locus sigilli (loh-k[schwa]s si-jil-I), n. [Latin] The place of the seal. • Today this phrase is almost always abbreviated “L.S.” These are the traditional letters appearing on many notarial certificates to indicate where the notary public’s embossed seal should be placed. If a rubber-stamp seal is used, it should be placed near but not over […]
See administrator cum testamento annexo.
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quod billa cassetur (kwod bil-[schwa] k[schwa]-see-t[schwa]r), n. [Latin “that the bill be quashed”] The common-law form of a judgment sustaining a plea in abatement that proceeds from a bill instead of an original writ. See CASSETUR BILLA.
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illicit trade 非法贸易 海上保险单中通常含有禁止非法贸易的保证条款。根据该条款，被保险人应保证其投保的货物不是用于货物交付地所在国法律所禁止或被宣布为违法的贸易。
money bill 财税法案 １在英国，指按照下议院议长〔Speaker〕的意见只包含涉及税务、统一基金〔Consolidated Fund〕、公款、国家筹集或偿还借款，以及附随于这些项目事务的条款的公法案。财税法案只能由下议院提出，且凡由下议院议长批准成为财税法案的议案，只要在该议案经下议院通过的会期结束时递交英王同意后即可成为法令，而无需要求该议案在上议院获得通过。此外，在英国现每年的金融法案〔Finance Bill〕通常不是1911年《议会法》〔Parliament Act〕所界定的财政法案，因为它包含有与税务有关事项之外的其他条款；２在美国，是指不管出于国家目的向全民收取还是出于某一地区利益向该区居民收取或是为了拨款而旨在征收岁入的法案。所有联邦的财政法案必须由众议院提出，但参议院可以像对待其他法案一样提出或批准财政法案的修正案。 (→Act of Parliament)
illegal contract 违法合同；非法合同 该合同的形成或履行为民事或刑事法律所明文禁止，或合同中所约定的行为应受刑罚处罚。有时，也扩至因违反公共政策、社会道德而无效的合同。根据违法对价成立的合同是违法合同。违法合同的目的与成文法律或依据司法判例而形成的法律规则或他人的合法权利相冲突，从而威胁生命、破坏社会治安、妨害社会公众的安全和道德规则。
A bill of exceptions that, in addition to the formal parts, contains only the court’s directions to the clerk to copy or insert necessary documents into the record for appellate review, but does not contain the actual evidence or trial-court rulings. • For example, the statement “the clerk will insert the official transcript here” is
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A bill relating to some matter that has never before been litigated by the same parties with the same interests. [Cases: Equity 128–153.]