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Deep Rock doctrine

Deep Rock doctrine [from Deep Rock, a debtor corporation found to have been used for fraudulent transfers to its parent corporation in the Supreme Court case Taylor v. Standard Gas and Electric Co. (Deep Rock), 306 U.S. 307(1939)] : a doctrine holding that the claim of a stockholder and esp. a stockholder with controlling interest who makes a loan to his or her own corporation will be subordinated to the claims of outside creditors if the corporation is deemed undercapitalized ...

Deep sea

Of or pertaining to the deeper parts of the sea as a deep sea line i e a line to take soundings at a great depth deep sea lead deep sea soundings explorations etc...

deep fat

Hot liquified fat used to deep fry food See deep fry...

D'Oench doctrine

D'Oench doctrine [from D'Oench, Duhme & Co., Inc. v. Federal Deposit Insurance Company, 315 U.S. 447 (1942), the Supreme Court case establishing the doctrine] : a doctrine in banking law: a party (as a borrower or guarantor) cannot assert an unrecorded agreement with a failed bank against attempts by the federal insurer (as the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation) or its assigns to collect on a promissory note (as a loan) called also D'Oench Duhme doctrine ...

exculpatory no doctrine

exculpatory no doctrine : a doctrine in federal criminal law: an individual cannot be charged with making a false statement if the statement is a false denial of guilt made in response to a federal investigator's question NOTE: This doctrine is based on the Fifth Amendment protection against self-incrimination, and is often used as a defense to a charge of knowingly making a false statement. The doctrine is recognized in most federal Courts of Appeals. ...

family purpose doctrine

family purpose doctrine : a doctrine in tort law: the owner of a car is vicariously liable for damages incurred by a family member while using the car with the owner's permission called also family car doctrine NOTE: This doctrine is recognized only in some jurisdictions and has been rejected in most. ...

Spielberg Doctrine

Spielberg Doctrine [after the Spielberg Manufacturing Company, subject of an unfair labor practice complaint that prompted the formation of the doctrine] : a doctrine in labor law: the National Labor Relations Board will defer to an arbitrator's decision regarding a contract dispute if the arbitrator's decision was not repugnant to the National Labor Relations Act, the arbitration proceedings provided a hearing as fair as would have been provided before the NLRB, and the contract required binding arbitration compare collyer doctrine ...

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