fema
FEMA.abbr. FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY.
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money laundering
money-laundering, n. The act of transferring illegally obtained money through legitimate people or accounts so that its original source cannot be traced. • Money-laundering is a federal crime. 18 USCA § 1956. It is also addressed by state governments, e.g., through the Uniform Money Services Act. Because some money-laundering is conducted across national borders, enforcement
special duty doctrine
special-duty doctrine. Torts. The rule that a governmental entity (such as a state or municipality) can be held liable for an individual plaintiff’s injury when the entity owed a duty to the plaintiff but not to the general public. • This is an exception to the public-duty doctrine. The special-duty doctrine applies only when the
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military law
military law. The branch of public law governing military discipline and other rules regarding service in the armed forces. • It is exercised both in peacetime and in war, is recognized by civil courts, and includes rules far broader than for the punishment of offenders. — Also termed military justice. — Sometimes loosely termed martial
substantial capacity test
substantial-capacity test. Criminal law. The Model Penal Code’s test for the insanity defense, stating that a person is not criminally responsible for an act if, as a result of a mental disease or defect, the person lacks substantial capacity either to appreciate the criminality of the conduct or to conform the conduct to the law.
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inter conjunctas personas
inter conjunctas personas (in-t[schwa]r k[schwa]n-j[schwa]ngk-t[schwa]s p[schwa]r-soh-n[schwa]s). [Latin] Hist. Between conjunct persons. • Generally, conveyances between certain family members were void if designed to defraud.
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puffing
puffing. 1. The expression of an exaggerated opinion — as opposed to a factual misrepresentation — with the intent to sell a good or service. • Puffing involves expressing opinions, not asserting something as a fact. Although there is some leeway in puffing goods, a seller may not misrepresent them or say that they have
cvsg
CVSG.abbr. A call for the view of the Solicitor General — an invitation from the U.S. Supreme Court for the Solicitor General’s view on a pending petition for writ of certiorari in a case in which, though the government is not a party, governmental interests are involved.
selective draft law
selective-draft law. A statute empowering the federal government to conscript citizens for military duty. • The constitutionality of the first selective-draft law was challenged and upheld in the Selective-Draft-Law Cases. See Arver v. United States, 245 U.S. 366, 38 S.Ct. 159 (1918).
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