inchoate right
inchoate right 期待权 在专利法中，指发明人在其申请待决〔pending〕时就其发明所享有之权利；待发给专利证书时即成为财产权〔property〕。
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inchoate right
inchoate right. 1. A right that has not fully developed, matured, or vested. 2. Patents. An inventor’s right that has not yet vested into a property right because the patent application is pending. [Cases: Patents 182.]
inchoate dower
inchoate dower 初始寡妇产；亡夫遗产享有权 丈夫生存期间妻子对于他所有的土地所享有的一种将来的权利。这种权利在丈夫死后即成为寡妇的继承遗产权〔right of dower〕。它不是基于合同而是基于法律，且不能由丈夫单方转让，但妻子若同意放弃，则此权利可以丧失。 (=dower inchoate; inchoate right of dower) (→dower)
jus ad rem
jus ad rem (j[schwa]s ad rem), n. [Law Latin “right to a thing”] A right in specific property arising from another person’s duty and valid only against that person; an inchoate or incomplete right to a thing. Cf. JUS IN RE.
instrument
instrument. 1. A written legal document that defines rights, duties, entitlements, or liabilities, such as a contract, will, promissory note, or share certificate. “An ‘instrument’ seems to embrace contracts, deeds, statutes, wills, Orders in Council, orders, warrants, schemes, letters patent, rules, regulations, bye-laws, whether in writing or in print, or partly in both; in fact,
jus futurum
jus futurum (j[schwa]s fyoo-t[y]oor-[schwa]m), n. [Latin “future right”] Civil law. A right that has not fully vested; an inchoate or expectant right.