Committee of General Security
Committee of General Security 〈法〉公共安全委员会 1792年国民大会〔National Convention〕设立的革命政府的机构，它指挥了秘密警察、革命司法活动并实施了1793-1794年的恐怖活动。
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rule of the shorter term
rule of the shorter term. Copyright. A provision of the Universal Copyright Convention stating that no member country is required to extend a longer term of protection than the work receives in the country where it is first published. — Also termed shorter-term rule.
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cogsa
COGSA. 1.abbr. CARRIAGE OF GOODS BY SEA ACT. 2. Maritime law. A country’s enactment of the inter-national convention popularly known as the Hague Rules. • The acronym is used even when the country’s statute has a different title; for example, the Canadian Carriage of Goods by Water Act is referred to as the “Canadian COGSA.”
back door to berne
back door to Berne. Copyright. A U.S. copyright owner’s simultaneous publication of the copyrighted work in both the U.S. and Berne Convention countries in order to obtain Berne Convention protection. • This backdoor method was used before 1989, when the U.S. became a member of the Berne Convention. [Cases: Copyrights and Intellectual Property 34. C.J.S.
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Community patent
An international patent issued by the European Patent Convention. • Community patents are good for 20 years from the application date. They may be registered in any nation in the European Union and other EPC signatories.
architectural work
architectural work 建筑作品 指已体现于任何一种表现媒介上的某一建筑的设计。它包括设计图纸(作为图画作品或图表作品保护)或建筑物本身(在美国，如其于1990年12月1日以后建成，则受《伯尔尼公约》〔Berne Convention〕的保护)。
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epc
EPC.abbr. 1. EUROPEAN PATENT CONVENTION. 2. Engineering, procurement, and construction. See engineering, procurement, and construction contractUNDER CONTRACT.
rules committee
A committee charged with drafting rules and an agenda for the orderly conduct of a deliberative assembly’s business, particularly that of a legislative body or a convention.
laws of war
laws of war. Int’l law. The body of rules and principles observed by civilized nations for the regulation of matters inherent or incidental to the conduct of a public war, such as the relations of neutrals and belligerents, blockades, captures, prizes, truces and armistices, capitulations, prisoners, and declarations of war and peace. See GENEVA CONVENTIONS
mirror image rule
mirror-image rule. Contracts. The doctrine that the acceptance of a contractual offer must be positive, unconditional, unequivocal, and unambiguous, and must not change, add to, or qualify the terms of the offer; the common-law principle that for a contract to be formed, the terms of an acceptance must correspond exactly with those of the offer.