annotation (an-[schwa]-tay-sh[schwa]n), n. 1. A brief summary of the facts and decision in a case, esp. one involving statutory interpretation. 2. A note that explains or criticizes a source of law, usu. a case. • Annotations appear, for example, in the United States Code Annotated (USCA). 3. A volume containing such explanatory or critical notes. […]
parenting function. A task that serves the direct or day-to-day needs of a child or of a child’s family. • Parenting functions include providing necessaries, making decisions about the child’s welfare, and maintaining the family residence. Cf. CARETAKING FUNCTIONS.
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An account that has more than one owner with a current or future interest in the account. • Multiple-party accounts include joint accounts, payable-on-death (P.O.D.) accounts, and trust accounts. Unif. Probate Code § 6-201(5).
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A hazard that has its inception in mental attitudes. • Examples include dishonesty, carelessness, and insanity. The risk that an insured will destroy property or allow it to be destroyed (usu. by burning) in order to collect the insurance proceeds is a moral hazard. Also, an insured’s potential interest, if any, in the burning of
Blaine amendment. A provision in a state constitution for stricter separation of church and state than is required by the Establishment Clause. • In 1875, at the request of President Ulysses S. Grant, Senator James G. Blaine proposed an amendment to the U.S. Constitution, applying the Free Exercise and Establishment Clause to the states, and
A political subdivision of a state. • Local agencies include counties, cities, school districts, etc.
A right that is recognized by the law but is not enforceable. • Examples include time-barred claims and claims exceeding the local limits of a court’s jurisdiction.
dignitary, adj. Of or relating to one’s interest in personal dignity, as contrasted with one’s interest in freedom from physical injury and property damage. • Tort actions that compensate a plaintiff for a dignitary insult rather than physical injury or property damage include false-light privacy and negligent infliction of emotional distress. dignitary, n. 1. A
asexually reproducing plant. Patents. A plant that reproduces other than by seeds. • Examples of asexual re-production include cutting, grafting, and budding. Only new, distinctive, and nonobvious species of asexually reproducing plants may be protected under the Plant Patent Act. 35 USCA § 161. [Cases: Patents 14. C.J.S. Patents § 22.]
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attainder ([schwa]-tayn-d[schwa]r), n. 1. At common law, the act of extinguishing a person’s civil rights when that person is sentenced to death or declared an outlaw for committing a felony or treason. 2. Hist. A grand-jury proceeding to try whether a jury has given a false verdict. 3. The conviction of a jury so tried.