Family law. A judicial hearing involving alleged child abuse or some other situation in which a child has not been properly cared for by a parent or person legally responsible for the child’s care. • At issue is the civil culpability of the parent or responsible party and the possible loss of children into foster […]
same-actor inference. Employment law. The doctrine that when an employee is hired and fired by the same person, and the termination occurs a reasonably short time after the hiring, the termination will be presumed not to be based on a discriminatory reason. [Cases: Civil Rights 1534. C.J.S. Civil Rights §§ 168–169.]
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lapse, n. 1. The termination of a right or privilege because of a failure to exercise it within some time limit or because a contingency has occurred or not occurred. 2. Wills & estates. The failure of a testamentary gift, esp. when the beneficiary dies before the testator dies. See ANTILAPSE STATUTE. Cf. ADEMPTION. [Cases: