fill or kill order
An order that must be executed as soon as it reaches the trading floor. • If the order is not filled immediately, it is canceled.
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scintilla
scintilla (sin-til-[schwa]). A spark or trace (the standard is that there must be more than a scintilla of evidence). Pl. scintillas (sin-til-[schwa]z). [Cases: Evidence 597; Federal Civil Procedure 2146. C.J.S. Evidence §§ 1301, 1304, 1306, 1339.]
enrolled bill
enrolled bill 〈美〉 (1)待签议案;已经立法机关两院通过并待签署的议案或联合决议 (2)归档的法案 在立法实践中,指已获两院通过，并经两院负责人签署和总统(或州长)批准，交存国务卿或州务卿的法律文件。
Mozilla public license
An open-source license that allows software users to modify and publicly distribute the software, but requires users to release the changed software under the same copyright as the original source code, and to release all claims to patent rights. • The Mozilla public license was developed for the Netscape and Netscape Communicator browsers but is
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jactus lapilli
jactus lapilli 〈拉〉(罗马法)扔掉石块以中断时效 在罗马法中，当一个人在他人土地上修建房屋并想通过时效取得权利时，土地的真正所有人对这种侵入可以提出质疑并在证人面前扔掉建筑物上的石块以中断时效。
foreign bill
A bill of exchange drawn in one state or country and payable in another. Cf. domestic bill. [Cases: Bills and Notes 13, 128. C.J.S. Bills and Notes; Letters of Credit §§ 5, 85.]
ancillary receivership
ancillary receivership 附属破产管理人的职位(务) 协助另一破产管理人履行职责的破产管理人的职位(务)，通常是在另一司法区或外国。 (→ancillary receiver)
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spillover theory
The principle that a severance must be granted only when a defendant can show that trial with a codefendant would substantially prejudice the defendant’s case, as when the jury might wrongly use evidence against the defendant. See BRUTON ERROR. [Cases: Criminal Law 622.2(8). C.J.S. Criminal Law §§ 570–571.]