scope note. In a digest, a précis appearing after a title and showing concisely what subject matter is included and what is excluded. “In the Century and Decennial Digests, though not in the various digests of the Key-Number Series, there is printed immediately following each topic title a couple of paragraphs which are called the […]
subsidy (s[schwa]b-s[schwa]-dee), n. 1. A grant, usu. made by the government, to any enterprise whose promotion is considered to be in the public interest. • Although governments sometimes make direct payments (such as cash grants), subsidies are usu. indirect. They may take the form of research-and-development support, tax breaks, provision of raw materials at below-market
parentelic method (par-[schwa]n-tee-lik or -tel-ik). A scheme of computation used to determine the paternal or maternal collaterals entitled to inherit when a childless intestate decedent is not survived by parents or their issue. • Under this method, the estate passes to grandparents and their issue; if there are none, to great-grandparents and their issue; and
worldwide military-locator service. A search service that locates the current duty station of a member of any branch of the United States military services, esp. for enforcing the service member’s child-support obligations. • Each branch of the armed forces maintains a worldwide locator service that is available to military and nonmilitary persons, their counsel, and
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entry, n. 1. The act, right, or privilege of entering real property (they were given entry into the stadium). forcible entry. See FORCIBLE ENTRY. lawful entry. 1. The entry onto real property by a person not in possession, under a claim or color of right, and without force or fraud. 2. The entry of premises