Gilbert Acts
Gilbert Acts 〈英〉《吉尔伯特法》 指1776、1780、1826年的《神职人员住宅修缮法》〔Clergy Residences Repair Act〕，和1838、1865年的《堂区牧师住宅法》〔Parsonages Act〕及修订案，以及《在职牧师与圣职贷款延期法》〔Incumbents and Benefices Loans Extension Act〕等法的统称，其目的是为神职人员提供合适的住房。
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service charge
service charge. 1. A charge assessed for the performing of a service, such as the charge assessed by a bank against the expenses of maintaining or servicing a customer’s checking account. 2. The sum of (1) all charges payable by the buyer and imposed by the seller as an incident to the extension of credit
actio utilis
(ak-shee-oh yoo-t[schwa]-lis).Roman law. An extension of a direct action, founded on utility rather than strict right, available esp. to persons having an interest in property less than ownership. • This type of action was modeled after the actio directa. Pl. actiones utiles Cf. actio directa; actio in factum.
business
business. 1. A commercial enterprise carried on for profit; a particular occupation or employment habitually engaged in for livelihood or gain. 2. Commercial enterprises (business and academia often have congruent aims). 3. Commercial transactions (the company has never done business in Louisiana). See DOING BUSINESS. 4. By extension, transactions or matters of a noncommercial nature
ex turpi causa
ex turpi causa (eks t[schwa]r-pIkaw-z[schwa]). [Latin] From an immoral consideration. • This phrase, a shortened form of the maxim ex turpi causa non oritur actio (“from an immoral consideration an action does not arise”), expresses the principle that a party does not have a right to enforce performance of an agreement founded on a consideration
jail liberties
Bounds within which a jail or prison lies and throughout which certain prisoners are allowed to move freely, usu. after giving bond for the liberties. • The bounds are considered an extension of the prison walls. Historically, jail liberties were given in England to those imprisoned for debt. The prisoners were allowed to move freely
jurisprudence of conceptions
The extension of a maxim or definition, usu. to a logical extreme, with relentless disregard for the consequences. • The phrase appears to have been invented by Roscoe Pound. See Mechanical Jurisprudence, 8 Colum. L. Rev. 605, 608 (1908).
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solum italicum
solum italicum (soh-l[schwa]m I-tal-[schwa]-k[schwa]m). [Latin “Italian land”] Roman law. Land in Italy (an extension of the old ager Romanus) needing, for full ownership to pass, to be transferred by formal methods, such as mancipatio or cession in jure. Cf. SOLUM PROVINCIALE.
leapfrog development
leapfrog development. An improvement of land that requires the extension of public facilities from their current stopping point, through undeveloped land that may be scheduled for future development, to the site of the improvement.
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forced respite
A respite in which some of the creditors are compelled by a court to give the same extension of time that the other creditors have agreed to.