Patents. 1. A set of parts that do not cooperate in structure or function, and are therefore unpatentable as an invention; the opposite of a combination. [Cases: Patents 25. C.J.S. Patents § 86.] 2.Hist. A patent examiner’s label for a claimed invention that may or may not be a patentable combination but whose claims do […]
commercial law. 1. The substantive law dealing with the sale and distribution of goods, the financing of credit transactions on the security of the goods sold, and negotiable instruments. • Most American commercial law is governed by the Uniform Commercial Code. — Also termed mercantile law. “Although the term commercial law is not a term
newspaper. A publication for general circulation, usu. in sheet form, appearing at regular intervals, usu. daily or weekly, and containing matters of general public interest, such as current events. daily newspaper. A newspaper customarily published five to seven days every week. — Often shortened to daily. legal newspaper. A newspaper containing matters of legal interest
A term of art formerly required to create a fee simple [A conveys Blackacre to B and his heirs and assigns].
inventively new, adj. Patents. Original in any way. • The phrase is sometimes used to distinguish “new” in the usual sense from the term of art in patent law.
jus tertii (j[schwa]s t[schwa]r-shee-I), n. [Latin] 1. The right of a third party. [Cases: Action 13; Federal Civil Procedure 103. 4. C.J.S. Actions §§ 57–63.] “[N]o defendant in an action of trespass can plead the jus tertii — the right of possession outstanding in some third person — as against the fact of possession in
aggregation. Patents. 1. A set of parts that do not cooperate in structure or function, and are therefore unpatentable as an invention; the opposite of a combination. [Cases: Patents 25. C.J.S. Patents § 86.] 2. Hist. A patent examiner’s label for a claimed invention that may or may not be a patentable combination but whose
viator (vI-ay-t[schwa]r). 1. APPARITOR(1). 2. A terminally or chronically ill life-insurance policyholder who sells the policy to a third party in return for a lump-sum payment equal to a percentage of the policy’s face value. [Cases: Insurance 1994.]
Military law. A procedure under which a commanding officer levies punishment against a minor offender who is subject to the Uniform Code of Military Justice. • In the Navy and Coast Guard, nonjudicial punishment is termed captain’s mast; in the Marine Corps, it is termed office hours; and in the Army and Air Force, it
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A judgment granted on a claim or defense about which there is no genuine issue of material fact and upon which the movant is entitled to prevail as a matter of law. • The court considers the contents of the pleadings, the motions, and additional evidence adduced by the parties to determine whether there is