sneak and peek search warrant
sneak-and-peek search warrant. See covert-entry search warrant under SEARCH WARRANT.
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complete preemption doctrine
complete-preemption doctrine. The rule that a federal statute’s preemptive force may be so extraordinary and all-encompassing that it converts an ordinary state-common-law complaint into one stating a federal claim for purposes of the well-pleaded-complaint rule. See well-pleaded complaint under COMPLAINT. [Cases: Federal Courts 241.]
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judgment receiver
A receiver who collects or diverts funds from a judgment debtor to the creditor. • A judgment receiver is usu. appointed when it is difficult to enforce a judgment in any other manner. — Also termed receiver in aid of execution.
Pullman abstention
A federal court’s decision to abstain so that state courts will have an opportunity to settle an underlying state-law question whose resolution may avert the need to decide a federal constitutional question. Railroad Comm’n v. Pullman Co., 312 U.S. 496, 61 S.Ct. 643 (1941). [Cases: Federal Courts 43, 46.]
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gap filler
gap-filler. A rule that supplies a contractual term that the parties failed to include in the contract. • For example, if the contract does not contain a sales price, UCC § 2-305(1) establishes the price as being a reasonable one at the time of delivery. Cf. default rule under RULE(1). [Cases: Sales 22(4), 23(4). C.J.S.
criminal conspiracy
criminal conspiracy 犯罪共谋 两个或两个以上的人密谋实施某一犯罪行为或违法行为，或以犯罪或违法手段实施某一合法行为。在美国的许多司法管辖区，构成犯罪共谋还要求必须有表明共谋者意图存在的外在的行为〔overt act〕。 (→conspiracy)
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copyhold
copyhold. Hist. A base tenure requiring the tenant to provide the customary services of the manor, as reflected in the manor’s court rolls. • Copyhold tenure descended from pure villeinage; over time, the customs of the manor, as reflected on the manor’s rolls, dictated what services a lord could demand from a copyholder. This type
spectrograph
spectrograph. An electromagnetic machine that analyzes sound, esp. a human voice, by separating and mapping it into elements of frequency, time lapse, and intensity (represented by a series of horizontal and vertical bar lines) to produce a final voiceprint. See VOICEPRINT. [Cases: Criminal Law 339. 6. C.J.S. Criminal Law §§ 800–801.]
modus vivendi
modus vivendi (moh-d[schwa]s vi-ven-dIor -dee). [Latin “means of living (together)”] Int’l law. A temporary, provisional arrangement concluded between subjects of international law and giving rise to binding obligations on the parties. “[Modus vivendi] is an instrument of toleration looking towards a settlement, by preparing for or laying down the basis of a method of living
休庭，休会
休庭，休会 英语：adjournment 法语：remise, ajournement, suspension (de séance) 德语：Vertagung, Unterbrechung, Verlegung 意大利语：aggiornamento, rinvio, differimento in genere 西班牙语：suspensión