effective date
effective date. The date on which a statute, contract, insurance policy, or other such instrument becomes enforceable or otherwise takes effect, which sometimes differs from the date on which it was enacted or signed.
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effective filing date
Patents. The date that a patent application is considered to have been filed. • The actual filing date may be later, as for a continuing application. But under the doctrine of continuity, the child application is usu. entitled to the filing date of the parent application to prove priority. — Also termed parent filing date.
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mandate
mandate, n. 1. An order from an appellate court directing a lower court to take a specified action. — Also termed (in BrE) order. See MANDAMUS. [Cases: Appeal and Error 1186.1; Federal Courts 949. 1. C.J.S. Appeal and Error § 968.] 2. A judicial command directed to an officer of the court to enforce a
effective vote
A vote that counts toward a winning candidate, to the extent needed to win. • A vote that goes to a winning candidate is “effective” to the extent needed to win, and “excess” beyond that point. For example, if a candidate needs 100 votes and gets 150, then 50 votes are excess votes and each
antedating of a prior art reference
antedating of a prior-art reference. Patents. The removal of a publication, a U.S. patent, or a foreign patent cited as prior art against the application by filing an affidavit or declaration establishing the applicant’s completion of the invention in this country, or in another NAFTA or WTO member country, before the effective date of the
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acceleration
acceleration, n. 1. The advancing of a loan agreement’s maturity date so that payment of the entire debt is due immediately. [Cases: Bills and Notes 129(2). C.J.S. Bills and Notes; Letters of Credit §§ 76, 92–100.] 2. The shortening of the time for vesting in possession of an expectant interest. — Also termed acceleration of
生效日
生效日 英语：effective date 法语：date d’entrée en vigueur, de prise d’effet 德语：Inkrafttretungsdatum, Rechtskräftigkeitsdatum 意大利语：data di entrata in vigore 西班牙语：fecha de entrada en vigor
rule in wild’s case
Rule in Wild’s Case. Property. The rule construing a grant to “A and A’s children” as a fee tail if A’s children do not exist at the effective date of the instrument, and as a joint tenancy if A’s children do exist at the effective date. • The rule has been abolished along with the
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grandfather
grandfather, vb. To cover (a person) with the benefits of a grandfather clause (the statute sets the drinking age at 21 but grandfathers those who are 18 or older on the statute’s effective date).