defamacast (di-fam-[schwa]-kast). Defamation by television or radio broadcast. • The word was first used in American Broadcasting–Paramount Theatres, Inc. v. Simpson, 126 S.E.2d 873, 879 (Ga. Ct. App. 1962). Although Prosser called it “a barbarous word” (William Prosser, The Law of Torts 753 [4th ed. 1971]), another authority has said that “[t]he word seems to […]
patent-exhaustion doctrine. Patents. The rule that the unconditioned sale of a patented article ends the patentee’s monopoly right to control its use. • That control may still be exercised by limitations in a contract or license, as long as it does not amount to anticompetitive patent misuse. Adams v. Burke, 84 U.S. (17 Wall.) 453
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politics. 1. The science of the organization and administration of the state. 2. The activity or profession of engaging in political affairs.
One who guarantees payment of a negotiable instrument when it is due without the holder first seeking payment from another party. • A guarantor of payment is liable only if “payment guaranteed” or equivalent words are added to the guarantor’s indorsement. [Cases: Guaranty 35, 45, 77.]
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nonintervention. Int’l law. The principle that a country should not interfere in the internal affairs of another country. • The U.N. Charter binds it from intervening “in matters which are essentially within the domestic jurisdiction of any state ….” U.N. Charter art. 2(7). — Also termed principle of nonintervention.
pinkerton. Slang. A private detective or security guard, usu. one who is armed. • The name comes from the Pinkerton Detective Agency, the first private detective agency in the United States, established in 1852.
give, vb. 1. To voluntarily transfer (property) to another without compensation (Jack gave his daughter a car on her birthday). 2. To confer by a formal act (the First Amendment gives all citizens the right to free speech). 3. To present for another to consider (the witness gave compelling testimony before the jury). 4. (Of
diem clausit extremum (dI-[schwa]m klaw-zit ek-stree-m[schwa]m), n. [Law Latin “he closed his last day”] Hist. 1. A chancery writ, founded on the statute of Marlbury, ordering the county escheator, after the death of a chief tenant of the Crown, to summon a jury to determine the amount and value of land owned by the chief
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An offensive, intentional interference with a person’s seclusion or private affairs.
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partnership assets 合伙财产；合伙资产 指属于合伙所有并可用以偿还合伙债务的全部财产。它不包括合伙成员的个人财产。在初审〔first instance〕时，合伙商号〔firm〕的债权人可对合伙财产行使追索权〔recourse〕。
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