disposition without trial
disposition without trial 不经审判的处理 指对作出有罪答辩或承认足以认定其有罪的事实的被告人，没有经过实体上的审理即作出科刑判决或其他处理。
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testamentary disposition
testamentary disposition 根据遗嘱的处分 指某人去世时财产的处分或转与。美国法律规定，死亡时财产可以转与，但必须立有合法遗嘱。人寿保险金不受规定约束，指定的受益人领取时无需顾虑遗嘱的合法性。
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independent significance doctrine
independent-significance doctrine. Wills & estates. The principle that effect will be given to a testator’s disposition that is not done solely to avoid the requirements of a will. • An example is a will provision that gives the contents of the testator’s safe-deposit box to his niece. Because the safe-deposit box has utility (“significance”) independent
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summary judgment
A judgment granted on a claim or defense about which there is no genuine issue of material fact and upon which the movant is entitled to prevail as a matter of law. • The court considers the contents of the pleadings, the motions, and additional evidence adduced by the parties to determine whether there is
whitehorse case
whitehorse case. Slang. A reported case with facts virtually identical to those of the instant case, so that the disposition of the reported case should determine the outcome of the instant case. — Also termed horse case; goose case; gray mule case. Cf. ON ALL FOURS.
register of land office
Hist. A federal officer appointed for each federal land district to take charge of the local records and to administer the sale, preemption, or other disposition of public lands within the district. [Cases: Public Lands 95. C.J.S. Public Lands § 167.]
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administrative convenience exception
administrative-convenience exception. Bankruptcy. A provision permitting a bankruptcy plan to have a separate classification for small, unsecured claims, to the extent that the separate classification will assist in a more efficient disposition of the estate, as by paying or eliminating the small claims earlier than other claims. 11 USCA § 1122(b). [Cases: Bankruptcy 3550. C.J.S.
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general land office
General Land Office. A former U.S. Interior Department division that exercised executive power relating to the public lands, including their survey, patenting, and sale or other disposition. • The General Land Office and the U.S. Grazing Service were consolidated into the Bureau of Land Management in 1946. See BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT. [Cases: Public Lands
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motion for summary judgment
motion for summary judgment. A request that the court enter judgment without a trial because there is no genuine issue of material fact to be decided by a fact-finder — that is, because the evidence is legally insufficient to support a verdict in the nonmovant’s favor. • In federal court and in most state courts,
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summary judgment
summary judgment. A judgment granted on a claim or defense about which there is no genuine issue of material fact and upon which the movant is entitled to prevail as a matter of law. • The court considers the contents of the pleadings, the motions, and additional evidence adduced by the parties to determine whether