senatus consultum Velleianum (si-nay-t[schwa]s k[schwa]n-s[schwa]l-t[ schwa]m vel-ee-ay-n[schwa]m). [Latin “Velleian Decree”] Roman law. A senate decree, probably of A.D. 46, to protect women from making unconscionable guarantees, suretyship undertakings, or debt assumptions for their husbands and for others generally, by making actions to enforce such undertakings unlawful.
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felonious restraint. 1. The offense of knowingly and unlawfully restraining a person under circumstances that expose the person to serious bodily harm. Model Penal Code § 212.2(a). 2. The offense of holding a person in involuntary servitude. Model Penal Code § 212.2(b).
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illegitimate, adj. 1. (Of a child) born out of lawful wedlock and never having been legitimated (illegitimate son). • A child conceived while the mother is married but born after she is divorced or widowed is considered legitimate. [Cases: Children Out-of-Wedlock 1. C.J.S. Children Out-of-Wedlock §§ 2–11.] 2. Against the law; unlawful (illegitimate contract for
stalking. 1. The act or an instance of following another by stealth. 2. The offense of following or loitering near another, often surreptitiously, with the purpose of annoying or harassing that person or committing a further crime such as assault or battery. • Some statutory definitions include an element that the person being stalked must
per fas aut nefas (p[schwa]r fas awt nee-fas). [Latin] Hist. By lawful or unlawful means.
danger. 1. Peril; exposure to harm, loss, pain, or other negative result. 2. A cause of peril; a menace. apparent danger. 1. Obvious danger; real danger. — Also termed patent danger. 2. Criminal law. The perceived danger in one person’s actions toward another, as a result of which it seems necessary for the threatened person
One who enters another’s land unlawfully, but either inadvertently or believing in a right to do so. [Cases: Trespass 2, 23. C.J.S. Trespass §§ 6, 36–37, 39–45, 164.]
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dumping. 1. The act of selling a large quantity of goods at less than fair value. 2. Selling goods abroad at less than the market price at home. See ANTIDUMPING LAW. [Cases: Customs Duties 21. 5. C.J.S. Customs Duties §§ 135–152.] “Dumping involves selling abroad at a price that is less than the price used
corrupt, adj. 1. Archaic. (Of a person) subject to corruption of blood. “[T]here are divers offences made Treason by Act of Parliament, whereof, though a Man be Attaint, yet his Blood, by Provisoes therein, is not corrupt, nor shall he forfeit any thing….” Thomas Blount, Nomo-Lexicon: A Law-Dictionary (1670). 2. Having an unlawful or depraved
counterfeit, vb. To unlawfully forge, copy, or imitate an item, esp. money or a negotiable instrument (such as a security or promissory note) or other officially issued item of value (such as a postage stamp or a food stamp), or to possess such an item without authorization and with the intent to deceive or defraud