Hanse Towns (hans). Hist. The collective name of certain German cities — including Lübeck, Hamburg, and Bremen — that allied in the 12th century to protect and further their mutual commercial interests. • This alliance was usu. called the Hanseatic League. The League framed and promulgated a code of maritime law known as the Laws […]
public domain. 1. Government-owned land. 2. Hist. Government lands that are open to entry and settlement. • Today virtually all federal lands are off-limits to traditional entry and settlement. 3. Intellectual property. The universe of inventions and creative works that are not protected by intellectual-property rights and are therefore available for anyone to use without
Abstention that a bankruptcy court can, but need not, exercise in a dispute that relates to the bankruptcy estate but that can be litigated, or is being litigated, in another forum. • In deciding whether to abstain, the bankruptcy court must consider (1) the degree to which state law governs the case, (2) the appropriateness
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whereabouts, n. The general locale where a person or thing is (her whereabouts are unknown) (the Joneses’ present whereabouts is a closely guarded secret). • As the examples illustrate, this noun, though plural in form, may be construed with either a plural or a singular verb. — whereabouts, adv. & conj.
Mann Act. A federal law, enacted originally in 1948, that criminalizes the transportation of any person in interstate or foreign commerce for prostitution or similar sexual activities. 18 USCA § 2421. — Also termed White Slave Traffic Act. [Cases: Prostitution 1. C.J.S. Prostitution and Related Offenses §§ 2–4, 8–13, 17, 21–24.]
Hist. A use imposing a duty on a person holding legal title to an estate on behalf of another, such as a requirement that a feoffee to uses sell the estate and apportion the proceeds among several beneficiaries. • The Statute of Uses eliminated this type of use.
A bond given by a litigant to secure the payment of court costs. [Cases: Costs 120–124; Federal Civil Procedure 2732. C.J.S. Costs §§ 73–74.]
Investment Advisors Act. A federal statute — administered by the Securities and Exchange Commission — that regulates investment advisers.15 USCA §§ 80b-1 et seq. [Cases: Securities Regulation 223–224. C.J.S. Securities Regulation §§ 360–365.]
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secured transaction 担保交易 以在动产或不动产附属物〔fixture〕上设定担保权利为目的的一种商业安排。根据双方签订的担保协议〔security agreement〕，买受人或借款人以上述附属担保物〔collateral〕作为向出卖人或贷款人履行付款或还款义务的担保。美国《统一商法典》〔U.C.C.〕第9篇专门规定了担保交易制度。 (→security agreement)
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An intervening act or force that the law considers sufficient to override the cause for which the original tortfeasor was responsible, thereby exonerating that tortfeasor from liability. — Also termed sole cause. Cf. intervening cause. [Cases: Negligence 431. C.J.S. Negligence §§ 202, 315.]