vicar general
vicar general. An ecclesiastical officer who helps the bishop or archbishop in the discharge of his office.
vicar general. An ecclesiastical officer who helps the bishop or archbishop in the discharge of his office.
servus vicarius 〈拉〉(罗马法)替身奴隶;代奴 常规奴隶〔servus ordinarius〕的随从或助手,通常由常规奴隶以特有产〔peculium〕购得。
vicarious liability 替代责任 指法律规定在某些情况下,某人须为他人的过失行为承担的责任。例如,车主对他人驾驶其汽车所致伤害负有责任。
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ecclesiastical authorities. English law. The church’s hierarchy, answerable to the Crown but set apart from the rest of the citizens, responsible for superintending public worship and other religious ceremonies and for administering spiritual counsel and instruction. • In England, the several levels of the clergy are (1) archbishops and bishops, (2) deans and chapters, (3)
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state responsibility 国家责任 指国家作为国际法上的法律人格者要对其违约行为及违法行为承担责任并有义务恢复原状或给予赔偿。原则上,导致违反习惯法或条约及其他方面的法律义务的作为或不作为,都将产生国际法上的责任。国家责任可能是直接责任〔direct responsibility〕,由于政府机构或其官员之所为而生;也可能是替代责任〔vicarious responsibility〕,由于其人民,甚至外国居民之所为而生。
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An employee whose services are, with the employee’s consent, lent to another employer who temporarily assumes control over the employee’s work. • Under the doctrine of respondeat superior, the borrowing employer is vicariously liable for the employee’s acts. But the employer may also be entitled to assert immunity under workers’-compensation laws. — Also termed borrowed
de non decimando (dee non des-[schwa]-man-doh), n. [Law Latin “of not paying tithes”] Eccles. law. A claim for release from paying a tithe. — Also termed modus de non decimando. “A prescription de non decimando is a claim to be entirely discharged of tithes, and to pay no compensation in lieu of them. Thus the
curate n. 〈英〉(教会法)牧师助理 教堂的最低级牧师,协助堂区长〔rector〕或堂区长代理〔vicar〕行使牧师职责〔cure of souls〕,或在其空缺时代行其职。该职位由本区的主教任免,可以是世俗的、受圣俸的或终身的。终身牧师助理由领受圣俸的俗界堂区长〔lay rector or impropriator〕提名,在此情况下亦可称作堂区长代理〔vicar〕。
parish priest 堂区牧师 亦称堂区主持牧师〔parson〕,即以主持堂区教会为圣职的牧师。如果其圣俸中的农业什一税〔predial tithes〕来源是非圣俸转拨〔unappropriated〕,该主持牧师为堂区长〔rector〕;如是圣俸转拨〔appropriated〕,该牧师为堂区长代理〔vicar〕。(→parson)
fault n. 过错 一种心理状态,通常作为侵权或不法行为责任的构成条件,与罗马法中的「过错」〔culpa〕相对应。过错本质上是一个道德概念,表示被告是有责任的,因为其本来应该和能够避免或阻止该致损行为发生。但是,随着法律的发展,在某些法律规则——如替代责任〔vicarious liability〕或法定责任〔statutory liability〕——中,过错就仅仅具有法律技术上的意义。就法律层面而言,过错相当于过失〔negligence〕,属于某种判断或行为上的错误或瑕疵,是对法律规定的或合同约定的义务的违反。在美国《统一商法典》第1-201条中,「过错」专指不当行为、懈怠或违约。(→negligence;pari delicto;tort)