suzerainty (soo-z[schwa]-rin-tee or -rayn-tee). 1. Hist. The power of a feudal overlord to whom fealty is due. See FEALTY. 2. Int’l law. The dominion of a nation that controls the foreign relations of another nation but allows it autonomy in its domestic affairs. “At the present time there appears to be no instance of a […]
ad reprimendam improbitatem huius generis hominum (ad rep-ri-men-d[schwa]m im-proh-bi-tay-t[schwa]m hI-[schwa]s [or hwI-[schwa]s] jen-[schwa]-ris hom-[schwa]-n[schwa]m). [Latin] Hist. To repress the dishonesty of this class of men. • The phrase appeared in reference to obligations that the law imposed on certain persons (such as innkeepers) because they were in a unique position to receive and misappropriate valuables
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tallage. 1. Hist. An arbitrary tax levied by the monarch on towns and lands belonging to the crown. • Royal tallages were abolished in the 14th century when Parliament gained the power to approve or disapprove the monarch’s direct-taxation schemes. 2. Hist. A levy demanded by a feudal lord from tenants in lieu of the
insider trading 〈美〉内部交易；内幕交易 指基于内部信息或预先获取的信息〔advance information〕而进行的公共持股公司的股票交易。通常，交易人本身是与公司基于僱佣关系或其他信托〔trust〕或信任〔confidence〕关系而成为公司内部人员的。内部交易需逐月报告证券交易委员会〔Securities and Exchange Commission〕。最高法院已经采纳更为宽泛的「内部交易」的定义，称为「不当理论」〔misappropriation theory〕,欺骗性获取或滥用属于应承担保守义务者的信息亦纳入此范围。
statute of limitations. 1. A law that bars claims after a specified period; specif., a statute establishing a time limit for suing in a civil case, based on the date when the claim accrued (as when the injury occurred or was discovered). • The purpose of such a statute is to require diligent prosecution of
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Copyright. A judicially created test for determining whether substantial similarity exists between two works in an action for infringement. • In the first step, the court dissects the copy-righted work’s structure and isolates each level of abstraction or generality (abstraction test). In the second step, the court examines each level of abstraction and separates out
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The use of another’s name or likeness for one’s own benefit, esp. commercial gain. • This misappropriation tort protects one’s property right to the economic benefits flowing from the commercial use of one’s face or name.
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abstraction-filtration-comparison test. Copyright. A judicially created test for determining whether substantial similarity exists between two works in an action for infringement. • In the first step, the court dissects the copy-righted work’s structure and isolates each level of abstraction or generality (abstraction test). In the second step, the court examines each level of abstraction and
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anomalous-jurisdiction rule ([schwa]-nom-[schwa]-l[schwa]s). The principle that a court of appeals has provisional jurisdiction to review the denial of a motion to intervene in a case, and if the court of appeals finds that the denial was correct, then its jurisdiction disappears — and it must dismiss the appeal for want of jurisdiction — because an
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solum provinciale (soh-l[schwa]m pr[schwa]-vin-shee-ay-lee). [Latin “provincial land”] Roman law. Provincial land ultimately held by the Emperor or state, with private holders having only, in theory, a possessory title without the right to transfer the property by formal methods, as distinguished from solum italicum. • Justinian abolished all distinctions between the two, allowing all land to