truck. Hist. Scots law. The payment of wages in scrip or goods. • Truck systems, once common where workers had to live in isolated areas and depended on company stores for food and clothing, were abolished in the 19th century. “Truck was payment not in money but in goods or tickets which could be exchanged […]
pretium (pree-shee-[schwa]m). [Latin] Price; value; worth. pretium affectionis (pree-shee-[schwa]m [schwa]-fek-shee-oh-nis). An enhanced value placed on a thing by the fancy of its owner, growing out of an attachment for the specific article and its associations; sentimental value. • This value is not taken as a basis for measuring damages. pretium periculi (pree-shee-[schwa]m p[schwa]-rik-y[schwa]-lI). The price
Equal Credit Opportunity Act. A federal statute that prohibits creditors from discriminating against credit applicants on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, or marital status with respect to any aspect of a credit transaction.15 USCA §§ 1691 et seq. — Abbr. ECOA. [Cases: Consumer Credit 31. C.J.S. Interest and Usury; Consumer
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extrapolate (ek-strap-[schwa]-layt), vb. 1. To estimate an unknown value or quantity on the basis of the known range, esp. by statistical methods. 2. To deduce an unknown legal principle from a known case. 3. To speculate about possible results, based on known facts. — extrapolative (-lay-tiv or -l[ schwa]-tiv), extrapolatory (-l[schwa]-tor-ee), adj. — extrapolator (-lay-t[schwa]r),
dangerous instrumentality. An instrument, substance, or condition so inherently dangerous that it may cause serious bodily injury or death without human use or interference. • It may serve as the basis for strict liability. See ATTRACTIVE-NUISANCE DOCTRINE. Cf. deadly weapon under WEAPON. [Cases: Negligence 305–307, 1172–1178. C.J.S. Negligence §§ 170, 176–179, 399, 476–477, 494–526.]
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（会计）权责发生制 英语：accrual basis (accounting) 法语：comptabilité d’engagement, en créances et dettes 德语：periodengerechte Buchführung mit Abgrenzungen 意大利语：metodo contabile basato sulla competenza temporale 西班牙语：periodización, acumulación
计税依据 英语：taxing basis 法语：assiette d’imposition, assiette fiscale 德语：Besteuerungsgrundlage 意大利语：base d’imposizione 西班牙语：base imponible