单词 | reserve clause |
释义 | > as lemmasreserve clause reserve clause n. North American (a) Law a clause in a legal document reserving the right of certain parties to alter or repeal the terms of the document; (b) Sport a clause in a professional player's contract with a team, reserving the team's rights to the player once the contract has expired, preventing free movement between teams (now chiefly historical). ΚΠ 1837 J. Mitchell Life Wallenstein, Duke of Friedland ix. 315 It is not true..that the reserve clause, in favour of the emperor, was left out in the paper presented for signature. 1888 N.Y. Times 20 Dec. 2/6 Our lawyers say that the reserve clause of the League and the claimed right to sell a player will not stand. 1923 J. J. McGraw My Thirty Years in Baseball xxiii. 124 The reserve clause was stricken from our contracts. This made us free agents at the end of the season, giving us the right to go to another club or anywhere we pleased. 1973 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 5 Dec. 34/1 What would happen, you might ask, if the NHL discarded the lovable old reserve clause altogether, and the hockey players could be had for grabs, by the highest bidder? 1978 Business Hist. Rev. 52 44 A reserve clause allowed the legislature to amend or repeal any charter of incorporation at any time. 1990 D. DiMaggio & B. Gilbert Real Grass, Real Heroes x. 130 The reserve clause stated that if you decided not to play for your team, you remained the property of that team anyhow. < as lemmas |
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