Define That Term #323
June 14, 2009
Last week's term was reading on, which is defined as:
No one guessed this time around.
This week's term is:
rule of doubt.
As always, no dictionaries, please.
Last week's term was reading on, which is defined as:
No one guessed this time around.
This week's term is:
rule of doubt.
As always, no dictionaries, please.
The most recent term was dynamite charge, which is defined as:
NY Law Guy got it right and Vickie Pynchon's guess was pretty close as well.
Today's term is:
reading on.
As always, educated guesses are welcome-dictionaries are not.
Last week's term was utility patent, which is defined as:
No one guessed this time around.
This week's term is:
dynamite charge.
As always, no dictionaries, please.
Last week's term was offensive collateral estoppel, which is defined as:
No one guessed this time around.
This week's term is:
utility patent.
As always, no dictionaries, please.
Last week's term was estoppel by silence, which is defined as:
No one guessed this time around.
This week's term is:
offensive collateral estoppel.
As always, no dictionaries.
Last week's term was promissory estoppel, which is defined as:
promissory estoppel
A type of estoppel that prevents a person who made a promise from
reneging when someone else has reasonably relied on the promise and
will suffer a loss if the promise is broken. For example, Forrest tells
Antonio to go ahead and buy a boat without a motor, because he will
sell Antonio an old boat motor at a very reasonable price. If Antonio
relies on Forrest's promise and buys the motorless boat, Forrest cannot
then deny his promise to sell Antonio the motor at the agreed-upon
price.
(2) A legal doctrine that prevents the relitigation of facts or issues that were previously resolved in court. For example, Alvin loses control of his car and accidentally sideswipes several parked cars. When the first car owner sues Alvin for damages, the court determines that Alvin was legally drunk at the time of the accident. Alvin will not be able to deny this fact in subsequent lawsuits against him. This type of estoppel is most commonly called collateral estoppel.
Edward Wiest got it right!
This week's term is:
estoppel by silence.
As always, no dictionaries, please.
Last week's term was estoppel in pais, which is defined as:
No one guessed this time around.
Today's term is:
promissory estoppel.
As always, educated guesses are welcome, but dictionaries are not.
Last week's term was specification, which is defined as:
No one guessed this time around.
Today's term is:
estoppel in pais.
As always, no dictionaries.
The most recent term was jus cogens, which is defined as:
NY Law Guy got it right!
Today's term is:
specification.
As always, no dictionaries please.
The most recent term was preference relative, which is defined as:
An immigration term, preference relatives means the married children of U.S. citizens, children over 21 of U.S. citizens, the spouses or children of green card holders, and brothers and sisters of U.S. citizens where the U.S. citizen is at least 21 years old.
Preference relatives must usually wait to get a green card, because only around 480,000 green cards are available to preference relatives in total per year. Preference relatives wait in line based on their “priority date,” which is set when their U.S. citizen or permanent resident petitioner first filed a visa petition for them.
Jeffrey's guess was awfully close.
Today's term is:
jus cogens.
As always, no dictionaries please.