use plaintiff. Common-law pleading. A plaintiff for whom an action is brought in another’s name. • For example, when the use plaintiff was an assignee (“A”) of a chose in action and had to sue in someone else’s name, the assignor (“B”) would appear first on the petition’s title: “B for the Use of A […]
liquidator. A person appointed to wind up a business’s affairs, esp. by selling off its assets. See LIQUIDATION(3), (4). Cf. RECEIVER.
A verdict in which the same element is found to exist and not to exist, as when a defendant is acquitted of one offense and convicted of another, even though the offenses arise from the same set of facts and an element of the second offense requires proof that the first offense has been committed.
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electric chair. A chair that is wired so that electrodes can be fastened to a condemned person’s head and one leg and a lethal charge passed through the body for the purpose of carrying out a death penalty. • The electric chair was first used in 1890 at the Auburn State Prison in New York.
Queen Anne’s Bounty 〈英〉安妮女王基金会 安妮女王以其皇家特许状，将起初交给教皇后交给国王的初年圣俸〔first fruits〕和什一税〔tenths〕交由她指定的保管委员会管理，拨作增加贫困教士俸禄专款的永久基金。1947年该委员会并入英格兰宗教委员会〔Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England〕，并更名为教会委员会〔Church Commissioners〕。 (=Bounty of Queen Anne) (→first fruits)
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case-in-chief. 1. The evidence presented at trial by a party between the time the party calls the first witness and the time the party rests. 2. The part of a trial in which a party presents evidence to support the claim or defense. Cf. REBUTTAL.
serious bodily injury 严重身体伤害 指具有致命危险〔a substantial risk of death〕的身体伤害，可构成一级伤害罪〔first degree assault〕。严重身体伤害有别于轻伤害〔trifling〕。
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manifestation theory. Insurance. The doctrine that coverage for an injury or disease falls to the policy in effect when the symptoms of the covered injury or disease first appear. Cf. EXPOSURE THEORY; ACTUAL-INJURY TRIGGER; TRIPLE TRIGGER . [Cases: Insurance 2265. C.J.S. Insurance §§ 429–430.] “Some injuries do not manifest themselves until a period of time
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executory interest. A future interest, held by a third person, that either cuts off another’s interest or begins after the natural termination of a preceding estate. Cf. REMAINDER. [Cases: Estates in Property 1. C.J.S. Estates §§ 2–5, 8, 15–21, 116–128, 137, 243.] “What is an executory interest? Here is a pretty good definition: An executory
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