A formal, detailed statement of the claims or charges brought by a plaintiff or a prosecutor, usu. filed in response to the defendant’s request for a more specific complaint. • The bill of particulars has been abolished in federal civil actions and replaced by the motion for a more definite statement. See Fed. R. Civ. […]
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third party, n. A person who is not a party to a lawsuit, agreement, or other transaction but who is usu. somehow implicated in it; someone other than the principal parties. — Also termed outside party; third person. See PARTY. [Cases: Federal Civil Procedure 281; Parties 49. C.J.S. Parties § 127.] — third-party, adj.
A person who is held out as a partner in a firm or business but who has no actual interest in the partnership. — Also termed ostensible partner; partner by estoppel.
copartnership. See PARTNERSHIP. • The terms copartnership and partnership are equally old — each having first appeared in the 1570s.
A state law that abolishes the rights of action for monetary damages as solace for the emotional trauma occasioned by a loss of love and relationship. • The abolished rights of action include alienation of affections, breach of promise to marry, criminal conversation, and seduction of a person over the legal age of consent. Many
late-term abortion. An abortion performed during the latter stages of pregnancy, usu. after the middle of the second trimester. partial-birth abortion. An abortion in which a viable fetus is partially delivered before being destroyed. spontaneous abortion. See MISCARRIAGE. therapeutic abortion. An abortion carried out to preserve the life or health of the mother. [Cases: Abortion
Department of State. The cabinet-level department of the federal government responsible for advising the President in formulating and executing foreign policy. • Headed by the Secretary of State, the Department negotiates treaties and other agreements with foreign nations; speaks for the United States before the United Nations and other international organizations; and represents the United
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bill of particulars. A formal, detailed statement of the claims or charges brought by a plaintiff or a prosecutor, usu. filed in response to the defendant’s request for a more specific complaint. • The bill of particulars has been abolished in federal civil actions and replaced by the motion for a more definite statement. See
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Article II judge. A U.S. bankruptcy judge or magistrate judge appointed for a term of years as authorized by Congress under Article II of the U.S. Constitution.28 USCA §§ 151 et seq., 631 et seq. [Cases: Bankruptcy 2123; United States Magistrates 11. C.J.S. Bankruptcy § 7; United States Commissioners §§ 2–6.]
partnership association. A business organization that combines the features of a limited partnership and a close corporation. • Partnership associations are statutorily recognized in only a few states. — Also termed statutory partnership association; limited partnership association. [Cases: Partnership 349–376. C.J.S. Partnership §§ 402–441.]
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