particeps criminis
particeps criminis 〈拉〉 (1)同谋犯；从犯(→accessory) (2)同谋犯互不赔偿原则 在针对某一同谋犯提起的民事诉讼中，其他同谋犯不能获得赔偿。该原则只适用于民事责任，不涉及刑事责任。
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earnings per share
earnings per share. Corporations. A measure of corporate value by which the corporation’s net income is divided by the number of outstanding shares of common stock. • Investors benefit from calculating a corporation’s earnings per share, because it helps the investor determine the fair market value of the corporation’s stock. — Abbr. EPS. fully diluted
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claims consciousness
claims-consciousness, n. The quality characterizing a legal culture in which people have firm expectations of justice and are willing to take concrete steps to see that justice is done (claims-consciousness in the United States has resulted from certain social changes, not from any character deficiency). — Also termed rights-consciousness. — claims-conscious, adj.
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possibility of reverter
possibility of reverter. A reversionary interest that is subject to a condition precedent; specif., a future interest retained by a grantor after conveying a fee simple determinable, so that the grantee’s estate terminates automatically and reverts to the grantor if the terminating event ever occurs. • In this type of interest, the grantor transfers an
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Markush claim
A patent claim that includes elements listing alternative chemicals, materials, or steps in a process. • A Markush claim typically has language such as “selected from the group consisting of.” The alternatives must all give the same result, rather than patentably distinct products. The name derives from Ex parte Markush, 1925 Dec. Comm’r Pat. 126.