affiliate ([schwa]-fil-ee-it), n. 1. A corporation that is related to another corporation by shareholdings or other means of control; a subsidiary, parent, or sibling corporation. [Cases: Corporations 1. 5. C.J.S. Corporations § 15.] 2. Securities. One who controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with an issuer of a security. SEC Rule 10b-18(a)(1) […]
measuring life. Under the rule against perpetuities, the last beneficiary to die who was alive at the testator’s death and who usu. holds a preceding interest. • A measuring life is used to determine whether an interest will vest under the rule against perpetuities. See RULE AGAINST PERPETUITIES. Cf. LIFE IN BEING. [Cases: Perpetuities 4(1).
protocol. 1. A summary of a document or treaty. 2. A treaty amending and supplementing another treaty. [Cases: Treaties 8. C.J.S. Treaties § 6.] 3. The formal record of the proceedings of a conference or congress. — Also termed procès-verbal. 4. The minutes of a meeting, usu. initialed by all participants after confirming accuracy. 5.
An attempt, through broad discovery requests or random questions, to elicit information from another party in the hope that something relevant might be found; esp., such an attempt that exceeds the scope of discovery allowed by procedural rules. — Also termed fishing trip. [Cases: Federal Civil Procedure 1272; Pretrial Procedure 28.C.J.S. Discovery §§ 2, 6–7,
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arms, law of. 1. Rules concerning conditions of war, such as the treatment of prisoners. 2. The law relating to the right to bear arms. [Cases: Weapons 1. C.J.S. Weapons §§ 1–8, 61–62.] 3. The law relating to armorial bearings, i.e., coats of arms granted by the College of Heralds in England, Lord Lyon King
respondeat superior (ri-spon-dee-at soo-peer-ee-[schwa]r or s[schwa]-peer-ee-or). [Law Latin “let the superior make answer”] Torts. The doctrine holding an employer or principal liable for the employee’s or agent’s wrongful acts committed within the scope of the employment or agency. — Also termed master–servant rule. See SCOPE OF EMPLOYMENT. [Cases: Master and Servant 300, 315; Principal and
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ADVISORY COMMITTEE advisory committee. A committee formed to make suggestions to some other body or to an official; esp., any one of five committees that propose to the Standing Committee on Rules of Practice and Procedure amendments to federal court rules, the five committees being responsible for appellate, bankruptcy, civil, criminal, and evidence rules. [Cases:
locus regit actum (loh-k[schwa]s ree-jit ak-t[schwa]m), n. [Latin “the place rules the act”] Int’l law. The rule that a transaction complying with the legal formalities of the country where it is created will be considered valid in the country where it is to be effective, even if that country requires additional formalities.
business entry. A writing admissible under the business-records exception to the hearsay rule. See BUSINESS-RECORDS EXCEPTION. [Cases: Criminal Law 436; Evidence 351. C.J.S. Criminal Law §§ 1032, 1034–1037; Evidence §§ 904–915, 917–923, 928–931, 965–966, 1023, 1025.]
inter se (in-t[schwa]r seeorsay). [Latin “between or among themselves”] (Of a right or duty) owed between the parties rather than to others. — Also termed inter sese (in-t[schwa]r see-see). “[T]he law of nations is, or at least includes, a branch of natural law, namely, the rules of natural justice as applicable to the relations of