list price
A published or advertised price of goods; retail price.
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destructibility of contingent remainders
destructibility of contingent remainders. Property. The common-law doctrine requiring a future interest to vest by the time it is to become possessory or else suffer total destruction (the interest then reverting to the grantor). The doctrine could be avoided by the use of trustees to preserve contingent remainders. • This doctrine has been abolished in
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Eastman formula
Eastman formula 〈美〉伊斯特曼公式 指州际商业委员会委员伊斯特曼向国会提出的一项建议，它要求根据铁道重整计划确定的收费不应超过过去10年中最不景气的3年的可支配净利息的80％。 Ea sunt animadvertenda peccata maxime, quae difficillime praecaventur. 〈拉〉 最难预防的犯罪应受到最严厉的惩罚。
two controlled studies standard
two-controlled-studies standard. The requirement by the Federal Trade Commission that before the maker of an over-the-counter painkiller can advertise that it is better or has fewer side effects than another brand, the maker must verify the claim in two scientifically controlled studies.
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waterpower
waterpower. 1. The force obtained by converting water into energy. 2. The riparian owner’s right consisting of the fall in the stream as it passes over or through the riparian owner’s land; the difference of the level between the surface where the stream first touches one’s land and the surface where the water leaves the
unrelated business income tax
A tax levied on a not-for-profit organization’s taxable income, such as advertising revenue from a publication. [Cases: Internal Revenue 4068; Taxation 1018. C.J.S. Internal Revenue §§ 473–474; Taxation § 1706.]
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conversion value
conversion value. A convertible security’s value as common stock. • For example, a bond that can be converted into ten shares of stock worth $40 each has a conversion value of $400. See BOND CONVERSION.
vivisection
vivisection, n. 1. Physiological or pathological experimentation on or investigation of living vertebrate animals using procedures likely to cause severe pain. 2. By extension, questioning or criticism that is intense, minute, and merciless.
disgavel
disgavel (dis-gav-[schwa]l), vb. Hist. To convert (gavelkind land) into ordinary freehold land. See GAVELKIND.
pauper’s oath
An affidavit or verification of poverty by a person requesting public funds or services. See poverty affidavit under AFFIDAVIT; IN FORMA PAUPERIS. [Cases: Costs 132(6); Federal Civil Procedure 2734. C.J.S. Costs § 89.]