chief executive
chief executive 行政长官;行政首长(→chief magistrate)
mischief rule. In statutory construction, the doctrine that a statute should be interpreted by first identifying the problem (or “mischief”) that the statute was designed to remedy and then adopting a construction that will suppress the problem and advance the remedy. — Also termed rule in Heydon’s Case; purpose approach. Cf. GOLDEN RULE; PLAIN-MEANING RULE;
Patents. The supervisor of administrative patent judges at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. — Abbr. CAPJ.
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Chief Justice of the Common Pleas. Hist. Formerly, the presiding judge in the Court of Common Pleas. • The Judicature Act of 1875 reduced the Court of Common Pleas to the Common Pleas Division. In 1881 the last Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, Lord Coleridge, was appointed Lord Chief Justice of England, merging the
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Chief Baron 〈英〉财税法庭首席法官 即Chief Baron of the Exchequer,主持前财税法庭的法官,财税法庭后变成财税分庭,1873年之后,被并入王座分庭,成为最高法院的一部分。随着1880年首席法官凯利〔Kelly〕的去世,该职务被撤销。原先由财税法庭首席法官行使的权力,现由英格兰皇家首席大法官〔Lord Chief Justice of England〕行使。
chief use. A standard for determining a proper tariff classification in which a commodity’s use is understood by examining the intended users as a whole, rather than individually.
Lord Chief Justice of England 〈英〉英格兰皇家首席大法官 有时简称为「皇家首席大法官」〔Lord Chief Justice〕,王座法庭和民诉法庭很早就有各自的首席大法官〔Chief Justice〕,王座法庭的首席大法官有时享有「皇家首席大法官」的称号。该职位在1859年开始正式存在。现在皇家首席大法官掌管王座分庭,他不仅代表古老的王座法庭的首席大法官,而且还行使以前民诉法庭首席大法官和财税法庭首席大法官的职权,因为这三个法院的管辖权已合并到王座法庭,由其行使。另外,皇家首席大法官还是上诉法院的当然成员。在司法官阶方面,其地位仅次于御前大臣。他由国王(女王)根据首相的提名任命。在任命时如果还不是贵族,即被分封为贵族,并有权享有上议院议员席位,成为枢密院成员。实践中皇家首席大法官主要在上诉法院主持刑事分庭和主持王座法庭下设的分庭〔Divisional Courts〕。只有皇家首席大法官在正式国务场合佩带SS领。
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examination in chief 主询问 指由提供证人一方的律师对该证人进行的询问,也称直接询问 。(→direct examination)
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Hist. A person who held land directly of the king. — Also termed tenant in capite. See IN CAPITE.