blockage rule. Tax. The principle that a large block of stock shares may be valued at less than the total value of the individual shares because such a large block may be difficult to sell at full price. [Cases: Internal Revenue 4534; Taxation 1072. C.J.S. Internal Revenue §§ 523, 646.]
Arkansas rule. Secured transactions. The principle that the collateral securing a loan is presumed to be worth at least as much as the loan’s balance, and that the creditor has the burden to prove that a sale of the collateral would not satisfy the loan amount. Norton v. National Bank of Commerce, 398 S.W.2d 538
Federal Rules Enabling Act. A 1934 statute granting the U.S. Supreme Court the authority to adopt rules of civil procedure for federal courts. • For the rulemaking power of federal courts today, see 28 USCA §§ 2071, 2072. See also Fed. R. Civ. P. 83; Fed. R. Crim. P. 57. [Cases: Federal Civil Procedure 31.]
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rulers of England 历代英王英王在位年限〔British Regnal Years〕 盎格鲁-撒克逊王朝〔Saxon Line〕埃伯格〔Egbert〕802-839；埃塞尔夫〔Ethelwulf〕839-857；埃塞巴德〔Ethelbald〕857-860；埃赛伯特〔Ethelbert〕860-866；埃塞尔雷德一世〔Ethelred Ⅰ〕866-871；阿尔弗列德大帝〔Alfred the Great〕871-899；长者爱德华〔Adward Ⅰ the Elder〕899-924；埃塞斯坦〔Ethelstan〕924-940；埃德蒙一世〔Edmund Ⅰ〕940-946；埃德列德〔Edred〕946-955；埃德威〔Edwy〕955-959；埃德加〔Edgar〕959-975；殉教者爱德华〔Edward Ⅱ the Martyr〕975-978；无策者埃塞尔雷德二世〔Ethelred Ⅱ the Unready〕978-1016；刚勇者埃德蒙〔Edmund Ⅱ Ironside〕1016。 丹麦王朝〔Danish Line〕克努特〔Canute/Cnut〕1016-1035；哈罗德一世〔Harold〕1035-1040；哈特克内特〔Hardicanute/Harthacnut〕1040-1042。 撒克逊王朝〔Saxon Line〕忏悔者(笃信者)爱德华〔Edward the Confessor〕1042-1066；哈罗德二世〔Harold Ⅱ〕1066。 诺曼底王朝〔House of Normandy〕征服者威廉一世〔William Ⅰ the Conqueror〕1066.10.14-1087.9.9；威廉二世〔William Ⅱ〕1087926-110082；亨利一世〔Henry Ⅰ〕110085-1135121；斯蒂芬〔Stephen〕11351226-11541025。 金雀花(安茹)王朝〔House of Plantagenet〕亨利二世〔Henry Ⅱ〕11541219-118976；狮心王理查一世〔Richard Ⅰ〕1189923-119946；无地者约翰〔John Lackland〕1199.5.27-1216.10.19; 亨利三世〔Henry Ⅲ〕12161028-12721116；爱德华一世〔Edward Ⅰ〕12721120-130777；爱德华二世〔Edward Ⅱ〕130778-1327125；爱德华三世〔Edward Ⅲ〕1327125-1377621；理查二世〔Richard Ⅱ〕1377622-1399930。 兰开斯特王室〔House of Lancaster〕亨利四世〔Henry Ⅳ〕1399930-1413320；亨利五世〔Henry Ⅴ〕1413321-1422831；亨利六世〔Henry
fertile-octogenarian rule. The legal fiction, assumed under the rule against perpetuities, that a woman can become pregnant as long as she is alive. • The case that gave rise to this fiction was Jee v. Audley, 1 Cox 324, 29 Eng. Rep. 1186 (ch. 1787). See W. Barton Leach, Perpetuities: New Hampshire Defertilizes Octogenarians, 77
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The legal fiction, assumed under the rule against perpetuities, that a woman can become pregnant as long as she is alive. • The case that gave rise to this fiction was Jee v. Audley, 1 Cox 324, 29 Eng. Rep. 1186 (ch. 1787). See W. Barton Leach, Perpetuities: New Hampshire Defertilizes Octogenarians, 77 Harv. L.
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Rule 11. Civil procedure. 1. In federal practice, the procedural rule requiring the attorney of record or the party (if not represented by an attorney) to sign all pleadings, motions, and other papers filed with the court and — by this signing — to represent that the paper is filed in good faith after an
Rochin rule. The now-rejected principle that unconstitutionally obtained evidence is admissible against the accused unless the evidence was obtained in a manner that shocks the conscience (such as pumping the stomach of a suspect to obtain illegal drugs that the suspect has swallowed, as occurred in the Rochin v. California case). • The Supreme Court
Ker–Frisbie rule. The principle that the government’s power to try a criminal defendant is not impaired by the defendant’s having been brought back illegally to the United States from a foreign country. Ker v. Illinois, 119 U.S. 436, 7 S.Ct. 225 (1886); Frisbie v. Collins, 342 U.S. 519, 72 S.Ct. 509 (1952).
minutes. 1. Memoranda or notes of a transaction or proceeding. 2. Parliamentary law. The formal record of a deliberative assembly’s proceedings, approved (as corrected, if necessary) by the assembly. — Also termed journal; record; report. See DISPENSE WITH THE READING OF THE MINUTES; SPREAD UPON THE MINUTES . “The minutes of an organization include a