waif, n. 1. An abandoned article whose owner is unknown, esp. something stolen and thrown away by the thief in flight, usu. through fear of apprehension. • At common law, if a waif, whether stolen or merely abandoned, was seized before the owner reclaimed it, the title vested in the Crown. The owner was thus […]
meaning. The sense of anything, but esp. of words; that which is conveyed (or intended to be conveyed) by a written or oral statement or other communicative act. • The word ordinarily includes a mistaken but reasonable understanding of a communication. Cf. AMBIGUITY. objective meaning. The meaning that would be attributed to an unambiguous document
regina (ri-jI-n[schwa]). (usu. cap.) 1. A queen. 2. The official title of a queen. 3. In a monarchy ruled by a queen, the prosecution side in criminal proceedings. — Abbr. R. Cf. REX.
continuing-violation doctrine. Employment law. The judge-made rule that if an employer’s discriminatory acts are of an ongoing nature, the statute of limitations will be extended to allow the plaintiff to recover even when a claim based on those acts would otherwise be time-barred.
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tax accounting. The accounting rules and methods used in determining a taxpayer’s liability.
abandonment of appeal 放弃上诉 在英国，《最高法院规则》〔R.S.C.Ord.59〕规定提交上诉法院的上诉请求只有经法院的许可才能撤回；1968年的《刑事上诉规则》〔Criminal Appeal Rules〕则规定，提交上诉法院刑事分庭的上诉请求可以依通知而放弃。
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abandoned application. Patents & trademarks. An application removed from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office docket of pending applications because the applicant (or the applicant’s attorney or agent of record) filed an express notice of abandonment, failed to take appropriate action at some stage in the prosecution of a nonprovisional application within the time specified
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Patents. The rule in most countries, but not in the United States, that an inventor must always file a patent application before the invention is publicly used, placed on sale, or disclosed. • Under U.S. law, an inventor is given a one-year grace period — beginning on the date of any public use, sale, offer
One or more lawyers who practice in a particular jurisdiction and are retained by nonresident counsel to help prepare and try a case or to complete a transaction in accordance with that jurisdiction’s law, rules, and customs.
maritime flavor. The relation of a given case to shipping concerns. • This is a factor used in determining federal admiralty jurisdiction over a particular matter by analyzing whether the matter sufficiently relates to marine and shipping concerns and whether there is need for a federal response. [Cases: Admiralty 10(2), 17. C.J.S. Admiralty §§ 62–63.]