escape, n. 1. The act or an instance of breaking free from confinement, restraint, or an obligation. 2. An unlawful departure from legal custody without the use of force. — Also termed actual escape. Cf. PRISON BREACH. [Cases: Escape 1. C.J.S. Escape §§ 2–3, 5–10, 12, 27, 44.] “In the technical sense an ‘escape’ is […]
trademark class. Any one of 42 international trademark-protection categories, each comprising similar goods or services. • There are 34 goods classes and 8 services classes. A trademark is protected in each class that is relevant to the product’s or service’s business area.
notice to produce 提供文件、证据的通知 在案件开庭审理之前一方当事人向另一方发出的通知，要求后者提供所列举的文件或其他证据，供通知方查阅，以便为庭审作准备或在庭审中使用。而这些文件、证据须是在被通知方占有之下，并与案件争议事实有实质性关联。如果被通知方无正当理由而不提供，通知方可以向法院申请签发提交书面文件的传票〔subpoena duces tectum〕或查阅令〔order for inspection〕。 (→inspection of documents)
custodes libertatis angliae auctoritate parliamenti (k[schwa]-stoh-deez lib-[schwa]r-tay-tis ang-glee-ee awk-tor-[schwa]-tay-tee parl-[y][ schwa]-men-tI). [Latin] Hist. Guardians of the liberty of England by the authority of Parliament. • The style of all writs and judicial process that issued during the period between the execution of Charles I (January 1649) and the proclamation of Oliver Cromwell as Lord Protector
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special-purpose entity. A business established to perform no function other than to develop, own, and operate a large, complex project (usu. called a single-purpose project), esp. so as to limit the number of creditors claiming against the project. • A special-purpose entity provides additional protection for project lenders, which are usu. paid only out of
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Hist. Under certain acts of Parliament, the pleading form for a defendant’s general denial in a civil action. • This pleading form allowed a public officer to indicate action under a statute. The officer had to write the words “by statute” in the margin along with the year, chapter, and section of the applicable statute,
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A nonaudiovisual work that is expressed in verbal, numerical, or other symbols, such as words or musical notation, and embodied in some type of physical object. • Literary works are one of eight general categories that are eligible for copyright protection. 17 USCA § 101. [Cases: Copyrights and Intellectual Property 5. C.J.S. Copyrights and Intellectual
juvenile delinquency. Antisocial behavior by a minor; esp., behavior that would be criminally punishable if the actor were an adult, but instead is usu. punished by special laws pertaining only to minors. Cf. INCORRIGIBILITY. [Cases: Infants 153. C.J.S. Infants §§ 33–35, 41–42, 64, 67.] “ ‘Juvenile delinquency,’ when employed as a technical term rather than
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criminalistics (krim-[schwa]-n[schwa]-lis-tiks), n. The science of crime detection, usu. involving the subjection of physical evidence to laboratory analysis, including ballistic testing, blood-fluid and tissue analysis, and other tests. Cf. CRIMINOLOGY. — criminalistic, adj.
safe harbor. 1. An area or means of protection. 2. A provision (as in a statute or regulation) that affords protection from liability or penalty. • SEC regulations, for example, provide a safe harbor for an issuer’s business forecasts that are made in good faith. — Also termed safe-harbor clause; safe-harbor provision. [Cases: Securities Regulation