designating petition
designating petition 候选人的提名请求 在初步选举中用以指定党派候选人或用以选举党内职务。
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external and visible signs of injury
external and visible signs of injury 损伤的明显可见的外部症状 这是许多意外事故保险单中规定的可以向被保险人赔偿的条件，目的是为了保护保险人的利益，防止投保人提出欺骗性索赔请求。
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designer drug
A chemical substance that is created to duplicate the pharmacological effects of controlled substances, often by using the same chemicals contained in controlled substances, but manipulating their formulas. [Cases: Controlled Substances 9, 43.]
independent significance doctrine
independent-significance doctrine. Wills & estates. The principle that effect will be given to a testator’s disposition that is not done solely to avoid the requirements of a will. • An example is a will provision that gives the contents of the testator’s safe-deposit box to his niece. Because the safe-deposit box has utility (“significance”) independent
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commercial signature
commercial signature. Trademarks. A trademark (as commonly described).
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automatic assignment doctrine
Trademarks. The rule that, absent evidence to the contrary, the sale of an entire business carries with it and transfers to the purchaser any common-law marks used in that business without the need for a written assignment. • For marks registered under the Lanham Act or under some state registration schemes, a written assignment is
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consignment
consignment (k[schwa]n-sIn-m[schwa]nt). 1. The act of consigning goods for custody or sale. — Also termed (archaically) consignation. [Cases: Factors 5.] 2. A quantity of goods delivered by this act, esp. in a single shipment. 3. Under the UCC, a transaction in which a person delivers goods to a merchant for the purpose of sale, and
assignment by operation of law
A transfer of a right or obligation as a necessary consequence of a change in legal status, regardless of the affected party’s intent. • For example, a right and a corresponding obligation may dis-appear if they vest in the same person, as might happen in a merger or acquisition.
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order assigning residue
order assigning residue. A probate court’s order naming the persons entitled to receive parts of an estate and allotting that share to each.
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