A policy that applies to an insured or the insured’s own property, such as life insurance, health insurance, disability insurance, and fire insurance. — Also termed indemnity insurance; self-insurance.
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An entity, such as a corporation, created by law and given certain legal rights and duties of a human being; a being, real or imaginary, who for the purpose of legal reasoning is treated more or less as a human being. • An entity is a person for purposes of the Due Process and Equal
A wall that divides two adjoining, separately owned properties and that is shared by the two property owners as tenants in common. — Also termed common wall. [Cases: Party Walls 1–10. C.J.S. Party Walls §§ 1–59.]
Department of the Interior. The cabinet-level department of the federal government responsible for managing the nation’s public lands and minerals, national parks, national wildlife refuges, and western water resources, and for upholding federal trust responsibilities to Indian tribes. • The Department also has responsibility for migratory-wildlife conservation; historical preservation; endangered species; surface-mined-lands preservation and restoration;
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termination fee. A fee paid if a party voluntarily backs out of a deal to sell or purchase a business or a business’s assets. • Termination fees are usu. negotiated and agreed on as part of corporate merger or acquisition negotiations. The fee is designed to protect the prospective buyer and to deter the target
court of oyer and terminer and general gaol (jail) delivery (1)〈美〉(宾夕法尼亚州)刑事法庭 与季审法庭〔quarter sessions〕同时开庭，一般由同一法官听审。 (2)〈英〉刑事听审提审法庭 现在已为刑事法院〔Crown Court〕所取代。
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partnership at will 任意(解散的)合伙；不定期合伙 指由当事人任意决定而并不事先确定存续期限的合伙。任一合伙人均得随时解散合伙而不因此承担责任。与定期合伙〔partnership for a term〕相对。
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Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace 〈美〉治安季审法庭 昔日美国宾夕法尼亚州的刑事法庭，有权审理轻微违法案件，兼具一定行政职能。 (→court of oyer and terminer and general gaol(jail) delivery)
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A party to an action who has no control over it and no financial interest in its outcome; esp., a party who has some immaterial interest in the subject matter of a lawsuit and who will not be affected by any judgment, but who is nonetheless joined in the lawsuit to avoid procedural defects. •
The fact or state of not fully expressing the parties’ intent. • Parol (extrinsic) evidence is admissible to clear up ambiguities with respect to the terms that are not integrated. [Cases: Evidence 397(2). C.J.S. Evidence §§ 1159–1160, 1278–1280.]
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