The time that a convicted person spends on parole or on other conditional release. • If the person’s parole is revoked, this time may or may not be credited toward the person’s sentence, depending on the jurisdiction and the particular conditions of that person’s parole. See dead time.
State Street Bank. Patents. A landmark 1998 decision in the Federal Circuit that made it easier to get patents on computer software, and also called into question the long-accepted notion that business methods are unpatentable. • The court struck down per se rules against patenting mathematical algorithms (the soul of software), focusing instead on whether
street name. A brokerage firm’s name in which securities owned by another are registered. • A security is held by a broker in street name (at the customer’s request) to simplify trading because no signature on the stock certificate is required. A street name may also be used for securities purchased on margin. The word
Cato Street Conspiracy 〈英〉凯托街阴谋 指1820年由激进分子策划的企图刺杀所有内阁成员、夺取伦敦并发动革命的阴谋。后由于有人告密而遭失败，主谋者西尔斯伍德及其5名同谋被绞死。这次失败使得激进分子转而采取暴力性较小的行动，并有助于国家实行高压统治。
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street name 经纪人名义 证券业俚语，指证券不是以客户自己的名义，而是以经纪商名义被持有，当证券是仅以客户存在于经纪商处的保证金购买，或当客户希望证券由经纪商持有的时候，就会出现这种情况。由于证券以经纪人名义而持有，即其户名是经纪人，从而可以通过由经纪人加具空白背书后，仅凭交付而自由转让。经纪人的背书是证交所中人所熟知的。使用经纪人名义可便利证券交易，也可用以掩盖真正所有人的身份。
Carey Street 〈英〉凯里街 伦敦的一条街道。高等法院破产总登记处〔Chief Bankruptcy Registrar of the High Court〕的办公楼座落于此，故而「凯里街」也成为破产的同义词。
ancient street 古街(原则) 该原则非基于街道存在很久的事实，而是在由拥有土地和其他街区地段的让与人签订契据将街奉献给公众使用，并创制街上私人地役权时，引用该原则。
intersecting streets or highways 交叉街道；交叉公路 立法中仅指公共街道或公路之间的相交，不包括私人道路之间交叉或私人道路与公共街道交叉。
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selective enforcement. The practice of law-enforcement officers who use wide or even unfettered discretion about when and where to carry out certain laws; esp., the practice of singling a person out for prosecution or punishment under a statute or regulation because the person is a member of a protected group or because the person has
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