Law Dictionary

For purposes of this section, the term “childhood cancer” refers to a spectrum of different malignancies that vary by histology, site of disease, origin, race, sex, and age. The Se

the term “child human trafficking” means 1 or more severe forms of trafficking in persons (as defined in section 7102 of title 22 ) involving a victim who is a child; and / the ter

The term “Child Locator Center” means the National Emergency Child Locator Center established under subsection (b).

The term "child maltreatment" means the physical or psychological abuse or neglect of a child or youth, including sexual assault and abuse. / The term “child maltreatment

In this subsection, the term “child marriage” means the marriage of a girl or boy who is— (A) younger than the minimum age for marriage under the laws of the country in which such

“child neglect” includes but is not limited to, negligent treatment or maltreatment of a child by a person, including a person responsible for the child's welfare, under circumstan

The customary fine paid by a bastard’s reputed father to the lord.—Cowell.

The term “child nutrition program” means— (A) the school lunch program established under this chapter; (B) the summer food service program for children established under section 17

The term “child obscenity” means any visual depiction proscribed by section 1466A of title 18 . / The term “child obscenity” means any visual depiction proscribed by section 1466A

the type of depictions at issue in "Ferber," images made using actual minors.

For purposes of this section and section 2259A, the term “child pornography production” means conduct proscribed by subsections (a) through (c) of section 2251, section 2251A, sect

only legitimate children.

In this section, the term “children and adolescents” means individuals who do not exceed 18 years of age.

The term “children at risk” means children who are raised in poverty or in single-parent homes or are subject to such circumstances as parental drug abuse, homelessness, or child a

The term “children from low-income families” means children described in section 6333(c)(1)(A) of this title . / The term “children from low-income families” means children describ

The term “children of prisoners” means children one or both of whose parents are incarcerated in a Federal, State, or local correctional facility. The term is deemed to include chi

The term “children of substance abusers” means— (A) children who have lived or are living in a household with a substance abuser who is acting in a parental role regarding the chil

The term “children's hospital” means a hospital with a Medicare payment agreement and which is excluded from the Medicare inpatient prospective payment system pursuant to section 1

The term “children's services” means the provision on a routine or regular basis of health, day care, education, or library services— (A) that are funded, after March 31, 1994, dir

The terms “adults with a serious mental illness” and “children with a serious emotional disturbance” have the meanings given such terms under section 300x–1(c)(1) of this title.

The term “children with disabilities” has the meaning given the term in section 602 of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act ( 20 U.S.C. 1401 ).

the term “child sexual abuse material” means a visual depiction described in section 2256(8)(A) of title 18 ; / the term “child sexual abuse material” has the meaning given the ter

The term “child sexual exploitation offense” means— (A) (i) an offense involving a minor under section 1591 or chapter 117 of title 18; (ii) an offense under subsection (a), (b), o

Consistent with the provisions of the Optional Protocol to the Convention of the Rights of the Child, the term "child soldier"— (A) means— (i) any person under 18 years o

A "child's part," which a widow, by statute in some states, is entitled to take hi lieu of dower or the provisi os made for her by will, is a full share to which a child of the dec

legally compulsory payments made by parents.

The term “child support order”— (A) means a judgment, decree, or order of a court requiring the payment of child support in periodic amounts or in a lump sum; and (B) includes— (i)

The term "child violence" means the use, threatened use, or attempted use of violence against a child proscribed by the criminal law of the Indian tribe that has jurisdic

The term "child welfare agency" means the State, territorial, or Tribal agency responsible for child or family services and welfare. / In this section, the term “child we

The term “child who is a candidate for foster care” means, a child who is identified in a prevention plan under section 671(e)(4)(A) of this title as being at imminent risk of ente

In Saxon law. The right which a lord had of taking a fine of his bondwoman gotten with chlid without his license. Termes de la Ley; Cowell.

The term “child with a disability” means a child— (i) with intellectual disabilities, hearing impairments (including deafness), speech or language impairments, visual impairments (

The term “child with a special need” means an individual less than 18 years of age who requires care or supervision beyond that required of children generally to— (A) meet the chil

The term “child with greatest need” means a child who is at risk of educational failure, dropping out of school, or involvement in criminal or delinquent activities, or who lacks s

Subject to subparagraph (B), the term “child with medically complex conditions” means an individual under 21 years of age who— (i) is eligible for medical assistance under the Stat

The term “child with special needs” means any child if— (A) a State or Indian tribal government has determined that the child cannot or should not be returned to the home of his pa

The term “Chile FTA Certificate of Origin” means the certification, established under article 4.13 of the United States-Chile Free Trade Agreement, that a good qualifies as an orig

The chilling effect upon the exercise of First Amendment rights may derive from the fact of the prosecution, unaffected by the prospects of its success or failure.

Certain hundreds of which the crown may appoint a steward and thus enable a member of parliament to resign as the appointee.

A tract of country comprising the hundreds of Stoke, Desborough and Bonenham, the stewardship of which is a nominal office in the gift of the crown, and given to a member of parlia

A range of hills in England, formerly much infested by robbers. To exterminate the robbers, a steward of the chiltern hundreds was appointed. The office long since became a sinecur

The term “Chimera system” means the interoperable electronic data system required to be developed and implemented by section 1722(a)(2) of this title .

Same as Chemin.

A toll paid on a forest road.

Lat. Chiminage. Charta de Foresta, c. 14. See Chiminage.

The way by which the king and all his subjects and all under his protection have a right to pass, though the property of the soil of each side where the way lieth may belong to a p

An old English tax on chimneys.

A tax upon chimneys or hearths ; an ancient tax or duty upon houses in England, now repealed.

