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71Draining law — Brinckman redirects here. For other uses, see Brinckman (disambiguation). The draining law or Belgian dry up law refers to a controversial law passed by the Belgian Federal Parliament in 2005 to cut funding by the federal state to undemocratic… …
72Gompertz-Makeham law of mortality — The Gompertz Makeham law states that death rate is a sum of age independent component (Makeham term) and age dependent component (Gompertz function), which increases exponentially with age. In a protected environment where external causes of… …
73Experimental law variations — The experimental law variations (ELVs), also known as the Stellenbosch Laws, are a proposed set of amendments to the laws of rugby union. They are under consideration by the sport s governing body, the International Rugby Board (IRB). The IRB has …
74Ban (law) — A ban is, generally, any decree that prohibits something. Smoking is banned in public buildings in many parts of the world. Bans are formed for the prohibition of activities within a certain political territory. Some see this as a negative act… …
75Mund (in law) — Mundium redirects here. The mund is a principle in Germanic tradition and law that can be crudely translated as protection and which grew as the prerogative of a Germanic tribe king or leader. It has been Latinized in mundium. The word comes from …
76abandonment — aban·don·ment n 1: the act of abandoning property or a right: as a: relinquishment by an inventor of the right to enforce a patent see also dedication b: an author s relinquishment to the public domain of his or her copyrighted work c …
77usufruct — usu·fruct / yü zə ˌfrəkt, sə / n [Latin ususfructus from usus et fructus, literally, use and enjoyment]: the right to the use and enjoyment of another s property and its profits a usufruct in the crops of the estate; esp in the civil law of… …
78culpa — I index blame (culpability) II index dereliction III index fault …
79ferae naturae — fe·rae na·tu·rae / fir ē nə chu̇r ē, tu̇r , tyu̇r ; fer ˌī nä tü ˌrī/ adj [New Latin, literally, of a wild nature]: wild by nature: not usu. tamed ◇ Animals like wild ducks or bees are considered ferae naturae. At common law they cannot be… …
80condition — con·di·tion 1 n 1: an uncertain future act or event whose occurrence or nonoccurrence determines the rights or obligations of a party under a legal instrument and esp. a contract; also: a clause in the instrument describing the act or event and… …
