parental-liability statute. A law obliging parents to pay damages for torts (esp. intentional ones) committed by their minor children. • All states have these laws, but most limit the parents’ monetary liability to about $3,000 per tort. Parents can also be held criminally liable for the acts of their children. One group of laws is […]
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race of diligence. Bankruptcy. A first-come, first-served disposition of assets. [Cases: Bankruptcy 3442. C.J.S. Bankruptcy §§ 351–352.]
genocide (jen-[schwa]-sId).Int’l law. An international crime involving acts causing serious physical and mental harm with the intent to destroy, partially or entirely, a national, ethnic, racial, or religious group. • The widely ratified Genocide Convention of 1948 defines the crime. The International Criminal Court has jurisdiction to try those accused of genocide. Many nations also
Civil law. A person whom the testator or donor cannot disinherit because the law reserves part of the estate for that person. • In Louisiana, only descendants are forced heirs. La. Civ. Code art. 1493. See LEGITIME. [Cases: Descent and Distribution 23. C.J.S. Descent and Distribution §§ 30–31.]
A comprehensive policy that covers most commercial risks, liabilities, and causes of loss. • This type of policy covers both business losses and situations in which a business is liable to a third party for personal injury or property damage. First introduced in 1986, this policy has largely replaced comprehensive general-liability policies. — Abbr. CGL
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An alternate guardian named in a parent’s will against the possibility that the first nominee cannot or will not serve as guardian.
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amitinus (am-[schwa]-tI-n[schwa]s). [Latin] Civil law. The son of a paternal aunt or maternal uncle; a male first cousin. Pl. amitini.
An interest in land that, being the broadest property interest allowed by law, endures until the current holder dies without heirs; esp., a fee simple absolute. — Often shortened to fee. — Also termed estate in fee simple; tenancy in fee; exclusive ownership; fee-simple title; feudum simplex. [Cases: Estates in Property 5–7. C.J.S. Estates §§
headnote. A case summary that appears before the printed judicial opinion in a law report, addresses a point of law, and usu. includes the relevant facts bearing on that point of law. — Also termed syllabus; synopsis; reporter’s syllabus. “The syllabus or headnote is a brief statement of the propositions of law decided in the
legitime (lej-[schwa]-tim), n. Civil law. The part of a testator’s property that his or her children (and occasionally other heirs) are legally entitled to regardless of the will’s terms. La. Civ. Code art. 1494. • The legitime cannot be denied the children without legal cause. In Roman law, the amount of the legitime was one-fourth