matter of form
A matter concerned only with formalities or noncritical characteristics [the objection that the motion was incorrectly titled related to a matter of form]. Cf. matter of substance.
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rights management information
rights-management information. Intellectual property. Information about an intellectual-property right, affixed to the subject matter when it is communicated to the public, esp. in electronic form, and identifying the right’s owner, terms of use, indexing numbers or codes, or other identifying information. • The information facilitates contracting with the owner of the rights. In digital technology,
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composition of matter
composition of matter. Patents. One of the five types of patentable statutory subject matter, consisting of com-binations of natural elements whether resulting from chemical union or from mechanical mixture, and whether the substances are gases, fluids, powders, or solids. • This classification includes chemical compounds such as drugs and fuels, physical products such as plastics
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uniform child custody jurisdiction act
Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction Act. A 1968 model statute that sets out a standard (based on the child’s residence in and connections with the state) by which a state court determines whether it has jurisdiction over a particular child-custody matter or whether it must recognize a custody decree issued by another state’s court. • The
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ecclesiastical matter
ecclesiastical matter. A matter that concerns church doctrine, creed, or form of worship, or the adoption and enforcement, within a religious association, of laws and regulations to govern the membership, including the power to exclude from such an association those deemed unworthy of membership. [Cases: Religious Societies 5, 28. C.J.S. Religious Societies § 6.]
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informational picketing
Picketing to inform the public about a matter of concern to the union.
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formula
formula. [Latin “set form of words”] 1. Roman law. A written document, prepared by a praetor and forwarded to a judex, identifying the issue to be tried and the judgment to be given by the judex. • It was based on model pleas formulated by the praetor in his edict and adapted by him or
matter
matter, n. 1. A subject under consideration, esp. involving a dispute or litigation; CASE(1) (this is the only matter on the court’s docket today). 2. Something that is to be tried or proved; an allegation forming the basis of a claim or defense (the matters raised in the plaintiff’s complaint are not actionable under state
uniform reciprocal enforcement of support act
Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act. A 1950 model statute (now superseded) that sought to unify the way in which interstate support matters were processed and the way in which one jurisdiction’s orders were given full faith and credit in another jurisdiction. • This Act, which was amended in 1958 and 1960, was replaced in
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