aggregation. Patents. 1. A set of parts that do not cooperate in structure or function, and are therefore unpatentable as an invention; the opposite of a combination. [Cases: Patents 25. C.J.S. Patents § 86.] 2. Hist. A patent examiner’s label for a claimed invention that may or may not be a patentable combination but whose […]
Public Access to Court Electronic Records. A computer system by which subscribers can obtain online information from the federal courts, including information from a court’s docket sheet about the parties, filing, and orders in a specific case. — Abbr. PACER.
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A performance bond given by a construction contractor. • A common-law bond exceeds the requirements of a statutory performance bond because it provides additional coverage for construction projects. Cf. PERFORMANCE BOND. [Cases: Principal and Surety 65, 66(1). C.J.S. Principal and Surety §§ 70, 72–73, 75.]
want of prosecution. Failure of a litigant to pursue the case (dismissal for want of prosecution). — Abbr. w.o.p.; w.p. — Also termed lack of prosecution; no progress. [Cases: Federal Civil Procedure 1758; Pretrial Pro-cedure 581. C.J.S. Dismissal and Nonsuit §§ 51, 67, 69, 73.]
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clearly proved 已清楚证明了的；已明确证明了的 形容以证据优势〔preponderance of evidence〕所达到的证明程度。它使得事实审理者在内心确信其证明力可使任何一个有理性的人相信该事实是成立的。
A form of business organization, similar to a corporation, in which investors receive transferable certificates of beneficial interest (instead of stock shares). — Also termed Massachusetts trust; common-law trust. [Cases: Joint–Stock Companies and Business Trusts 1, 8. C.J.S. Business Trusts §§ 2–8, 10–12, 17–18, 37; Joint Stock Companies§§ 2–4, 6, 11.]
lawyer n. 律师；法律工作者；法律家 对从事法律职业者或拥有法学知识者的总称。这一职业称为Practice of Law，其含义并无一致界定，但通常包括代表他人出庭以及在法庭上或法庭外为他人提供法律指导。在英国则将律师分为出庭律师〔barrister; advocate〕和事务律师〔solicitor〕，而在美国对律师则不作分类，但实际上仍广泛存在各种异于lawyer一词的称谓。美国律师称谓〔What are lawyers referred to in the United States〕１常用同义词〔general synonyms〕 attorney(attorney at law的简称，最为常用，复数为attorneys)；counsel(既可作单数用，也可作复数用，复数形式偶用counsels)；counselor(counselor at law的简称，应用于某些司法管辖区)；member of the bar２政府律师〔government lawyers〕 Attorney General(总检察长，同为司法部长，复数为attorneys general); Solicitor General(副总检察长)；district attorney(地区检察官，指县〔county〕或类似县的地方的检察官，也称作county attomey; county prosecutor; prosecuting attorney; public prosecutor; state’s attorney.在联邦司法区也称United States attorney); county counsel(县律师，有时称solicitor，是县或类似县的地方处理民事案件的律师)；city attorney(市律师，是市处理民事和刑事案件的律师)；legislative counsel(立法顾问)；public defender(联邦、州及地方的公设辩护人)；trial judge advocate(军事检察官，在军事法院〔court martial〕履行控诉职能的官员，通常但不必定是律师)；United States attorney(美国检察官)３私人律师〔private lawyers〕 general counsel(首席法律顾问，指某一企业的首席律师或全体律师)；house
A nondeductible loss arising from a personal hobby, as contrasted with an activity engaged in for profit. • The law generally presumes that an activity is engaged in for profit if profits are earned during at least three of the last five years. IRC (26 USCA) § 183. [Cases: Internal Revenue 3396, 3397.]
Parliamentary law. A report from an officer to an organization or deliberative assembly on business relating to the officer’s duties or on a matter otherwise under the officer’s charge.
Income that is retained in an account; esp., income that a trust has generated, but that has not yet been reinvested or distributed by the trustee. [Cases: Internal Revenue 4008. C.J.S. Internal Revenue § 446.]
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