investiture (in-ves-t[schwa]-chuur). 1. The act of formally installing a person in a ceremony in which the person is clothed in the insignia of the office’s position or rank; esp., the installation of a cleric in office. 2. LIVERY OF SEISIN.
ligan (海难中所有权人为便于寻找而)系上浮标的投海货物 在风暴或者船舶遇难事件中，对被投下海并且一直留在海里而没有冲上岸的货物有不同的通俗称谓：沉入海底的货物〔jetsam〕、漂流的货物〔flotsam〕、系有浮标的货物〔ligan〕。
filibuster (fil-[schwa]-b[schwa]s-t[schwa]r), n. 1. A dilatory tactic, esp. prolonged and often irrelevant speechmaking, employed in an attempt to obstruct legislative action. • The filibuster is common in the U.S. Senate, where the right to debate is usu. unlimited and where a filibuster can be terminated only by a cloture vote of two-thirds of all members.
decimation (des-[schwa]-may-sh[schwa]n). 1. A major destruction of people; a great loss of life. 2. Hist. A tithing; a payment of the tenth part. 3. Hist. A punishment, esp. by death, of every tenth person by lot. • Under Roman law, decimatio referred to the punishment by lot of every tenth soldier in a legion for
pars enitia (pahrz i-ni-shee-[schwa]). [Law Latin “oldest’s part”] Hist. An oldest child’s portion of lands divided by lot.
gift enterprise. 1. A scheme for the distribution of items by chance among those who have purchased shares in the scheme. [Cases: Lotteries 3. C.J.S. Lotteries §§ 2–7, 11.] 2. A merchant’s scheme to increase sales without lowering prices by giving buyers tickets that carry a chance to win a prize. • Gift enterprises are
estray (e-stray), n. 1. A valuable tame animal found wandering and ownerless; an animal that has escaped from its owner and wanders about. • At common law, an estray belonged to the Crown or to the lord of the manor, but today the general rule is that it passes to the state in trust for
sweepstakes n. 抽彩中奖法 该词最初仅指实行赌金全赢制的一种赛马，其获胜者的奖金也就是对每一匹马所下的赌注。目前该词已泛指一切赛事中的抽彩中奖法，常用于宣传或推销目的，依照随机选择确定获奖者。英国1976年《抽彩中奖与娱乐法》〔Lotteries and Amusements Act〕和美国的联邦法律都对抽彩中奖的合法性作有限制性规定。 (→lottery)
concerted activity. Labor law. Action by employees concerning wages or working conditions. • Concerted activity is protected by the National Labor Relations Act and cannot be used as a basis for disciplining or discharging an employee. [Cases: Labor Relations 281. C.J.S. Labor Relations §§ 263–264.] “Typical protected concerted activity involves union organizing, the discussion of
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