Anders brief. Criminal procedure. A brief filed by a court-appointed defense attorney who wants to withdraw from the case on appeal based on a belief that the appeal is frivolous. • In an Anders brief, the attorney seeking to withdraw must identify anything in the record that might arguably support the appeal. The court then […]
in mitiori sensu (in mish-ee-or-Isens-[y]oo), adv. [Law Latin] In a milder or more favorable sense. • This phrase appeared as part of the former rule applied in slander actions. A word capable of two meanings would be given the one more favorable to the defendant. Cf. INNOCENT-CONSTRUCTION RULE. [Cases: Libel and Slander 19. C.J.S. Libel
ides (Idz), n. [fr. Latin idus] (pl.) Roman law. In the Roman calendar, the ninth day after the Nones, being the 15th of March, May, July, and October, and the 13th of the other months. • In the calculation of the day, Nones is the first day counted. Cf. CALENDS; NONES.
feigned issue. Hist. A proceeding in which the parties, by consent, have an issue tried by a jury without actually bringing a formal action. • The proceeding was done when a court either lacked jurisdiction or was unwilling to decide the issue. — Also termed fictitious issue. “The chancellor’s decree is either interlocutory or final.
simple, adj. 1. (Of a crime) not accompanied by aggravating circumstances. Cf. AGGRAVATED(1). 2. (Of an estate or fee) heritable by the owner’s heirs with no conditions concerning tail. 3. (Of a contract) not made under seal. [Cases: Contracts 36. C.J.S. Contracts § 76.]
foreign, adj. 1. Of or relating to another country (foreign affairs). 2. Of or relating to another jurisdiction (the Arizona court gave full faith and credit to the foreign judgment from Mississippi). — foreigner, n.
Attempting to patent an invention that is the same subject matter as another invention by the same inventor, when the first invention has already been patented or has a pending patent application. • Any double patenting is grounds for invalidating a patent claim or rejecting a claim in a patent application. 35 USCA § 101.
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dotalitium (doh-t[schwa]-lish-ee-[schwa]m), n. [Law Latin] Hist. Dower. “[S]ome have ascribed the introduction of dower to the Normans, as a branch of their local tenures; though we cannot expect any feodal reason for its invention, since it was not a part of the pure, primitive, simple law of feuds, but was first of all introduced into
indemnity insurance 损害赔偿保险 指以被保险人的人身或财产为承保范围的保险，如人寿保险、火灾险等。又称作「first-party insurance」，与「third-party insurance」相对应。
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substitution. 1. A designation of a person or thing to take the place of another person or thing. 2. The process by which one person or thing takes the place of another person or thing. [Cases: Federal Civil Procedure 351; Parties 57. C.J.S. Parties §§ 76–78.] 3. Parliamentary law. An amendment by replacing one or