Hist. One of four days during a year that money owed (such as rent) was legally or customarily payable. • In England and Wales the quarter days are Lady Day, March 25; Midsummer Day, June 24; Michaelmas Day, September 29; and Christmas Day, December 25. In Scotland the traditional quarter or term days are Candlemas, […]
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. An independent federal commission that investigates claims of employment discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, national origin, or age and enforces antidiscrimination statutes through lawsuits. • It was created by Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The EEOC encourages mediation and other nonlitigious means of resolving employment
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toxicology (tok-si-kol-[schwa]-jee). The branch of medicine that concerns poisons, their effects, their recognition, their antidotes, and generally the diagnosis and therapeutics of poisoning; the science of poisons. — toxicological (tok-si-k[schwa]-loj-i-k[schwa]l), adj.
Strategic National Stockpile. A national repository of medicines and healthcare supplies maintained jointly by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to respond to public-health emergencies. • Created as the National Pharmaceutical Stockpile in 1999, the agency caches antibiotics, chemical antidotes, antitoxins, life-support medications, IV administration, airway
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Dumping Act. A federal antidumping law requiring the Secretary of the Treasury to notify the U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) whenever the Secretary determines that goods are likely to be sold abroad at less than their fair value, so that the USITC can take appropriate action. 19 USCA § 1673. [Cases: Customs Duties 21. 5.
Ember Days. Eccles. law. The days — which the ancient church fathers called quatuor tempora jejunii — that are observed on the Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday following (1) Quadragesima Sunday (the first Sunday in Lent), (2) Whitsuntide, or Holyrood Day, in September, and (3) St. Lucy’s day, about the middle of December. • Almanacs refer
national origin. The country in which a person was born, or from which the person’s ancestors came. • This term is used in several antidiscrimination statutes, including Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits discrimination because of an individual’s “race, color, religion, sex, or national origin.” 42 USCA § 2000e-2. [Cases:
额定索赔（金额） 英语：liquidated claim (sum) 法语：dette (créance) certaine 德语：ziffernmässig bestimmte Forderung 意大利语：credito liquido ed esigibile 西班牙语：reclamación de una cantidad precisa
denarii de caritate 在惠特森泰德〔Whitsuntide〕形成的向主教座堂缴纳的习惯性捐赠
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迟签日期/倒签日期 英语：postdate/backdate, to 法语：postdater/antidater 德语：vordatieren/rückdatieren 意大利语：postdatare/predatare, retrodatare, antidatare 西班牙语：posdatar/antedatar