slavery. 1. A situation in which one person has absolute power over the life, fortune, and liberty of another. 2. The practice of keeping individuals in such a state of bondage or servitude. • Slavery was outlawed by the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. [Cases: Slaves 1. C.J.S. Peonage § 2.] “Slavery was a […]
no-duty doctrine. Torts. 1. The rule that a defendant who owes no duty to the plaintiff is not liable for the plaintiff’s injury. 2. The rule that the owner or possessor of property has no duty to warn or protect an invitee from known or obvious hazards. [Cases: Negligence 1037(4). C.J.S. Negligence §§ 469–471, 487,
控股权益 英语：controlling interest 法语：bloc de contrôle 德语：Mehrheitsbeteiligung 意大利语：partecipazione di controllo 西班牙语：interés mayoritario
Regulation Z. 〈美〉规则Z 联邦储备委员会制订的实施1968年《消费信贷保护法》〔Consumer Credit Protection Act〕的有关条款的规则。
scope of authority. Agency. The range of reasonable power that an agent has been delegated or might foreseeably be delegated in carrying out the principal’s business. See SCOPE OF EMPLOYMENT; RESPONDEAT SUPERIOR. [Cases: Principal and Agent 26, 92–137. C.J.S. Agency §§ 19, 21–22, 44, 47, 50, 73, 143–165, 172, 174–242, 248–256, 361, 363–368, 378–379, 385–386,
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deceptive act 〈美〉(商业)欺诈行为 指可能欺骗消费者，从而使之在同等情形下本可合理行事却未能合理行事的行为。联邦贸易委员会和大多数州的立法都把商业欺诈视为非法。 (→consumer protection law; deceptive advertising)
Drinan Bill 〈美〉《德里南法案》 即1978年《新闻保护法》〔Press Protection Act〕。该法案规定，除非被搜查者有犯罪嫌疑，否则，在签发搜查令之前，被搜查者有要求举行听证的权利。该法的目的是抵消美国最高法院对泽克诉斯坦福日报案〔Zurcher v.Stanford Daily〕所作判决带来的令人不安的影响。该案授权警察可以搜查不牵涉犯罪行为者的私人文件。记者们深信此案会压制机密信息提供的来源，因为警察搜查会泄露他们的身份。
utlagare ([schwa]t-lag-[schwa]-ree or [schwa]t-l[schwa]-gair-ee), vb. [Law Latin] Hist. To put (an offender) outside the protection of the law. See OUTLAWRY(2). Cf. INLAGARE.
(an-[schwa]-m[schwa]s). [Latin] 1. Ill will; animosity. class-based animus A prejudicial disposition toward a discernible, usu. constitutionally protected, group of persons. • A class-based animus is an essential element of a civil-rights conspiracy case. [Cases: Civil Rights 1033(1), 1137. C.J.S. Civil Rights §§ 18, 20, 23–24, 34, 39–40.]