lex Hortensia (leks hor-ten-s[h]ee-[schwa]). [Latin] Roman law. A law extending to the plebeians full participation in public laws of government and worship; specif., an important constitutional law that made laws passed by the assemblies of the common people (the plebeians) binding on all citizens. • Previously, plebeian assemblies could not bind the patrician class. This […]
legatus (l[schwa]-gay-t[schwa]s), n. A legate. Pl. legati (l[schwa]-gay-t I). See LEGATE. legatus a latere (ay lat-[schwa]-ree). [Latin “legate from the (Pope’s) side”] A papal legate (esp. a cardinal) appointed for a special diplomatic mission and not as a permanent representative. • This is a type of legatus missus. — Also termed legate a latere. Cf.
bill of entry. Maritime law. A written description of goods filed by an importer with customs officials to obtain permission to unload a ship’s goods.
A complete exemption from civil liability, usu. afforded to officials while performing particularly important functions, such as a representative enacting legislation and a judge presiding over a lawsuit. Cf. qualified immunity. [Cases: Officers and Public Employees 114. C.J.S. Officers and Public Employees §§ 247–248, 251–258.]
A representation to which a reasonable person would attach importance in deciding his or her course of action in a transaction. • Material representation is a necessary element of an action for fraud. [Cases: Contracts 94(2); Fraud 18. C.J.S. Contracts §§ 156, 166.]
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impute (im-pyoot), vb. To ascribe or attribute; to regard (usu. something undesirable) as being done, caused, or possessed by (the court imputed malice to the defamatory statement). — imputation, n. — imputable, adj. “The word ‘impute’ comes from im (in) and putare (reckon). It means to bring into the reckoning, to attribute or to ascribe.
United States Customs Service. An agency in the U.S. Department of Homeland Security responsible for collecting import duties on goods, wares, and merchandise, and for enforcing customs and related laws. • The Customs Service was created in 1863. 12 Stat. 665. It was transferred from the Department of the Treasury in 2003. — Also termed
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A preliminary, estimated payment to a customs collector of the duty that will be due on final accounting. • An importer pays this duty to receive permission to land and sell the goods.
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incidental, adj. Subordinate to something of greater importance; having a minor role (the FAA determined that the wind played only an incidental part in the plane crash).
office. 1. A position of duty, trust, or authority, esp. one conferred by a governmental authority for a public purpose (the office of attorney general). [Cases: Officers and Public Employees 1. C.J.S. Officers and Public Employees §§ 1–9, 12–17, 21.] 2. (often cap.) A division of the U.S. government ranking immediately below a department (the