sabbath breaking
Sabbath-breaking. The violation of laws or rules on observing the Sabbath; esp., the violation of a blue law.
Sabbath-breaking. The violation of laws or rules on observing the Sabbath; esp., the violation of a blue law.
bargain theory of consideration. The theory that a promise or performance that is bargained for in exchange for a promise is consideration for the promise. • This theory underlies all bilateral contracts. See bilateral contract under CONTRACT. [Cases: Contracts 50. C.J.S. Contracts § 87.] “[C]lassical contract theory tended to associate the doctrine of consideration with
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overturn, vb. To overrule or reverse (the court overturned a long-established precedent). [Cases: Courts 100(1). C.J.S. Courts §§ 147–148.]
investment discretion. The ability of a person to (1) determine what will be purchased or sold by or for an account, (2) decide what will be purchased or sold by or for the account even though another may have the responsibility, or (3) influence the purchase or sale of securities or property in a way
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mental defect 智力缺陷 在检验行为人刑事责任的德赫姆规则〔Durham rule〕中,智力缺陷是一种不能好转也不会恶化的精神状态,可以是先天性的或伤害的结果,也可以是疾病或精神病的后遗症。 (→mental disability)
noncitable, adj. Not authorized by a court to be used as legal precedent. • In general, unpublished opinions are noncitable, although court rules vary. — Also termed uncitable. Cf. CITABLE.
doctrine of superior equities. Insurance. A rule by which an insurer is unable to recover from anyone whose equities are equal or superior to the insurer’s; esp., a rule that a right of subrogation may be invoked against another party only if that party’s guilty conduct renders the party’s equity inferior to that of the
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The negotiations and discussions carried out in international organizations according to their rules of procedure.
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danelaw (dayn-law). Hist. 1. A system of rules, introduced by the Danes during their invasions of England primarily in the ninth century and maintained principally in the midland and eastern counties where the invasions occurred. • Danelaw was the prevailing law in these regions from the reign of King Edgar to Edward the Confessor, who
dilution doctrine. Trademarks. The rule protecting a trademark from a deterioration in strength, as when a person seeks to use the mark for an unrelated product.