dictate
dictate, vb. 1. To pronounce orally for transcription. 2. To order; to command authoritatively.
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rubric
rubric (roo-brik). 1. The title of a statute or code (the rubric of the relevant statute is the Civil Rights Act of 1964). 2. A category or designation (assignment of rights falls under the rubric of contract law). 3. An authoritative rule, esp. for conducting a public worship service (the rubric dictates whether the congregation
copyhold
Hist. A base tenure requiring the tenant to provide the customary services of the manor, as reflected in the manor’s court rolls. • Copyhold tenure descended from pure villeinage; over time, the customs of the manor, as reflected on the manor’s rolls, dictated what services a lord could demand from a copyholder. This type of
new ruling
new ruling. Criminal procedure. A Supreme Court ruling not dictated by precedent existing when the defendant’s conviction became final and thus not applicable retroactively to habeas cases. • For example, when the Court in Ford v. Wainwright, 477 U.S. 399, 106 S.Ct. 2595 (1986), ruled that the Eighth Amendment prohibits execution of insane prisoners, this
new rule principle
new-rule principle. Criminal procedure. A doctrine barring federal courts from granting habeas corpus relief to a state prisoner because of a rule, not dictated by existing precedent, announced after the prisoner’s conviction and sentence became final. — Also termed nonretroactivity principle. See HABEAS CORPUS . [Cases: Courts 100(1). C.J.S. Courts §§ 147–148.]
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mandate rule
mandate rule. The doctrine that, after an appellate court has remanded a case to a lower court, the lower court must follow the decision that the appellate court has made in the case, unless new evidence or an intervening change in the law dictates a different result. [Cases: Appeal and Error 1195(1); Federal Courts 950.
privileged copyhold
Hist. A copyhold subject only to the customs of the manor and not affected by the nonconforming dictates of the current lord.
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indirect purchaser doctrine
indirect-purchaser doctrine. Antitrust. The principle that in litigation for price discrimination, the court will ignore sham middle parties in determining whether different prices were paid by different customers for the same goods. • This doctrine gives standing to bring an antitrust action to a party who is not an immediate purchaser of a product. Thus,
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author’s right
author’s right. Copyright. The system of protecting the moral and economic rights of the creator of a work, esp. in civil-law countries. — Also termed (in French) droit d’auteur; (in German) Urheberrecht; (in Italian) diritto d’ autore; (in Spanish) derecho de autor. “[O]n almost every point of consequence, the traditions of copyright and author’s right