Mate

Mate, the deputy of the master in a merchant ship. There are sometimes one, sometimes two, three, or four....

A document used in shipping goods by sea In the case of free goods the shipping notes are the receiving note addressed by the shipper to the chief officer of the vessel requesting him to receive on board specified goods and a receipt for the mate to sign on receiving whose signature it is called the mates receipt and is surrendered by the shipper for the bills of lading...

battered woman's syndrome

battered woman's syndrome : the psychological symptoms suffered by a woman repeatedly abused by a mate (as a husband) NOTE: Battered woman's syndrome is used as a defense to violent criminal charges (as homicide). Evidence of repeated abuse is used to show that the defendant acted in self-defense even though the threat or danger was not imminent. Battered woman's syndrome is also used as a mitigating factor in sentencing. ...

fact

fact [Latin factum deed, real happening, something done, from neuter of factus, past participle of facere to do, make] 1 : something that has actual existence : a matter of objective reality 2 : any of the circumstances of a case that exist or are alleged to exist in reality : a thing whose actual occurrence or existence is to be determined by the evidence presented at trial see also finding of fact at finding, judicial notice question of fact at question, trier of fact compare law, opinion adjudicative fact : a fact particularly related to the parties to an esp. administrative proceeding compare legislative fact in this entry collateral fact : a fact that has no direct relation to or immediate bearing on the case or matter in question compare material fact in this entry constitutional fact : a fact that relates to the determination of a constitutional issue (as violation of a constitutional right) used esp. of administrative findings of fact evidentiary fact : a fact that i...

legitimate

legitimate [Medieval Latin legitimatus, past participle of legitimare to give legal status to, from Latin legitimus legally sanctioned, from leg-, lex law] 1 : conceived or born of parents lawfully married to each other or having been made through legal procedure equal in status to one so conceived or born ;also : having rights and obligations under the law as the child of such birth 2 : being neither spurious nor false [a grievance] 3 : being in accordance with law or with established legal forms and requirements [a government] 4 : conforming to recognized principles or accepted rules and standards [a claim of entitlement] [a business reason] le·git·i·mate·ly adv [lə-ji-tə-māt] vt -mat·ed -mat·ing : to make legitimate: as a : to give legal status or authorization to b : to show or affirm to be justified or have merit c : to put (an illegitimate child) in the state of a child born of married parents before the law by legal mean...

proximate

proximate 1 : next immediately preceding or following (as in a chain of causation, events, or effects) : being or leading to a particular esp. foreseeable result without intervention see also proximate cause at cause 2 : very or relatively close or near [would be sufficiently to the commencement of the defendant's trial "Johnson v. New Jersey, 384 U.S. 719 (1966)"] prox·i·mate·ly adv ...

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