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open a case 作开场陈述 指在庭审开始时，向法官或陪审团等简要陈述案件性质、争议问题及将要提出的证据等。开场陈述应简明扼要，其目的在于使法官和陪审团能明白案情实质及争执点。 (→opening statement)
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interstate income withholding order
interstate income-withholding order. A court order entered to enforce a support order of a court of another state by withholding income of the defaulting person. [Cases: Child Support 508(1). C.J.S. Parent and Child §§ 249, 252.]
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registration statement
registration statement. A document containing detailed information required by the SEC for the public sale of corporate securities. • The statement includes the prospectus to be supplied to prospective buyers. See PROSPECTUS. [Cases: Securities Regulation 25.10–25.35. C.J.S. Securities Regulation §§ 82–91.]
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united states copyright office
United States Copyright Office. A branch of the Library of Congress that is responsible for implementing federal copyright laws. • In addition to processing applications for copyrights, the U.S. Copyright Office stores deposited copyrighted materials and issues opinions (by request) on questions of copyright protection. Materials deposited with this agency are not automatically added to
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secretary of state
Secretary of State. 1. The member of the President’s cabinet who heads the U.S. Department of State. • The Secretary is the first-ranking member of the cabinet and is also a member of the National Security Council. He or she is fourth in line of succession to the presidency after the Vice President, the Speaker
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state secrets privilege
A privilege that the government may invoke against the discovery of a material that, if divulged, could compromise national security. — Also termed national-security privilege. [Cases: Witnesses 216(1). C.J.S. Witnesses §§ 361–364, 366–367.]
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state sovereignty
state sovereignty. The right of a state to self-government; the supreme authority exercised by each state. [Cases: States 1. C.J.S. States §§ 2, 16.]
unified estate and gift tax credit
A tax credit applied against the federal unified transfer tax. IRC (26 USCA) § 2001(c)(2). — Often shortened to unified credit. — Also termed applicable exclusion credit. [Cases: Internal Revenue 4182.30. C.J.S. Internal Revenue § 541.]
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estate planning
estate planning. 1. The preparation for the distribution and management of a person’s estate at death through the use of wills, trusts, insurance policies, and other arrangements, esp. to reduce administration costs and transfer-tax liability. [Cases: Wills 1–20. C.J.S. Conflict of Laws § 72; Wills§§ 1–3, 53–87, 93–95, 97–98, 103–104, 106–132, 172, 174, 381.] 2.
general verdict subject to a special case
Archaic. A court’s verdict rendered without regard to the jury’s general verdict, given when a party does not want to put the legal question on the record but merely wants the court to decide on the basis of a written statement of all the facts in the case, prepared for the opinion of the court
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