plat map. A document that gives the legal descriptions of pieces of real property by lot, street, and block number. • A plat map is usu. drawn after the property has been described by some other means, such as a government survey. Once a plat map is prepared, property descriptions are defined by referring to […]
The age, usu. defined by statute as 16 years, at which a person is legally capable of agreeing to marriage (without parental consent) or to sexual intercourse. • If a person over the age of consent has sexual intercourse with a person under the age of consent, the older person may be prosecuted for statutory
air-quality criteria. Environmental law. The legal limits that the Environmental Protection Agency sets for pol-lutants in a defined area and at a specified time. [Cases: Environmental Law 255.]
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A custom that prevails in some defined locality only, such as a city or county, and constitutes a source of law for that place only. — Also termed particular custom; special custom. [Cases: Customs and Usages 1–22. C.J.S. Customs and Usages §§ 1–48.]
convention. 1. An agreement or compact, esp. one among nations; a multilateral treaty (the Geneva Convention). See TREATY. [Cases: Treaties 1. C.J.S. Treaties § 2.] 2. A special deliberative assembly elected for the purpose of framing, revising, or amending a constitution. See CONSTITUTION (1). — Also termed constitutional convention. [Cases: Constitutional Law 8, 10. C.J.S.
vein, n. Mining law. A continuous body of mineral or mineralized rock, filling a seam or fissure in the earth’s crust, within defined boundaries that clearly separate it from surrounding rock. discovery vein. The primary vein for the purpose of locating a mining claim. [Cases: Mines and Minerals 16, 30–33. C.J.S. Mines and Minerals §§
canon law. 1. A body of western ecclesiastical law that was compiled from the 12th to 14th centuries. • It has grown steadily since that time, and is now codified in the Codex Juris Canonici of 1983, replacing that of 1918. — Also termed corpus juris canonici; papal law; jus canonicum. 2. A body of
field-of-use restriction. Intellectual property. A license provision restricting the licensee’s use of the licensed property to a defined product or service market or to a designated geographical area.
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A contract for which a statute prescribes certain terms. • Statutes often govern the contracts made by public entities, but also some by private persons. For example, a statute may define and set minimum standards for terms in home-improvement contracts.
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Uniform Marriage and Divorce Act. A 1970 model statute that defines marriage and divorce. • Extensively amended in 1973, the Act was an attempt by the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws to make marriage and divorce laws more uniform. The Act’s greatest significance is that it introduced, as the sole ground for
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