proceeds (proh-seedz), n. 1. The value of land, goods, or investments when converted into money; the amount of money received from a sale (the proceeds are subject to attachment). 2. Something received upon selling, exchanging, collecting, or otherwise disposing of collateral. UCC § 9-102(a)(64). • Proceeds differ from other types of collateral because they constitute […]
Court of Honor (1)(英格兰古法)荣誉法庭 对侵害他人荣誉、名誉或尊严又不能由一般法庭认定的行为，对侵犯他人关于纹章〔heraldry；coat-armor〕和席次〔precedence〕之权利的行为有权听审并作出赔偿判决的法庭，骑士法庭〔court of chivalry〕在某些情况下可作为荣誉法庭而行使其职能。 (2)荣誉法院 在欧洲某些国家，这一名称用以指有权调查军官提出的有碍其军官荣誉的控诉、惩罚违反荣誉法典的失职行为和决定军官之间决斗〔fighting duels〕的原因、场合及方式的军事法庭。
The optional joinder of parties if (1) their claims or the claims asserted against them are asserted jointly, severally, or in respect of the same transaction or occurrence, and (2) any legal or factual question common to all of them will arise. Fed. R. Civ. P. 20. [Cases: Federal Civil Procedure 241.]
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The security of mortgages or other liens or encumbrances upon land. See COLLATERAL(2). [Cases: Mortgages 1. C.J.S. Mortgages §§ 2–6.]
Fugitive Felon Act. A federal statute that makes it a felony to flee across state lines to avoid state-felony prosecution or confinement, or to avoid giving testimony in a state-felony case. 18 USCA § 1073. [Cases: Escape 1. C.J.S. Escape §§ 2–3, 5–10, 12, 27, 44.]
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Spielberg doctrine. Labor law. The policy of the National Labor Relations Board to defer to an arbitrator’s decision regarding a contract dispute if (1) the decision is not repugnant to the National Labor Relations Board, (2) the arbitration proceedings provided a hearing as fair as would have been provided before the NLRB, and (3) the
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A federal court with jurisdiction over U.S. island territories, such as the Virgin Islands. [Cases: Federal Courts 1021–1024.]
cover-up, n. Concealment of wrongdoing, esp. by a conspiracy of deception, nondisclosure, and destruction of evidence, usu. combined with a refusal to cooperate with investigators. • A cover-up often involves obstruction of justice. — cover up, vb.
si petatur tantum (sI pi-tay-t[schwa]r tan-t[schwa]m). [Law Latin] Hist. If asked only. “In blench holdings, where the return for the lands is generally elusory, that return is for the most part due and payable si petatur tantum; and this clause, by universal practice, has been interpreted to mean, if asked only within the year (si