Antitrust. Under the price-discrimination provisions of the Robinson–Patman Act, the practice of charging below-cost, predatory prices in an attempt to eliminate the seller’s competition in the market. 15 USCA § 13(a). • A primary-line injury, which hinders or seeks to hinder competition among the seller’s competitors, is distinguishable from a secondary-line injury, which refers to […]
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in being. Existing in life (life in being plus 21 years). • In property law, this term includes children conceived but not yet born. — Also termed in esse. See LIFE IN BEING. “The intentional killing of one not ‘in being,’ i.e. an unborn child, was until 1929 punishable neither as murder nor as infanticide.
nonresidence, n. 1. The status of living outside the limits of a particular place. 2. Eccles. law. The absence of a spiritual person from the benefice. • This was an offense punishable by sequestering the benefice and forfeiting part of its income.
A crime that can be prosecuted only by indictment. • In federal court, such an offense is one punishable by death or by imprisonment for more than one year or at hard labor. Fed. R. Crim. P. 7(a). See INDICTMENT. [Cases: Indictment and Information 3. C.J.S. Indictments and Informations § 6.]
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Hist. 1.A clandestine ceremonial marriage performed in the 17th or 18th century in the Fleet prison in London by a chaplain who had been imprisoned for debt. 2. A clandestine ceremonial marriage performed by unscrupulous itinerant clergymen in the area in London near the Fleet Prison. • Parliament attempted to stop the practice, but it
The statutory criminal offense of either (1) willfully infringing a copyright to obtain a commercial advantage or financial gain (17 USCA § 506; 18 USCA § 2319), or (2) trafficking in goods or services that bear a counterfeit mark (18 USCA § 2320). • Under the second category, the law imposes criminal penalties if the
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international crime. Int’l law. A grave breach of international law, such as genocide and crimes against humanity, made punishable offenses by treaties and applicable rules of customary international law. • An international crime occurs when three conditions are satisfied: (1) the criminal norm must derive either from a treaty concluded under international law or from
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primary-line injury. Antitrust. Under the price-discrimination provisions of the Robinson–Patman Act, the practice of charging below-cost, predatory prices in an attempt to eliminate the seller’s competition in the market. 15 USCA § 13(a). • A primary-line injury, which hinders or seeks to hinder competition among the seller’s competitors, is distinguishable from a secondary-line injury, which
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A security with detachable interest coupons that the holder must present for payment as they mature. • Coupon securities are usu. in denominations of $1,000, and they are negotiable. [Cases: Corporations 472. C.J.S. Corporations § 664.]
heresy (her-[schwa]-see), n. 1. Opinion or doctrine contrary to (usu. Catholic) church dogma. [Cases: Religious Societies 28.] 2. Hist. In England, an offense against religion, consisting not in totally denying Christianity, but in publicly denying some of its essential doctrines; an opinion on divine subjects devised solely by human reason, openly taught, and obstinately maintained.