unfitness of a parent. Family law. A parent’s failure to exhibit a reasonable concern for, interest in, or responsibility for a child’s welfare. • Regardless of the specific ground for an allegation of unfitness, a court considers the parent’s actions and the circumstances surrounding the conduct in deciding whether unfitness has been demonstrated.
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vestita viro (ves-tI-t[schwa] vI-roh). [Law Latin] Hist. Clothed with a husband. “A married woman is said to be vestita viro, and so long as this coverture exists her person cannot be attached on civil diligence, unless that diligence proceeds upon a decree ad factum praestandum, for the performance of some act which she is bound
ex 〈拉〉 (1)从…；从…里面；来自…；因为；依据；按照 (2)(前缀)以前的；先前的 用于某一职位或某种关系、身份之前，表示以前曾担任某一职务或具备某种关系、身份，但现在已不担任或不具备。如ex-judge前任法官，ex-wife前妻。 (3)(前缀)无；除 如ex-dividend除股利的，不带股息的。 (4)(=exhibit)
hereafter, adv. 1. From now on; henceforth (because of the highway construction, she will hereafter take the bus to work). 2. At some future time (the court will hereafter issue a ruling on the gun’s admissibility). 3. HEREINAFTER (the exhibits hereafter referred to as Exhibit A and Exhibit B).
interdictum (in-t[schwa]r-dik-t[schwa]m), n. [Latin] Roman law. A summary order to secure the applicant’s rights by preventing something from being done (prohibitory interdict) or requiring property to be produced (exhibitory interdict) or restored (restitutory interdict). • A party might apply for an interdictum when some wrong had been done, or was likely to be done, and
learned-treatise rule. Evidence. An exception to the hearsay rule, by which a published text may be established as authoritative, either by expert testimony or by judicial notice. • Under the Federal Rules of Evidence, a statement contained in a published treatise, periodical, or pamphlet on sciences or arts (such as history and medicine) can be
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jus quaesitum tertio (j[schwa]s kwi-sI-t[schwa]m t[schwa]r-shee-oh). [Law Latin] Scots law. A contractual right conferred on a third party. • A third-party right may be conferred on a specified individual or on an identifiable class of people. “Where, in a contract between two parties, a stipulation is introduced in favour of a third, who is not
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dump-truck lawyer. Slang. A public defender who spends little time or effort and exhibits little skill mounting a defense on behalf of an indigent defendant. • This derogatory term arises from criminal defendants’ common perception (typically a misperception) that public defenders prefer to dump cases by making plea bargains rather than spend time preparing for
taxpayers’ lists. Written exhibits required of taxpayers in some taxing districts, listing all property owned by them and subject to taxation, used as a basis for assessment and valuation. Cf. ROLL(2). [Cases: Taxation 328, 366. C.J.S. Taxation §§ 483, 535–536, 541, 544.]
record, n. 1. A documentary account of past events, usu. designed to memorialize those events. 2. Information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that, having been stored in an electronic or other medium, is retrievable in perceivable form. UCC § 5-102(14). 3. MINUTES(2). 4. The official report of the proceedings in a case,