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Sachsenspiegel

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Sachsenspiegel 《萨克森明镜》 中世纪日耳曼法律文本，得名于书序称：此书阐明萨克森法宛如镜中妇容。由撒克逊骑士和法官艾克·冯·莱普考〔Eike von Repkow〕于大约1230年写成。最先是用拉丁文，随后又有德文本。其内容包括邦法〔Landrecht〕一卷和采邑法〔Lehnrecht〕一卷。此书获得了巨大的声誉，在萨克森法院中被赋予成文法的权威。先有约翰·冯·布赫〔Johann von Buch〕对之作了翻译并加上了注释，后来，尼古劳斯·沃姆〔Nikolaus Wurm〕对之作了扩充，最后又加上了评论。其修订和改动版本成为其它后来的法律书的基础，其中包括《格尔利茨法律书》〔Gorlitz Lawbook〕、《布莱斯劳邦法》〔Breslau Territorial Law〕、《荷兰萨克森明镜》〔Dutch Sachsenspiegel〕和《勃兰登堡法中的柏林纪事》〔Berlin Townbook of Brandenburg Law〕。它受到神学家的攻击，其部分条款于1372年被宣告作废，但此后很长时间，它仍然是许多法律文献的基础，而且是民法的主要渊源，直至19世纪末《德国民法典》〔German Civil Code〕通过。

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innocent passage

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Int’l law. The right of a foreign ship to pass through a country’s territorial waters; the right of a foreign vessel to travel through a country’s maritime belt without paying a toll. • The right of innocent passage is guaranteed in Article 17 of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea. Passage

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free city

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free city. Int’l law. A country-like political and territorial entity that, although independent in principle, does not have the full capacity to act according to general international law but is nevertheless a subject of international law.

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longshore and harbor workers’ compensation act

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Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act. A federal law designed to provide workers’-compensation benefits to persons, other than seamen, who work in maritime occupations, esp. stevedoring and ship service. 33 USCA §§ 901–950. — Abbr. LHWCA. [Cases: Workers’ Compensation 93, 260, 2085. C.J.S. Workmen’s Compensation §§ 96, 98–99, 170, 1593–1596.] “Employees who are engaged in

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freedom of the seas

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freedom of the seas. Int’l law. The principle that the seas beyond territorial waters are not subject to any country’s control. • Ships on the high seas are subject only to the jurisdiction of the country whose flag they fly, except in cases of piracy, hijacking, hot pursuit from territorial waters, slave trading, and certain

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angary

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angary (ang-g[schwa]-ree).Int’l law. A country’s right, in war or other urgent circumstances, to seize — for temporary use — neutral merchant ships in its inland or territorial waters as well as aircraft within its territory, with full indemnity by the country. — Also termed right of angary; jus angariae; angaria. “In many respects the content

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diocese

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diocese (dI-[schwa]-sees or -sis). 1. Roman law. A division of the later Roman Empire into groups of provinces. 2. Eccles. law. A territorial unit of the church, governed by a bishop, and further divided into parishes. 3. Eccles. law. A bishop’s jurisdiction. • Several dioceses together are governed by an archbishop.

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