Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act. Trademarks. A 1999 federal law authorizing a trademark owner to obtain a federal-court order transferring ownership of a domain name from a cybersquatter to the trademark owner. • A mark’s owner must show that (1) the mark and the domain name are identical or confusingly similar; (2) the mark was distinctive […]
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National Institute of Standards and Technology. See TECHNOLOGY ADMINISTRATION.
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A trust that is designed to protect the trust property to ensure the continued support of the beneficiary. [Cases: Trusts 152. C.J.S. Trover and Conversion §§ 270–272.]
whitecapping. Criminal law. The criminal act of threatening a person — usu. a member of a minority group — with violence in an effort to compel the person either to move away or to stop engaging in a certain business or occupation. • Whitecapping statutes were originally enacted to curtail the activities of the Ku
de morte antecessoris (dee mor-tee an-ti-ses-[schwa]r-is). [Law Latin] Scots law. Concerning the death of the ancestor. • The phrase occurs in the brieve of mortancestry, equivalent to the English mort d’ancestor.
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interim measure of protection. Int’l law. An international tribunal’s order to prevent a litigant from prejudicing the final outcome of a lawsuit by arbitrary action before a judgment has been reached. • This measure is comparable to a temporary injunction in national law.
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The government’s confinement of a person for that person’s own security or well-being, such as a witness whose safety is in jeopardy or an incompetent person who may harm others. [Cases: Witnesses 20. C.J.S. Witnesses § 69.]
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A property interest that the law will protect against impairment or destruction, whether in law or in equity.
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Conflict of laws. A method of resolving choice-of-law questions by reviewing a state’s laws and the state’s interests in enforcing those laws to determine whether that state’s laws or those of another state should apply. — Also termed governmental-interest-analysis technique. [Cases: Action 17. C.J.S. Actions §§ 18–20; Conflict of Laws §§ 2–3, 12, 15, 20,
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