A security interest that is created when a buyer uses the lender’s money to make the purchase and immediately gives the lender security (UCC § 9-103); a security interest that is either (1) taken or retained by the seller of the collateral to secure all or part of its price or (2) taken by a […]
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An amendment made after an appeal is taken from a patent application’s final rejection. • Such an amendment is not made as a matter of right but is frequently allowed if it puts the case in better form for consideration on appeal or helps implement an examiner’s recommendation.
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hand down 〈美〉宣布(或提出)判决意见 最初该词仅指上诉审法院向下级法院传达其对案件的判决意见。后来也可泛指法院对保留案件或法律点〔case or point reserved for consideration〕所作的任何判决。
The joinder of alternative claims, such as breach of contract and quantum meruit, or of one claim with another prospective claim, such as a creditor’s claim against a debtor to recover on a loan and the creditor’s claim against a third party to set aside the transfer of the loan’s collateral. [Cases: Action 43; Federal
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surmise n. (1)推测；臆测 (2)建议；意见 尤指向法庭提出的建议。 (3)(教会法)主张 原告起诉状〔libel〕中的主张。附带主张〔collateral surmise〕是指对起诉状中未载明的某些事实的主张。
Master of the Ordnance. Hist. Beginning with the reign of Henry VIII, a superior officer responsible for the royal artillery and weapons. • The more modern representative is the Master-General of the Ordnance, a military officer and member of the Army Council.
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The inventory of legal systems (past and present) as a whole, as well as of individual rules that these systems establish for several categories of legal relations. • Descriptive comparative law is sometimes considered one of three subsets of comparative law, the other two being comparative legislation and comparative history of law. See COMPARATIVE LEGISLATION;
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Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction. An international convention (concluded in 1980) that seeks to counteract cross-border child-snatching by noncustodial parents. • This convention created a legal mechanism available to parents seeking the return of, or access to, their children. Its purposes are to secure the prompt return of children who
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halawa (h[schwa]-lah-w[schwa]), n. [Hindi] A system for transferring money, usu. across national borders, based on trust and operating through networks based on family relationships or on regional or ethnic affiliations rather than through banks and financial institutions. • The system originated in India before the introduction of western banking practices. It is commonly used in
Anti-Assignment Act. A federal statute prohibiting the assignment or transfer of claims against the United States. 31 USCA § 3727.
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