ex capite lecti (eks kap-i-tee lek-tI). [Law Latin] Scots law. On the ground of deathbed. • Under some circumstances, a legal heir could overturn a deed that a grantor made to the heir’s detriment if the deed were made within 60 days before the grantor’s death.
fool’s test. The test formerly used by federal courts and by the Federal Trade Commission to determine whether an advertisement is deceptive, by asking whether even a fool might believe it. • The name comes from Isaiah: “wayfaring men, though fools, shall not err therein.” The test was announced in Charles of the Ritz Distrib.
horizontal merger 同(行)业公司合并；横向合并 两个或两个以上相互直接竞争的公司的联合；亦指生产相同或相似产品、并在同一区域的市场上销售的公司之间的合并。 (→merger; vertical merger)
unfair methods of competition 不公正竞争手段；不正当竞争手段 美国《联邦贸易委员会法》〔Federal Trade Commission Act〕对此作出规定，它比普通法术语「不正当竞争」〔unfair competition〕的含义更加广泛，但是，其构成要件需根据特定案件的证据，尤其是从事不正当竞争的情况及影响公共利益的程度等才能加以确定。(→antitrust acts；unfair competition；Uniform Deceptive Trade Practices Act；vertical restraints of trade)
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intervention, n. 1. The entry into a lawsuit by a third party who, despite not being named a party to the action, has a personal stake in the outcome. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 24. • The intervenor sometimes joins the plaintiff in claiming what is sought, sometimes joins the defendant in resisting what is
faeder-feoh (fah-th[schwa]r-fee). Hist. Property brought by a wife to her husband at marriage. • If the husband died, the property reverted to the widow if the heir of the deceased husband refused consent to her second marriage. The property reverted to the widow’s family if she returned to them.
antidilution provision. A convertible-security provision that safeguards the conversion privilege from share splits, share dividends, or other transactions that might affect the conversion ratio. See CONVERSION RATIO; DI-LUTION(2). [Cases: Corporations 66, 116. C.J.S. Corporations §§ 177–179, 233–240, 242.]
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directory, n. 1. A book containing an alphabetical list of names, addresses, and telephone numbers, esp. those of a city’s or area’s residents and businesses. [Cases: Telecommunications 269. C.J.S. Telegraphs, Telephones, Radio, and Television § 120.] 2. Any organization’s publication containing information on its members or business, such as a legal directory. 3. Eccles. law.
court a quo. See COURT. COURT BARON court baron. Hist. A manorial court with jurisdiction over amounts in controversy of 40 shillings or less. • Ac-cording to some authorities, the court baron developed into two courts: the customary court baron for disputes involving copyholders, and the court baron proper (also known as the freeholders’ court
nonprivity (non-priv-[schwa]-tee). The fact or state of not being in privity of contract with another; lack of privity. See PRIVITY. [Cases: Contracts 186; Sales 255. C.J.S. Contracts §§ 610–611; Sales §§ 240–241, 284, 288–289.] horizontal nonprivity. The lack of privity occurring when the plaintiff is not a buyer within the distributive chain, but one who