imperial state Archaic. A composite state in which a common or central government possesses in itself the entire sovereignty, so that the constituent states possess no portion of this sovereignty. What is the legal equivalence of imperial state in Chinese?
AQUA aqua (ak-w[schwa]), n. [Latin] Roman law. 1. Water. 2. A watercourse. Pl. aquae (ak-wee). aqua aestiva (ak-w[schwa] es-tI-v[schwa]). Summer water; water used only in the summer. aqua currens (ak-w[schwa] k[schwa]r-enz). See aqua profluens. aqua dulcis (ak-w[schwa] d[schwa]l-sis). Fresh water. ¡ª Also termed aqua frisca. aqua fontanea (ak-w[schwa] fon-tay-nee-[schwa]). Springwater. aqua frisca (ak-w[schwa] fris-k[schwa]). See
index fund A mutual fund that invests in the stock of companies constituting a specific market index, such as Standard & Poor’s 500 stocks, and thereby tracks the stock average. What is the legal equivalent of the term index fund in Chinese?
FEODUM NOVUM feodum novum (fee-[schwa]-d[schwa]m orfyoo-d[schwa]m noh-v[schwa]m). See feudum novum under FEUDUM. How many interpretations of the term FEODUM NOVUM are there in Chinese?
failure to testify A party’s ¡ª esp. a criminal defendant’s ¡ª decision not to testify. ? Under the Fifth Amendment, the prosecutor and the judge cannot comment to the jury on a criminal defendant’s failure to testify. But comments on the failure are usu. permissible in a civil case. [Cases: Criminal Law 317; Evidence 76;
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