jus primae noctis
jus primae noctis (j[schwa]s prI-mee nok-tis). [Latin “right of first night”] See DROIT DU SEIGNEUR.
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national service life insurance
Life insurance available to a person in active U.S. military service on or after October 8, 1940, and issuable at favorable rates. • This insurance was established by the National Service Life Insurance Act of 1940, and is regulated by the Administrator of Veterans Affairs. 38 USCA §§ 1901–1929. [Cases: Armed Services 55. C.J.S. Armed
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legal paternalism
legal paternalism. The theory that a government or legal system is justified in controlling the individual and private affairs of citizens. • This theory is often associated with legal positivists. See PATERNALISM; LEGAL POSITIVISM.
loss of consortium
loss of consortium (k[schwa]n-sor-shee-[schwa]m). 1. A loss of the benefits that one spouse is entitled to receive from the other, including companionship, cooperation, aid, affection, and sexual relations. • Loss of consortium can be recoverable as damages from a tortfeasor in a personal-injury or wrongful-death action. Originally, only the husband could sue for loss of
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court of appeals in cases of capture
Court of Appeals in Cases of Capture. Hist. A court responsible for reviewing state-court decisions concerning British ships captured by American privateers during the Revolution. • The Court was established by Congress under the Articles of Confederation and served as the chief U.S. court from 1780 to 1787. It was the first federal court in
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priority award
priority award. Patents. A final judgment by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office designating one party in an interference contest as the first inventor. — Also termed award in interference.
birth
birth. The complete extrusion of a newborn baby from the mother’s body. • The quotation below states the traditional legal view of birth. In a few jurisdictions, the state of the law may be changing. In South Carolina, for example, a child does not have to be born alive to be a victim of murder;
national treatment
Intellectual property. The policy or practice of a country that accords the citizens of other countries the same intellectual-property protection as it gives its own citizens, with no formal treaty of reciprocity required. • The principle of national treatment underlay the first international intellectual-property treaties in the 19th century, the Paris and Berne Conventions, and
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overseas private investment corporation
Overseas Private Investment Corporation. A federally chartered corporation that promotes private investment in developing countries by making or guaranteeing loans; supporting private funds that invest in foreign nations; insuring investments against political risks; and engaging in outreach activities. • It was established as an independent agency by the Foreign Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act of
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pan american convention
Pan-American Convention. Copyright. One of a series of copyright conventions held among Western Hemisphere countries to negotiate treaties patterned after the Berne Convention. • The first Convention was held in 1902, the last in 1946. The largest was the 1910 Pan American Convention in Buenos Aires.
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