| 单词 | millionaire's defence |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmillionaire's defence millionaire's defence n. British Law colloquial an argument presented by a wealthy defendant in a divorce settlement case to the effect that a full declaration of assets is not required, since the defendant can afford to pay a former spouse any reasonable amount set by the court. ΚΠ 1986 Law Rep.: Family Div. 197 An application for detailed discovery of the husband's sources of wealth..was successfully resisted..on the basis of what has come to be known colloquially in the profession as the ‘millionaire's defence’. 1992 Guardian (Nexis) 29 Aug. 27 The only way full disclosure can be avoided is if one raises the so-called ‘millionaire's defence’ in which they essentially say: ‘I'm so rich the court can make any reasonable order’. 1998 N.Y. Law Jrnl. (Nexis) 29 June 7 The husband had adopted the ‘millionaire's defence’, presently accepted in England: he said he could well afford to pay any reasonable amounts awarded by the court. < as lemmas |
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