color of process
color of process. The appearance of validity and sufficiency surrounding a legal proceeding that is later found to be invalid.
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colorable alteration
colorable alteration. Intellectual property. A modification that effects no real or substantial change, but is made only to distinguish an invention or work from an existing patent or copyright; a small change made in a product or process solely to avoid literal infringement of an earlier patent’s claim. — Also termed colorable deviation. [Cases: Patents
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color of authority
color of authority. The appearance or presumption of authority sanctioning a public officer’s actions. • The authority derives from the officer’s apparent title to the office or from a writ or other apparently valid process the officer bears. [Cases: Officers and Public Employees 41. C.J.S. Officers and Public Employees §§ 11, 342.]
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segregation
segregation, n. 1. The act or process of separating. punitive segregation. The act of removing a prisoner from the prison population for placement in separate or solitary confinement, usu. for disciplinary reasons. — Also termed punitive isolation. [Cases: Prisons 13(5). C.J.S. Prisons and Rights of Prisoners §§ 21, 25–27.] 2. The unconstitutional policy of separating