damage-cleer (dam-ij kleer), n. [fr. Latin damna clericorum “clerk’s compensation”] Hist. A set fee payable by a plaintiff to the Court of the Common Pleas, King’s Bench, or Exchequer before execution on an award of damages. • The fee — later abolished by statute — was originally a gratuity to the court clerks for preparing […]
An agreement to engage in a gamble; a contract in which two parties wager something, esp. money, for a chance to win a prize. • Where gambling is legal, contracts related to legal gambling activities are enforceable. — Also termed gaming contract. See wagering contract. [Cases: Gaming 25.]
cognizor (kog-ni-z[schwa]r or -zor). Hist. The grantor of land in a conveyance by fine. — Also termed conusor; conuzor. See FINE(1). “Next comes the concord, or agreement itself, after leave obtained from the court; which is usually an acknowledgment … that the lands in question are the right of the complainant. And from this acknowledgment,
picketing. The demonstration by one or more persons outside a business or organization to protest the entity’s activities or policies and to pressure the entity to meet the protesters’ demands; esp., an employees’ demonstration aimed at publicizing a labor dispute and influencing the public to withhold business from the employer. • Picketing is usu. considered
comaker. One who participates jointly in borrowing money on a promissory note; esp., one who acts as surety under a note if the maker defaults. — Also termed cosigner. Cf. MAKER. [Cases: Bills and Notes 48, 118. C.J.S. Bills and Notes; Letters of Credit §§ 23, 80–82.]
essoin day. Hist. English law. The first general return day of the term, when the courts sat to receive essoins. • By the Law Terms Act (1830), essoin days were eliminated as a part of the term. St. 11 Geo. 4;1 Will. 4, ch. 70, § 6.
A lawyer who represents a party on appeal. • The term is often used in contrast with trial counsel.
scatter-point analysis. A method for studying the effect that minority-population changes have on voting patterns, involving a plotting of the percentage of votes that candidates receive to determine whether voting percentages increase or decrease as the percentages of voters of a particular race increase or decrease.
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motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict. A party’s request that the court enter a judgment in its favor despite the jury’s contrary verdict because there is no legally sufficient evidentiary basis for a jury to find for the other party. • Under the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, this procedure has been replaced by the
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bargained-for exchange. Contracts. A benefit or detriment that the parties to a contract agree to as the price of performance in return for a promise. • The Restatement of Contracts (Second) defines consideration exclusively in terms of bargain, but it does not mention benefit or detriment.
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