hist. A lease of land for the duration of a specified number of lives instead of for a specified term of years. • Unlike a tenant for a term of years, a lessee for life could recover the land if dispossessed. “The rent payable was usually fairly small, but a fine was