Aid to Families with Dependent Children. Obsolete. A federally funded, state-administered welfare program that provided financial assistance to needy families with dependent children. • Aid to Families with Dependent Children has been replaced by Temporary Assistance to Needy Families. — Abbr. AFDC. See TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE TO NEEDY FAMILIES.
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independent, adj. 1. Not subject to the control or influence of another ( independent investigation). 2. Not associated with another (often larger) entity (an independent subsidiary). 3. Not dependent or contingent on something else (an independent person).
dependent intervening cause. A cause of an accident or injury that occurs between the defendant’s behavior and the injurious result, but that does not change the defendant’s liability. See intervening cause under CAUSE(1). [Cases: Criminal Law 31; Negligence 431. C.J.S. Criminal Law §§ 15, 46–49, 88, 93–94; Negligence §§ 202, 315.]
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A tax credit available to a person who is employed full-time and who maintains a household for a dependent child or a disabled spouse or dependent. [Cases: Internal Revenue 3520, 3534; Taxation 1047. C.J.S. Internal Revenue §§ 58, 336–338, 341–343, 345, 347, 354, 489; Taxation § 1758.]
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A contract in which the mutual acts or promises of the parties have no relation to each other, either as equivalents or as considerations. Cf. commutative contract.
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independent source rule 〈美〉独立来源规则 依该规则，对通过非法途径获得的证据如果也可能通过与最初的非法行为无关的合法途迳取得，则该证据仍然具有可采性。该规则构成证据排除规则〔Exclusionary Rule〕的一个例外。 (→fruit of poisonous tree doctrine; inevitable discovery rule)
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A covenant that imposes a duty that depends on the other party’s prior performance. • Until the performance, the other party does not have to perform. Cf. concurrent covenant; independent covenant.
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dependent relative revocation. A common-law doctrine that operates to undo an otherwise sufficient revocation of a will when there is evidence that the testator’s revocation was conditional rather than absolute. • Typically, the doctrine applies when a testator has physically revoked the will and believes that a new will is valid, although this belief is
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lawful dependent 法定受抚养人 一指从公共机构，例如社会保障机构领取津贴或补助的人；亦指有资格从个人财产处获得补助的人。 (→dependent; legal dependent)
independent contract 独立合同 １合同所定当事人交互的行为或允诺并不关联，既不是对等给付也不是对价；２合同可得以强制执行，并不以其他合同的履行为条件。 (→independent contractor)
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