Patents. Information that appears to anticipate or obviate an invention, but does not actually do so because the earlier described invention was neither reduced to practice nor adequately disclosed in any documents. • Nuisance prior art does not bar a patent’s issuance, but it may prolong the prosecution. The term does not apply to efforts […]
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circumduction of the term. Scots law. A judicial declaration that the time allowed for the parties to present evidence has expired.
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partition, n. 1. Something that separates one part of a space from another. 2. The act of dividing; esp., the division of real property held jointly or in common by two or more persons into individually owned interests. — Also termed partition in kind. [Cases: Common Lands 14; Partition 1–10. C.J.S. Common Lands §§ 17–19;
artificial insemination. Family law. A process for achieving conception, whereby semen is inserted into a woman’s vagina by some means other than intercourse. • If the woman is married when the artificial insemination and the birth occur, and her husband has consented to the insemination, and the insemination is performed by a licensed physician, the
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A person entitled under the substantive law to enforce the right sued upon and who generally, but not necessarily, benefits from the action’s final outcome. — Also termed party in interest; (archaically) interessee. Cf. nominal party. [Cases: Federal Civil Procedure 131; Parties 6(2). C.J.S. Parties §§ 23–24.]
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marte suo decurrere (mahr-tee s[y]oo-oh d[schwa]-k[schwa]r-[schwa]r-ee). [Latin] Hist. To run its course by its own force. • In the civil law, this term was applied to a suit that ran its course without obstruction.
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Patents. A technique, product, application, machine, or method that is reasonably related to the problem addressed by the invention, and with which the inventor is assumed to be familiar. — Also termed per-tinent art. See NONOBVIOUSNESS. [Cases: Patents 16(3).]
shipping articles. Maritime law. A document (provided by a master of a vessel to the mariners) detailing voyage information, such as the voyage term, the number of crew, and the wage rates. 46 USCA § 10302. [Cases: Seamen 7. C.J.S. Seamen §§ 13, 15.]
artisan. 1. An artist; esp., a skilled crafter. 2. Patents. A person of ordinary skill in an art, for purposes of deter-mining whether a patent application meets the enablement requirement of 35 USCA § 112. • In patent-law terms, the disclosure in the application must teach the artisan how to practice the invention. — Also
Department of the Treasury. The cabinet-level department of the federal government responsible for recommending tax and fiscal policies, collecting taxes, disbursing U.S. government funds, enforcing tax laws, and manufacturing coins and currency. • Created by Congress in 1789, it is headed by the Secretary of the Treasury. — Also termed Treasury Department. [Cases: United States
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