delict (di-likt), n. [Latin delictum “an offense”] Roman & civil law. A violation of the law; esp., a wrongful act or omission giving rise to a claim for compensation; TORT. — Also termed (in Roman law) delictum; (in French law) délit. [Cases: Torts 1. C.J.S. Torts §§ 2–7.] “A delict is a civil wrong. It […]
双因素加速条款 (Double-Trigger Acceleration Clause) 条款背景：双因素加速条款是指在规定的两项事件（一般是公司出售或收购，以及高管被无故解雇）发生后，加速推进高管的授予计划。通常是在高管于公司出售或被收购后仍然留任的情况下引入本条款。由于本条款对享有加速权的重要员工以及收购企业均有利，所以，对潜在买方更有吸引力。 翻译难点：本条的语言结构并不复杂，脉络相对清晰。难点在于并购专业词汇（行话）较多，必须要查看具体定义，灵活处理，若要达意，颇费功夫。除此之外，vesting, exercise, restricted stock unit, award等授股相关常用词汇密集，篇幅短小，结构精炼，是练习法律翻译的好材料。
lex Aquilia (leks [schwa]-kwil-ee-[schwa]). [Latin “Aquilian law”] Roman law. A Roman statute imposing liability for pecuniary loss tortiously caused and generally regulating loss caused by damage to property, including compensation to be paid for injury to another’s slave or livestock. • A loss had to be financially measurable and caused wrongfully. If the liable party
possibility. 1. An event that may or may not happen. 2. A contingent interest in real or personal property. bare possibility. See naked possibility. naked possibility. A mere chance or expectation that a person will acquire future property. • A conveyance of a naked possibility is usu. void for lack of subject matter, as in
indemnity (in-dem-n[schwa]-tee), n. 1. A duty to make good any loss, damage, or liability incurred by another. [Cases: Indemnity 20, 25, 50–61.] 2. The right of an injured party to claim reimbursement for its loss, damage, or liability from a person who has such a duty. 3. Reimbursement or compensation for loss, damage, or liability
autrefois (oh-tr[schwa]-fwahoroh-t[schwa]r-foyz). [Law French] On another occasion; formerly. autrefois acquit ([schwa]-kwitor a-kee). A plea in bar of arraignment that the defendant has been acquitted of the offense. — Also termed former acquittal. See DOUBLE JEOPARDY. [Cases: Criminal Law 289–297; Double Jeopardy 100. 1. C.J.S. Criminal Law §§ 381–383.] “Suppose that a transgressor is charged and
laesio enormis (lee-shee-oh i-nor-mis). [Law Latin “excessive loss” or “abnormal loss of more than half”] Roman & civil law. 1. The sale of a thing for which the buyer paid less than half its real value. • The seller could rescind the sale, but the buyer could keep the item purchased by paying the full
fine sur done, grant et render (fIn s[schwa]r dawn, grant ay ren-d[schwa]r). [Law French “fine upon gift, grant and render”] Hist. A double conveyance, consisting of a fine sur cognizance de droit, come ceo que il ad de son done and a fine sur concessit, used to convey particular limitations of estates. • For example,
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same-conduct test. Criminal law. A test for determining whether a later charge arising out of a single incident is barred by the Double Jeopardy Clause; specif., an analysis of whether the later charge requires the state to prove the same conduct that it was required to prove in a previous trial against the same defendant.
forgery, n. 1. The act of fraudulently making a false document or altering a real one to be used as if genuine (the contract was void because of the seller’s forgery). — Also termed false making. • Though forgery was a misdemeanor at common law, modern statutes typically make it a felony. [Cases: Forgery 1.]