[英美] 久違的英美法名詞解釋
acceptance
1. An offeree's assent, either by express act or by implication
from conduct, to the terms of an offer in a manner authorized
or requested by the offeror, so that a binding contract is formed.
*If an acceptance modifies the terms or adds new ones, it generally
operates as a counteroffer.
2. A buyer's assent that the goods are to be taken in performance
of a contract for sale.
3. The formal receipt of and agreement to pay a negotiable instrument.
4. A negotiable instrument, esp. a bill of exchange, that has been
accepted for payment.
affirm
1. To confirm (a judgement) on appeal.
2. To solemnly declare rather than swear under oath.
brief
A written statement setting out the legal contentions of a party
in litigation, esp. on appeal; a document prepared by counsel
as the basis for arguing a case, consisting of legal and factual
arguments and the authorities in support of them.
concur
1. To agree; to consent.
2. In a judicial opinion, to agree with the judgment in the
case (usu. as expressed in the opinion od another judge),
or the opinion of another judge, but often for different
reasons or through a different line of reasoning.
consideration
Something (such as an act, a forbearance, or a return promise)
bargained for and received by a promisor from a promise;
that which motivates a person to do something, esp. to engage
in a legal act.*Consideration, or a substitute such as
promissory estoppel, is necessary for an agreement to be
enforceable.
docket n.
1. A formal record in which a judge or court clerk briefly
notes all the proceedings and filings in a court case.
docket vb.
1. To make a brief entry in the docket of the proceedings
and filings in a court case.
2. To abstract and enter in a book.
3. To schedule (a case) for trial or some other event.
federalism
The legal relationship and distribution of power between the
national and regional governments within a federal system
of government.
frivolous
Lacking a legal basis or legal merit; not serious; not reasonably
purposeful.
nuisance
1. A condition, activity, or situation (such as a loud noise
or foul odor) that interferes with the use or enjoyment
of property.*Liability might or might not arise from the
condition or situation.
2. Loosely, an act or failure to act resulting in an interference
with the use or enjoyment of property.
3. The class of torts arising from such conditions, acts,
or faitures to act when they occur unreasonably.
offer
1. The act or an instance of presenting something for acceptance
<the prosecutor's offer of immunity>.
2. A promise to do or refrain from doing some specified thing
in the future, conditioned on an act, forbearance, or return
promise being given in exchange for the promise or its
performance; a display of willingness to enter into a contract
on specified terms, made in a way that would lead a reasonable
person to understand that an acceptance, having been sought,
will result in a binding contract <she accepted the $750
offer on the Victorian armoire>.
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from Black's law dictionary
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