passim (pas-im), adv. [Latin] Here and there; throughout (the cited work). • In modern legal writing, the citation signal see generally is preferred to passim as a general reference, although passim can be useful in a brief’s index of authorities to show that a given authority is cited throughout the brief.
enclave (en-klayv oron-).Int’l law. An isolated part of a country’s territory entirely surrounded by the territory of one foreign country, so that any communication with the main part of the country must pass through the territory of the foreign country. • Although international enclaves were once common, they are now relatively rare; examples include Baarle-Hertog,
A contract in which a party undertakes to use best efforts to fulfill the promises made rather than to achieve a specific result; a contract in which the adequacy of a party’s performance is measured by the party’s ability to fulfill the specified obligations. • Although the obligor must use best efforts, the risk of
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Financial Accounting Standard Board/FASB 〈美〉财务会计标准委员会 负责制定并解释《通用会计准则》〔Generally Accepted Accounting Principles〕的独立机构。
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contrahere (k[schwa]n-tray-h[schwa]-ree), vb. [Latin “draw together”] Roman law. 1. To establish or enter into a formal relationship, as between husband and wife, creditor and debtor, by mutual agreement. 2. To commit a crime. 3. To accept an inheritance. 4. Generally, to perform any act of legal significance. See CONTRACTUS.
A law pertaining to an entire community or all persons generally. — Also termed public statute. See PUBLIC LAW(2). [Cases: Statutes 68. C.J.S. Statutes §§ 154–161.]
Securities Investor Protection Corporation. A federally chartered corporation established under the Securities Investor Protection Act to protect investors and help brokers in financial trouble. — Abbr. SIPC. See SECURITIES INVESTOR PROTECTION ACT . [Cases: Securities Regulation 185.11. C.J.S. Securities Regulation § 308.]
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senatus consultum Macedonianum (si-nay-t[schwa]s k[schwa]n-s[schwa]l-t[ schwa]m mas-[schwa]-doh-nee-ay-n[schwa]m). [Latin “Macedo’s Resolution”] Roman law. A senate decree under Vespasian to protect fathers from children in their power who had borrowed excessive sums in expectation of their father’s death, by making actions to recover such loans unlawful. — Also termed Macedonian Decree. “The senatus consultum Macedonianum reads as
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presence-of-the-testator rule. The principle that a testator must be aware (through sight or other sense) that the witnesses are signing the will. • Many jurisdictions interpret this requirement liberally, and the Uniform Probate Code has dispensed with it. [Cases: Wills 117. C.J.S. Wills §§ 285–293.]
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unfair competition. 1. Dishonest or fraudulent rivalry in trade and commerce; esp., the practice of endeavoring to pass off one’s own goods or products in the market for those of another by means of imitating or counterfeiting the name, brand, size, shape, or other distinctive characteristic of the article or its packaging. [Cases: Trade Regulation
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