Shortly after the courts created larceny by trick, they created the crime of obtaining property by False Pretenses. Before, a defendant who induced a person to part with the title to property could escape prosecution because the victim transferred not actual possession of the property but only title to the property.
Translation matrix. A translation matrix was a data construct that facilitated the conversion of symbols and sounds from one language to another. It was a major component of communication systems and devices such as the universal translator. Translation matrices were included in the Friendship 1 probe, launched in 2067.
In mathematics, a matrix (plural matrices) is a rectangular array of numbers, symbols, or expressions, arranged in rows and columns. For example, the dimensions of matrix (1) are 2 Ã 3 (read two by three), because there are two rows and three columns.