单词 | effects test |
释义 | > as lemmaseffects test effects test n. (a) originally U.S. a test of a nuclear weapon carried out to determine its effect on the environment, other military systems, etc., rather than to provide information on the weapon itself; (b) U.S. Law a means of making a legal judgment whereby only the effects of an action (rather than intent) are taken into consideration; spec. (in equal opportunities law) a criterion by which a measure which has a discriminatory effect is itself deemed discriminatory, regardless of intent; cf. intent test n. at intent n. Additions. ΚΠ 1951 Nevada State Jrnl. 18 Nov. 3/2 Until data obtained in the forthcoming ‘effects tests’ are studied and evaluated,..mere oratorical arguments for or against use of atomic weapons in Korea will have little weight. 1952 Yale Law Jrnl. 61 725 Cf. the broader intrastate reach of the Sherman Act, Mandeville Island Farms v. American Crystal Sugar Co., 334 U.S. 219, 234 (1948) (‘effects’ test). 1963 Yale Law Jrnl. 72 1058 The Supreme Court determined that there was systematic exclusion of Negroes from jury service through the use of a de facto ‘effects’ test. 1993 New Scientist 19 June 13/2 American underground nuclear explosions fall into two categories: weapons development tests..and ‘effects tests’ to discover how well other weapons systems withstand the radiation and heat of a nuclear blast. 1995 H. L. Perry in H. L. Perry & W. Parent Blacks & Amer. Polit. Syst. ii. 24 The effects test standard simply requires a statistical demonstration of a pattern of racial discrimination. < as lemmas |
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