adaptation right. Copyright. A copyright holder’s exclusive right to prepare derivative works based on the pro-tected work. • For example, before a movie studio can make a film version of a book, it must secure the author’s adaptation right. See DERIVATIVE WORK. [Cases: Copyrights and Intellectual Property 12(3).]
accommodation, n. 1. A loan or other financial favor. 2. The act of signing an accommodation paper as surety for another. See ACCOMMODATION PAPER. 3. The act or an instance of making a change or provision for someone or something; an adaptation or adjustment. See PUBLIC ACCOMMODATION; REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION . 4. A convenience supplied by
jus aequum (j[schwa]s ee-kw[schwa]m). [Latin “law that is equal or fair”] Roman law. Law characterized by equity, flexibility, and adaptation to the circumstances of a particular case. Cf. JUS STRICTUM. JUS AESNECIAE jus aesneciae (j[schwa]s ees-neesh-ee-ee). [Latin] Hist. The right of primogeniture. — Also spelled jus esneciae.
investment contract. 1. A contract in which money is invested in a common enterprise with profits to come solely from the efforts of others; an agreement or transaction in which a party invests money in expectation of profits derived from the efforts of a promoter or other third party. 2. A transaction in which an
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