The complete destruction of insured property so that nothing of value remains and the subject matter no longer exists in its original form. • Generally, a loss is total if, after the damage occurs, no substantial remnant remains standing that a reasonably prudent uninsured owner, desiring to rebuild, would use as a basis to restore […]
community property. Assets owned in common by husband and wife as a result of its having been acquired during the marriage by means other than an inheritance or a gift to one spouse, each spouse generally holding a one-half interest in the property. • Only nine states have community-property systems: Arizona, California, Idaho, Louisiana, Nevada,
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derogation from grant. A provision in an instrument of transfer (such as a deed) that diminishes, avoids, or otherwise operates against the grant itself.
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clean house, vb. Slang. 1. To discharge a considerable number of employees, usu. in management, so that new employees may be brought in. 2. To sell securities not meeting an investor’s requirements.
clear， strong， and convincing 清楚的、有力的和令人信服的 高于证据优势〔preponderance of evidence〕的一种证明程度。
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pardon attorney. A Justice Department lawyer who considers applications for federal pardons and forwards those of promising candidates for review by the President.
conventional law. A rule or system of rules agreed on by persons for the regulation of their conduct toward one another; law constituted by agreement as having the force of special law between the parties, by either supple-menting or replacing the general law of the land. • The most important example is conventional international law,
wiretapping, n. Electronic or mechanical eavesdropping, usu. done by law-enforcement officers under court order, to listen to private conversations. • Wiretapping is regulated by federal and state law. — Often shortened to tap-ping. See BUGGING; EAVESDROPPING. Cf. PEN REGISTER. [Cases: Telecommunications 493–494, 510. C.J.S. Telegraphs, Telephones, Radio, and Television §§ 233–234, 238, 240, 242, 244,
registration system. Patents. A patent system in which an invention is given patent protection when it is registered, without being subjected to official examination. • The United States operated under a registration system from 1790 until 1793. Cf. EXAMINATION SYSTEM.
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