The term “China” means (1) China including Manchuria, Tibet, Mongolia, and any territory leased by China to any foreign government, (2) the Crown Colony of Hong Kong, and (3) the P

the term “China Review Commission” means the United States-China Economic and Security Review Commission established under section 7002 of title 22 , as enacted into law by section

The terms “China Trade Act corporation” and “corporation” mean a corporation chartered under the provisions of this chapter;

Stringent laws for the entire exclusion of Chinese from the United SI have been passed in the Pacific states, many of which have been decided to be unconstitutional; as is an ordin

The term “Chinese biotechnology supplier” means a supplier of biotechnology that is organized under the laws of, or otherwise subject to the jurisdiction of, the People’s Republic

The term “Chinese biotechnology supply chain intermediary” means a United States domestic supplier of biotechnology where a controlling interest in the United States domestic suppl

The term “Chinese Communist regime” means the so-called Peoples Republic of China, including any political subdivision, agency, or instrumentality thereof.

The term "Chinese security services" means— (A) the security services of the Government of the People's Republic of China, including the Ministry of State Security and th

The term “CHIP” means the Children’s Health Insurance Program established under title XXI of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1397aa et seq.).

A toll for buying and selling; a tax imposed on goods brought for sale. Whishaw; Blount.

CHIRCHGEMOTE, CIRCGEMOTE, or kirkmote. (Saxon, circgemote, from circ, ciric, or cyric, a church, and gemot, a meeting or assembly). In Saxon law. An ecclesiastical court or assembl

In Saxon law. An ecclesiastical assembly or court. Spelman. A synod or meeting in a church or vestry. 4 Inst 321.

An ecclesiastical court.

In Old Conveyancing. A deed or public instrument in writing. Chirographs were anciently attested by the subscription and crosses of witnesses. Afterwards, to prevent frauds and con

In Roman law. Writings emanating from a single party, the debtor.

In English law. The title of the officer of the common pleas who engrossed fines in that court so as to be acknowledged into a perpetual record. Cowell.

In Roman law. A handwriting; that which was written with a person's own hand; an obligation which a person wrote or subscribed with his own For forms of such acknowledgments, see D

cirographum, cyrographum, i. l An evidence of debt as a bond, bill or note. Chirographum apnd debitorcm repertum prsesumitur solntum: an evidence of debt found in the debtor's poss

An evidence of debt found in the debtor's possession is presumed to be paid. Halk. Max. 20; Bell, Diet

A written obligation found in the hands of the debtor is presumed to have been paid.

An evidenco of debt not existing is presumed to have been discharged. Tray. Lat Max. 73.

A written obligation which does not exist is presumed to have been paid.

Lat. A glove. Bract, fol, 35 b. Par ckirothecarum; a pair of gloves. Towns. PI. 258.

A surgeon.

(China, Japan) A promissory note.

In feudal law. Knight service. Tenure in chivalry was the same as tenure by knight service. 2 Bl. Comm. 61, 62. See "Tenure."

COURT OF. This court was anciently held as a court of honor merely, before the earl marshal, and as a criminal court before the lord high constable, jointly with the earl marshal.

TENURE BY. Tenure by knight service. Co. Litt.

Ckivacker, Ckivalckier. L. Fr. [from ckival, a horse.] To ride; to ride over, or about. Kelham. To perambulate. Id.. CHOA, Ckou, Cku. L. Fr. Cornipted forms of ceo, (q. v.) Kelkam.

One who believes or assents to the doctrines of Christianity, as taught by Jesus Christ in the New Testament, or who, being born of Christian parents or in a Christian country, doe

[L. Lat. campio.] He who, in the trial by battel or combat {campus or duellum,) fought either for the tenant or demandant. 3 BL Com. 339. Certator pro alio datus in duello. Hottom.

I I. In old records. Chop or exchange.

churchset, cirset, kirkset, chirset. In old English law. A certain portion or measure of wheat, anciently paid to the church on St Martin's day; an annual tribute paid to the churc

In Roman law. The name of an important court consisting of a body of one hundred and five judges. It was made up by choosing three representatives from each of the thirty-five Roma

A lien may be perfected in the sense that there is nothing more to be done to have a choate lien—when the identity of the lienor, the property subject to the lien, and the amount o

I fr. Lying down. An old form of couchant

Preference either of: a person or thing, to one or several other persons or things. Election, qe V.

A contractual choice-of-forum clause should be held unenforceable if enforcement would contravene a strong public policy of the forum in which suit is brought, whether declared by

Nonbailable.

A divining-rod.

(India, China) A clearance permit.

A word mentioned in a statute of 9 Hen. VI., by the sense of which it was in those days a kind of trade, and by the judges declared to be lawful. But Brooke, in his Abridgment, say

chop-chirch, choppe-chiirch. in old English law. A parson who changed or exchanged benefices.

The mouth of a harbor. Stats, of Mass. 1882, p. 12S8. CHOSE (Fr. thing). Personal property. Choses in possession. Personal things of which one has possession. Choses in action. See

Definition.—For purposes of this section, the term “chop shop” means any building, lot, facility, or other structure or premise where one or more persons engage in receiving, conce

In ancient times, a person admitted to sit and worship in the choir; a chorister.

insanity arising from chorea, the latter being a nervous disease, more commonly attacking children than adults, characterized by irregular and involuntary twitch-ings of the muscle

Bishops of the country in the early times of the church. CHOSE (Ft.) thing. Personal property. Choses in Possession. Personal things of which one has possession. Choses in Action.

In old European law. A rural bishop or bishop's vicar. Spelman; Cowell.

A thing; a chattel; a personal right.

The restriction on jurisdiction is limited to cases where A is indebted to B on an express or implied promise to pay; B assigns this debt or claim to C, and C, as assignee of such

A chattel in one’s possession.