Federal Aviation Administration. The federal agency charged with regulating air commerce, promoting civil aviation and a national system of airports, achieving efficient use of navigable airspace, developing and operating a common system of air-traffic control and air navigation, and developing and implementing programs and regulations relating to environmental effects of civil aviation. • The Federal […]
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Lord Advocate. Scots law. An important political functionary in Scottish affairs who acts as the principal Crown counsel in civil cases, the chief public prosecutor of crimes, and legal adviser to the Scottish government on matters of Scots law. — Formerly also termed King’s advocate. Cf. ADVOCATE GENERAL.
quia succedunt in universum jus quod defunctus habuit (kwI-[schwa] orkwee-[ schwa] s[schwa]k-see-d[schwa]nt in yoo-ni-v[schwa]r-s[schwa]m j[ schwa]s kwod di-f[schwa]ngk-t[schwa]s hab-yoo-it). [Latin] Roman & Scots law. Because they succeed to every right that the decedent had. • The phrase appeared in reference to the position of heirs-at-law.
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Robert’s Rules. 1. A parliamentary manual titled Robert’s Rules of Order, originally written in 1875–1876 by Henry M. Robert (1837–1923). • The manual went through three editions under its original title and three more (beginning in 1915) under the title Robert’s Rules of Order Revised. Since 1970 it has been titled Robert’s Rules of Order
double patenting. 1. Obtaining two patents covering the same invention. • An inventor is not allowed to receive more than one patent on one invention. — Also termed same-invention double patenting. [Cases: Patents 120.] 2. The issuance or obtaining of a patent for an invention that differs from an already patented invention only in some
lifting costs. Oil & gas. The cost of producing oil and gas after drilling is complete but before the oil and gas is removed from the property, including transportation costs, labor, costs of supervision, supplies, costs of operating the pumps, electricity, repairs, depreciation, certain royalties payable to the lessor, gross-production taxes, and other incidental expenses.
aide-mémoire (ayd-mem-wahr). [French] Int’l law. A diplomatic document that a diplomatic agent leaves with the receiving state’s department of foreign affairs on the occasion of a démarche. • The aide-mémoire presents the receiving state with a precise record of the substance of the diplomatic agent’s mission. It is typically written in an impersonal style, without
unconstitutional, adj. Contrary to or in conflict with a constitution, esp. the U.S. Constitution (the law is unconstitutional because it violates the First Amendment’s free-speech guarantee). Cf. NONCONSTITUTIONAL.
proctor. 1. One appointed to manage the affairs of another. 2. An advocate who represents clients in ecclesiastical courts; PROCURATOR(4). 3. DIVORCE PROCTOR . 4. An advocate who represents a party in the admiralty side of a district court. — Also termed (in sense 4) proctor in admiralty.
presentment of Englishry. Hist. The offering of proof that a slain person was English rather than (before the Conquest) a Dane or (after the Conquest) a Norman. • This requirement was issued first by the conquering Danes and then by the Normans to protect these groups from the English by the threat of a village-
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