sovereignty (sahv-[[schwa]-]rin-tee). 1. Supreme dominion, authority, or rule. [Cases: International Law 8. C.J.S. International Law §§ 25–28.] popular sovereignty. A system of government in which policy choices reflect the preferences of the majority of citizens. state sovereignty. See STATE SOVEREIGNTY. 2. The supreme political authority of an independent state. 3. The state itself.“It is well […]
ambassador. 1. A diplomatic officer of the highest rank, usu. designated by a government as its resident repre-sentative in a foreign state. • Ambassadors represent the sovereign as well as the nation and enjoy many privileges while abroad in their official capacity, including immunity. Ambassadors are distinguished from ministers and envoys, who represent only the
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 securities, with
Berne Additional Protocol. Copyright. A 1914 amendment to the Berne Convention providing for reprisals against a foreign national who publishes simultaneously in both a member nation and the author’s own nonmember and nonreciprocating country. • The reprisal was aimed at the United States, which until 1989 refused to join the Berne Convention but whose citizens
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proper means. Trade secrets. Any method of discovering trade secrets that does not violate property-protection statutes or standards of commercial ethics. • Proper means include independent invention, reverse engineering, observing the product in public, and studying published literature. Restatement (Second) of Torts § 757 cmt. f (1977). “Trade secrets are protected … in a manner
covenant for possession 占有条款 授权受让人或承租人占有土地的条款。 (=covenant for quiet enjoyment)
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precarium (pri-kair-ee-[schwa]m), n. [Latin] 1. Roman law. The gratuitous grant of the enjoyment of property, revocable at will. 2. The property so granted. 3. Hist. An estate or tenure arising from a precarious grant, and usu. characterized by uncertainty or arduous conditions of tenure.
term of office. The period during which an elected officer or appointee may hold office, perform its functions, and enjoy its privileges and emoluments. [Cases: Officers and Public Employees 50–54. C.J.S. Officers and Public Employees §§ 86–99.]
Consummated in a way that has resulted in present enjoyment.
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The power enjoyed by a governmental entity of a sovereign state, including affairs within its own territory and powers related to the exercise of external sovereignty.
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