willful, adj. Voluntary and intentional, but not necessarily malicious. — Sometimes spelled wilful. Cf. WANTON. — willfulness, n. “The word ‘wilful’ or ‘wilfully’ when used in the definition of a crime, it has been said time and again, means only intentionally or purposely as distinguished from accidentally or negligently and does not require any actual […]
bill of indemnity. 1. Hist. An act of Parliament passed annually to protect officeholders who unwittingly fail to take a required oath from liability for acts done in an official capacity. • A more general statute, the Promissory Oaths Act, replaced the bill of indemnity in 1868. 2. A law protecting a public official from
An amendment that has the effect, intended or not, of ensuring the defeat of the main motion.
A bill passed by both houses of the legislature and signed by their presiding officers. See ENROLL(2); ENROLLED-BILL RULE. [Cases: Statutes 37. C.J.S. Statutes §§ 56–58.]
villanis regis subtractis reducendis (vi-lay-nis ree-jis s[schwa]b-trak-tis ree-d[y]oo-sen-dis), n. [Latin “for returning the king’s villeins who have been removed”] Hist. A writ that lay for the bringing back of the king’s bondmen who had been carried away by others out of his manors, where they belonged.
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rem pupilli salvam fore (rem pyoo-pil-Isal-v[schwa]m for-ee). [Latin] Roman law. The guarantee required of a guardian that the estate of the person under puberty will be safe.
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accidental killing 意外杀人；非故意杀人 指在能够合理确信不可能造成伤害的情况下，以合法方式所为之合法行为所导致的杀人。又可称为「death by misadventure; homicide by misadventure; killing by misadventure; homicide per infortunium」。它有别于过失杀人〔involuntary manslaughter〕，后者指非法行为所导致的杀人结果或以非法方式所为之合法行为而导致的杀人结果。
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bill of address 〈美〉弹劾法案 马萨诸塞州宪法〔Massachusetts Constitution〕规定，根据州立法机关两院多数人弹劾决议〔address〕，并经州长和行政委员会〔Executive Council〕批准，可解除法官的职位。
illusory-transfer doctrine. The rule that the law disregards an inter vivos gift over which the donor retains so much control that there is no good-faith intent to relinquish the transferred property. • The illusory-transfer doctrine is usu. applied to inter vivos trusts in which the settlor retains an excessive control or an interest — for
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