twelve-day rule. Criminal procedure. A rule in some jurisdictions requiring that a person charged with a felony be given a preliminary examination no later than 12 days after the arraignment on the original warrant. [Cases: Criminal Law 264. C.J.S. Criminal Law §§ 362–363.]
court rules. Regulations having the force of law and governing practice and procedure in the various courts, such as the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, the U.S. Supreme Court Rules, and the Federal Rules of Evidence, as well as any local rules that a court promulgates. — Also termed
residuum rule. Administrative law. The principle that an agency decision based partly on hearsay evidence will be upheld on judicial review only if the decision is founded on at least some competent evidence. • The residuum rule has generally been rejected by federal and state courts. [Cases: Administrative Law and Procedure 784. C.J.S. Public Administrative
rule of necessity. A rule requiring a judge or other official to hear a case, despite bias or conflict of interest, when disqualification would result in the lack of any competent court or tribunal. — Often shortened to necessity. [Cases: Judges 39. C.J.S. Judges §§ 62, 98, 100–102, 107.]
fertile-octogenarian rule. The legal fiction, assumed under the rule against perpetuities, that a woman can become pregnant as long as she is alive. • The case that gave rise to this fiction was Jee v. Audley, 1 Cox 324, 29 Eng. Rep. 1186 (ch. 1787). See W. Barton Leach, Perpetuities: New Hampshire Defertilizes Octogenarians, 77
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rule absolute for a new trial 重新审判的命令 以前法院此种命令的表述为「撤销判决、撤销陪审团裁断、准予重新审判」〔judgment vacated, verdict set aside and new trial granted〕，现简称为「重新审判的命令」。
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equal-management rule. The doctrine that each spouse alone may manage community property unless the law provides otherwise. Cf. HEAD-AND-MASTER RULE.
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main-relief rule. A doctrine by which venue for a lawsuit may be founded on the primary relief sought by the plaintiff, even if other claims, which alone would not support venue, are included in the suit. [Cases: Venue 2. C.J.S. Venue §§ 3–7.]
composite facts rule 综合事实规则 支持证人证言的可采性的一项证据规则，指如果证人的证言从表面上看是以证人所作结论的形式作出的，但实际上是证人对其所知或所观察的情况提供的证言，因此种情况的性质决定了证人以一种综合的而非详尽的方式来提供证言是最佳的或最可行的，则在此情况下应允许证人提供此种证言。
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mercantile rule 商业计息规则；利息和本金分期支付规则按该规则，利息按每期本金记入账户借方和贷方，并结算利息金额增加本金余额。换言之，此规则就是按本金到期日或约定还本时间计算出利息，再按实际付款计算出利息并将其从前面利息中扣除。