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Trustee Savings Banks/T.S.B.

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Trustee Savings Banks/T.S.B. 〈英〉信托储蓄银行 为通过吸收小额存款以鼓励小储户节俭而专门建立的银行。1810年，首家信托储蓄银行在苏格兰杜姆弗莱附近的罗斯威尔开业。1817年的一项法律禁止此类银行盈利。从1844年起，信托储蓄银行被迫向国债局〔National Debt Commissioners〕出借资金。1861年，邮政储蓄银行〔Post Office Savings Bank〕(国民储蓄银行〔National Savings Bank〕的前身)成立，现已成为最大的储蓄银行。储蓄银行中普通部的存款利率适中，投资部的存款和定期存款的利率较高。近来，储蓄银行拓展了业务范围。从1965年起，信托储蓄银行许可其顾客开立活期存款账户并使用支票。1967年，信托储蓄银行联合建立了它们自己的单元信托〔unit trust〕。信托储蓄银行亦从事外币汇兑业务。1973年，英国有73家独立的信托储蓄银行。据佩奇报告〔Page Report〕介绍，信托储蓄银行的数目骤减，到1975年只剩下20家。根据议会法律，信托储蓄银行是受托人代表储户管理的非营利性机构。其活期存款账户有利息并由政府保证。它提供支票支付和各种个人银行业务，如支付定期付款，在保险库内储藏贵重物品及买卖政府证券。信托储蓄银行要受1969年《信托储蓄银行法》〔Trustee Savings Bank Act〕及其后的修正条款的制约；并接受依该法成立的信托储蓄银行中央委员会〔Trustee Savings Bank Central Board〕的领导。 (→National Savings Bank)

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witenagemot

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witenagemot (wit-[schwa]-n[schwa]-g[schwa]-moht). [Anglo-Saxon “a meeting of the wise”] Hist. A national assembly of noblemen, high ecclesiastics, and other great thanes of England who advised and aided the king in the general administration of the government. • Its composition depended on the will of the king. It passed out of existence with the Norman Conquest (1066).

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city attorney

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city attorney. An attorney employed by a city to advise it and represent it in legal matters. — Also termed mu-nicipal attorney; city counsel; corporation counsel; city solicitor. [Cases: Municipal Corporations 214(3).] “There may have been a time in this country when the function of the City Attorney of the average city consisted mainly of

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cinque ports

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Cinque Ports (singk ports). [Fr. “five ports”] The five English ports — Hastings, Romney, Hythe, Dover, and Sandwich — that were important defenses against French invasion. • They received special privileges and were obliged to furnish a certain number of ships for use in war. See COURT OF SHEPWAY. “Cinque ports … are those special

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child support enforcement agency

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child-support-enforcement agency. Family law. A governmental agency that helps custodial parents collect child support. • Under Title IV(D) of the Social Security Act (42 USCA § 654), states are required to establish child-support-enforcement agencies to collect support for obligee parents. Although the agencies are governed by a set of federal standards, each state has its

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corpus cum causa

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corpus cum causa (kor-p[schwa]s k[schwa]m kaw-z[schwa]). [Law Latin “the body with the cause”] Hist. A writ issuing out of Chancery to remove both a person and a record from an inferior court in order to review a judgment issued by the inferior court. “The first use of the writ to challenge imprisonment was in cases

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nerve center test

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nerve-center test. A method courts sometimes use to determine the location of a company’s principal place of business, by examining where the company’s central decision-making authority lies. • Factors include the locations where the corporate officers, directors, and (sometimes) shareholders reside, and where they direct and control the corporation’s activities. [Cases: Corporations 52; Federal Courts

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