Law Slang, Jargon, and New Words from Double-Tongued Dictionary

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bomb n. Bomb: a diary entry causing alarm but not ticking. [English United Kingdom Law Slang] [full cite] (Jul. 15, 2007)

bottle club n. There is a rarely enforced section of the NY state alcoholic beverage control laws—an element of article 5, section 64b, sub-paragraph 1, to be exact—that relates to organizations known as “bottle clubs,” or in Eater parlance, bars and restaurants. [English Food & Drink Law] [full cite] (Apr. 19, 2006)

bring back n. Bring Back: a sandwich purchased on the return leg of legitimate business. [English United Kingdom Food & Drink Law Slang] [full cite] (Jul. 15, 2007)

bump up suit n. Referring to the shareholder lawsuits filed earlier in the drama, LaCroix said those cases alleged that the deal wasn’t rich enough. These are called “bump up” suits, he said, and they are common because if and when deals close higher than their starting price, plaintiffs can argue that their action benefited shareholders and that they should therefore be rewarded by at least having their attorneys” fees paid. [English Law Money & Finance Jargon] [full cite] (May. 9, 2008)

capping n. Sheriff’s deputies took him into custody at a Roseville restaurant after an undercover officer gave Scott, who is a private investigator, $1,500 for providing legal advice and soliciting clients for an attorney. The practice is called “running and capping,” according to the sheriff’s department. [ Language English Register Jargon Subject Law] [full cite] (Dec. 14, 2005)

castle doctrine n. The Rawls shooting is a poster child case for proponents of what has come to be called the “castle doctrine"—the notion founded in British common law that one’s home is one’s castle and that the owner of the castle has a right to defend it. The “castle doctrine” governs the rules of self-defense for criminal and tort law in almost every state, including Mississippi. [ Language English Subject Law] [full cite] (Dec. 1, 2005)

Chuck E. Cheese law n. The Legislature passed a law commonly called the Chuck E. Cheese law in 1996 that says, if a machine pays out tokens or coupons valued at $5 or less, it is legal. When the adult arcades came to Jefferson County in 2000, they paid in $5 gift certificates to take advantage of the Chuck E. Cheese law. [English Gambling Law] [full cite] (Aug. 15, 2005)

chug law n. Some of Utah’s booze laws have a reverse effect from what was probably intended. These are commonly known as “chug” laws. For example, the fact that you can’t have more than one drink in front of you means that when the server comes to bring you the second drink you ordered, you wind up chugging the remains of the first. [English Food & Drink Law Slang] [full cite] (Jul. 25, 2006)

click-wrap n. “One who signs a contract is bound by a contract which he has an opportunity to read, whether he does so or not”…the judges who authored these words many decades ago certainly did not conceive of the possibility of them being extended to cover on-line agreements. They could not have also possibly contemplated the implication that this concept could be extended—first by the information technology industry itself, and second by the law courts of many countries to cover click-through agreements (often called “click-wrap” agreements). [English Law Online Technology] [full cite] (Nov. 8, 2006)

Couric clause n. The provision prompted an intensive lobbying effort from businesses, especially executives in the entertainment industry and Wall Street, who feared that competitive information about their star performers would be available for all to see—alongside the pay of the top officers, which already is disclosed. The section, dubbed the “Katie Couric clause” after the high-profile, highly paid network-TV anchor, likely would have resulted in the disclosure of her pay as well as that of others, such as top-earning Wall Street traders. [English Employment Law Money & Finance Jargon New or Nonce] [full cite] (Aug. 1, 2006)

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