subject, adj. Referred to above; having relevance to the current discussion ( the subject property was then sold to Smith). subject, n. 1. One who owes allegiance to a sovereign and is governed by that sovereign’s laws (the monarchy’s subjects). “Speaking generally, we may say that the terms subject and citizen are synonymous. Subjects and […]
The part of a statute stating the legislative authority by which it is made and often the date when it will take effect. • A typical enacting clause begins with the words “Be it enacted that….” The enacting clause of a federal statute is, “Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of
The principle that the United States will allow no intervention or domination by any non-American nation in the Western Hemisphere. • This principle, which has some recognition in international law (though not as a formal doctrine), was first announced by President James Monroe in 1823.
Monroe Doctrine. The principle that the United States will allow no intervention or domination by any non-American nation in the Western Hemisphere. • This principle, which has some recognition in international law (though not as a formal doctrine), was first announced by President James Monroe in 1823. “The Monroe doctrine is a policy which the
Buenos Aires Convention. Copyright. A 1910 treaty regulating copyright reciprocity among Latin American nations and the United States. • Under this agreement, the phrase “all rights reserved” guaranteed copyright protection in member nations. Since all the Convention’s signatories are now signatories to more recent and broader international-copyright treaties, this Convention now has little if any
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circuit-riding, n. The practice of judges’ traveling within a legislatively defined circuit to hear cases in one place for a time, then another, and so on. • The American practice of circuit-riding was based on the English eyre system, in which justices rode between the shire towns to hold assizes. “The Judiciary Act of 1789
Durham rule. Criminal law. A test for the insanity defense, holding that a defendant is not criminally responsible for an act that was the product of mental disease or defect (Durham v. United States, 214 F.2d 862 (D.C. Cir. 1954)). • Formerly used in New Hampshire and the District of Columbia, the Durham rule has
greenback, n. Slang. A legal-tender note of the United States; any note issued by a federal reserve bank. • The term was coined in 1862 when the backs of American paper currency were first printed in green ink.
Indian Claims Commission. A federal agency — dissolved in 1978 — that adjudicated claims brought by American Indians, a tribe, or another identifiable group of Indians against the United States. • The U.S. Court of Federal Claims currently hears these claims.
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