fauces terrae
fauces terrae (faw-seez ter-ee). [Latin “narrow passage of the land”] A body of water that experiences tides and is partially enclosed by land. • This includes inlets, rivers, harbors, creeks, bays, basins, and similar aquatic bodies.
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lawful issue
Descendants, including descendants more remote than children. • At common law, the term included only those who were children of legally recognized subsisting marriages. See DESCENDANT; HEIR. [Cases: Descent and Distribution 25. C.J.S. Descent and Distribution § 32.]
convention
convention. 1. An agreement or compact, esp. one among nations; a multilateral treaty (the Geneva Convention). See TREATY. [Cases: Treaties 1. C.J.S. Treaties § 2.] 2. A special deliberative assembly elected for the purpose of framing, revising, or amending a constitution. See CONSTITUTION (1). — Also termed constitutional convention. [Cases: Constitutional Law 8, 10. C.J.S.
state agency
An executive or regulatory body of a state. • State agencies include state offices, departments, divisions, bureaus, boards, and commissions. — Also termed state body.
condominia
condominia (kon-d[schwa]-min-ee-[schwa]).Civil law. Coownerships or limited ownerships. • Condo-minia are considered part of the dominium of the property, and thus are more than mere rights in the property (i.e., jure in re aliena); examples of condominia include emphyteusis, superficies, pignus, hypotheca, usufructus, usus, and habitatio.
genericide
genericide (j[schwa]-ner-[schwa]-sId).Trademarks. The loss or cancellation of a trademark that no longer distinguishes the owner’s product from others’ products. • Genericide occurs when a trademark becomes such a household name that the consuming public begins to think of the mark not as a brand name but as a synonym for the product itself. Examples of
motion for more definite statement
motion for more definite statement. A party’s request that the court require an opponent to amend a vague or ambiguous pleading to which the party cannot reasonably be required to respond. Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(e). — Also termed motion for a more definite statement. [Cases: Federal Civil Procedure 957; Pleading 367. C.J.S. Pleading §
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norroy
Norroy (nor-oy).English law. The third of the three Kings at Arms (and the chief herald), whose province lies on the north side of the river Trent. • The Norroy’s duties have included the supervision of weddings and funerals of nobility. See HERALD.
physical hazard
A hazard that has its inception in the material world. • Examples include location, structure, occupancy, exposure, and the like.
rule of capture
rule of capture. 1. The doctrine that if the donee of a general power of appointment manifests an intent to assume control of the property for all purposes and not just for the purpose of appointing it to someone, the donee captures the property and the property goes to the donee’s estate. • One common