private judging. A type of alternative dispute resolution whereby the parties hire a private individual to hear and decide a case. • This process may occur as a matter of contract between the parties or in connection with a statute authorizing such a process. — Also termed rent-a-judging. “In contrast [to arbitration], private judging is […]
See principal in the second degree under PRINCIPAL (2).
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The portion of a purchase price paid in cash (or its equivalent) at the time the sale agreement is executed. Cf. BINDER(2); EARNEST MONEY. [Cases: Vendor and Purchaser 69.1, 334(1). C.J.S. Vendor and Purchaser §§ 135, 137–138, 640, 642–644, 648.]
casus foederis (kay-s[schwa]s fed-[schwa]r-is). [Latin “the case of the treaty” or “the case of the agreement”] 1. Int’l law. A provocative act by one nation toward another, entitling the latter to call upon an ally to fulfill the terms of an alliance. 2. A clause within a treaty of alliance specifying such provocative acts. 3.
Power that, within its own sphere of operation, is subject in some degree to external control because there exists some superior constitutional power that can prevent, restrict, direct, or annul its operation. — Often shortened to subordinate power.
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intoxication, n. A diminished ability to act with full mental and physical capabilities because of alcohol or drug consumption; drunkenness. See Model Penal Code § 2.08. [Cases: Criminal Law 52–57; Homicide 821; Negligence 239, 535(14). C.J.S. Criminal Law §§ 109–113; Negligence §§ 128–129, 252.] — intoxicate, vb. culpable intoxication. See voluntary intoxication. involuntary intoxication. The
nychthemeron (nik-thee-m[schwa]r-ahn), n. [Greek] An entire day and night; a 24-hour period.
emancipation. 1. The act by which one who was under another’s power and control is freed. 2. A surrender and renunciation of the correlative rights and duties concerning the care, custody, and earnings of a child; the act by which a parent (historically a father) frees a child and gives the child the right to
A process that enables a buyer to obtain an identifiable (and therefore insurable) interest in goods before taking possession from the seller. • The goods are identified in any manner agreed to by the parties. UCC § 2-501. [Cases: Sales 199, 208. C.J.S. Sales §§ 214–215, 217, 223–224.]
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