lodestar. 1. A guiding star; an inspiration or model. 2. A reasonable amount of attorney’s fees in a given case, usu. calculated by multiplying a reasonable number of hours worked by the prevailing hourly rate in the community for similar work, and often considering such additional factors as the degree of skill and difficulty involved […]
An agent who agrees to act on the principal’s behalf but is not subject to the principal’s control over how the task is performed. • A principal is not liable for the physical torts of a nonservant agent. See IN-DEPENDENT CONTRACTOR. Cf. SERVANT.
A charter for one or more slots on a container vessel. • Each slot accommodates a 20-foot container. A slot charter is a form of vessel-sharing agreement. Cf. space charter.
assignment for the benefit of creditors. Assignment of a debtor’s property to another person in trust so as to consolidate and liquidate the debtor’s assets for payment to creditors, any surplus being returned to the debtor. • This procedure serves as a state-law substitute for federal bankruptcy proceedings. The debtor is not discharged from unpaid
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graymail. A criminal defendant’s threat to reveal classified information during the trial in the hope of forcing the government to drop the criminal charge. Cf. BLACKMAIL(1); GREENMAIL(1), (2); FEEMAIL.
A bill of lading by which a carrier agrees to transport goods to a designated destination, even though the carrier will have to use a connecting carrier for part of the passage. UCC § 7-302. — Often shortened to through bill. [Cases: Carriers 51. C.J.S. Carriers § 390.]
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defendere se per corpus suum (di-fen-d[schwa]-ree see p[schwa]r kor-p[ schwa]s s[y]oo-[schwa]m), vb. [Law Latin “to defend himself by his own body”] Hist. To agree to a trial by judicial combat; to agree to a duel.
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A seller’s putting and holding conforming goods at the buyer’s disposition and giving the buyer any notification reasonably necessary to take delivery. • The manner, time, and place for tender are determined by the agreement and by Article 2 of the Uniform Commercial Code. [Cases: Sales 153. C.J.S. Sales §§ 161–162, 164, 182.]
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sponsalia per verba de praesenti (spon-say-lee-[schwa] p[schwa]r v[schwa]r-b[schwa] dee pri-zen-tIor pree-).Eccles. law. A type of informal marriage that occurred when the parties made an informal agreement to have each other as husband and wife. • This type of informal marriage was based on nothing more than the present consent to be married but was entirely
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