multimodal shipping. The transportation of freight using more means of carriage and usu. more than one carrier. • For example, a cargo may be carried first by air or sea, then by rail or truck to its destination. — Also termed intermodal transport; multimodal carriage.
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shyster (shIs-t[schwa]r). A person (esp. a lawyer) whose business affairs are unscrupulous, deceitful, or unethical.
Hist. A limited five-year U.S. copyright granted to the author of a foreign edition of an English-language book or periodical if, within six months after its publication abroad, the author deposited one complete copy of that edition in the U.S. Copyright Office and requested ad interim copyright protection. • An ad interim copyright was granted
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partition of a succession 分割继承遗产；遗产分割 遗产的分割是指在所有共同继承人〔co-heirs〕间依其各自应有的权利对构成遗产的各部分财产进行分割。遗产分割可以是自愿的〔voluntary〕或是司法强制的〔judicial〕，前者是指按照现存的有行为能力的继承人所形成的合意而进行的分割；后者则由法院依职权按法定程序进行分割。遗产分割又可分为确定性的〔definitive〕与临时性的〔provisional〕两种，前者是指以永久性的、不可撤销的方式进行的分割；后者则是暂时进行的遗产分割，它或是在其余的遗产还不能分割时先行对特定部分遗产进行的分割，或是虽然各项遗产均可分割但当事人并不以不可撤销分割之状态所进行的遗产分割。
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no-right, n. The absence of right against another in some particular respect. • A no-right is the correlative of a privilege. — Also termed liability. “A says to B, ‘If you will agree to pay me $100 for this horse you may have him and you may indicate your agreement by taking him.’ This is
maritime law. The body of law governing marine commerce and navigation, the carriage at sea of persons and property, and marine affairs in general; the rules governing contract, tort, and workers’-compensation claims or relating to commerce on or over water. — Also termed admiralty; admiralty law; sea law. Cf. GENERAL MARITIME LAW; LAW OF THE
words of procreation (proh-kree-ay-sh[schwa]n). Language in a deed essential to create an estate tail, such as an estate “to A and the heirs of his body.” [Cases: Deeds 127. C.J.S. Deeds § 247.]
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The partner who, upon the partnership’s dissolution because of another partner’s death, serves as a trustee to administer the firm’s remaining affairs. [Cases: Partnership 280. C.J.S. Partnership § 347.]