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 […]
notice-and-comment period. Administrative law. The statutory time frame during which an administrative agency publishes a proposed regulation and receives public comment on the regulation. • The regulation cannot take effect until after this period expires. — Often shortened to comment period. [Cases: Administrative Law and Procedure 394, 395. C.J.S. Public Administrative Law and Procedure §§
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casu consimili (kay-s[y]oo k[schwa]n-sim-[schwa]-lI), n. [Latin “in a like case”] Hist. A writ of entry allowing the holder of a reversionary interest in land to sue for the return of land alienated by a life tenant or a tenant by the curtesy. • This writ originated in the second Statute of Westminster (13 Edw. I)
axiom (ak-see-[schwa]m), n. An established principle that is universally accepted within a given framework of reasoning or thinking (“innocent until proven guilty” is an age-old axiom of criminal law). — axiomatic (ak-see-[ schwa]-mat-ik), adj.