A patent examiner’s determination that an application is not allowable. • The applicant may file a continuation application, appeal the decision, or request continued prosecution. Cf. first office action.
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arrangement in order of breadth. Patents. The placement of claims in a patent application in order of scope so that the first claim in the application or patent is the broadest and later claims are progressively narrower. [Cases: Patents 98. C.J.S. Patents §§ 137–139.]
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dominant-jurisdiction principle. The rule that the court in which a case is first filed maintains the suit, to the exclusion of all other courts that would also have jurisdiction. [Cases: Courts 475, 493, 514; Federal Courts 1145. C.J.S. Courts §§ 188, 211, 224.]
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casing. Oil & gas. The pipe in a wellbore hole, cemented into place to prevent pollution and to protect the hole. intermediate casing. Casing that protects deep formations against pollution from drilling and producing opera-tions. production casing. Wellbore pipe through which oil and gas is produced. • Production casing is the last pipe set in
General Counsel’s Memorandum. Tax law. 1. A written discussion, issued by the office of the Chief Counsel of the IRS, on the merits of a legal issue involving tax law. 2. A written explanation, issued by the office of the Chief Counsel of the IRS, explaining the IRS’s positions in revenue rulings and technical advice
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lease-purchase agreement. A rent-to-own purchase plan under which the buyer takes possession of the goods with the first payment and takes ownership with the final payment; a lease of property (esp. equipment) by which ownership of the property is transferred to the lessee at the end of the lease term. • Such a lease is
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ad perpetuam rei memoriam (ad p[schwa]r-pech-oo-[schwa]m ree-I m[schwa]-mor-ee-[schwa]m). [Latin] Hist. For a perpetual record of the matter. “By the statute 1685, a register-book is appointed to be kept, in which entails are to be recorded, with the name of the maker, the heirs, the provisions and conditions of the entail, ‘all to remain in the
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Lieber Code. A codification of rules and customs of warfare, first developed by Francis Lieber during the American Revolution, formally adopted as law by Abraham Lincoln during the Civil War, and used as the basis for the first codified international rules of law at The Hague Peace Conference of 1899. • The rules were extended
future interest. A property interest in which the privilege of possession or of other enjoyment is future and not present. • A future interest can exist in either the grantor (as with a reversion) or the grantee (as with a remainder or executory interest). Today, most future interests are equitable interests in stocks and debt