ermine
ermine ([schwa]r-min), n. The station of a judge; judgeship. • The term refers to the fur trimmings (made from the coats of white weasels called “ermine”) adorning official robes of English judges.
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instrument
instrument. 1. A written legal document that defines rights, duties, entitlements, or liabilities, such as a contract, will, promissory note, or share certificate. “An ‘instrument’ seems to embrace contracts, deeds, statutes, wills, Orders in Council, orders, warrants, schemes, letters patent, rules, regulations, bye-laws, whether in writing or in print, or partly in both; in fact,
ex parte reexamination
A reexamination procedure, created in the early 1980s, that allows a challenger to initiate a review by producing prior art and responding to a patentee’s statements regarding the new prior art, but that excludes the challenger from further participation in the examination process. • Ex parte reexamination does not employ discovery mechanisms, and witnesses are
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posterity
posterity, n. 1. Future generations collectively. 2. All the descendants of a person to the furthest generation.
preliminary objection
preliminary objection. Int’l law. In a case before an international tribunal, an objection that, if upheld, would render further proceedings before the tribunal impossible or unnecessary. • An objection to the court’s jurisdiction is an example of a preliminary objection.
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dos
dos (dos), n. [Latin] 1. Roman law. Dowry. “Dos was a gift made to the husband on the part of the wife as her contribution towards the expenses of the joint establishment. It was made by the wife or by another person on her behalf, usually before marriage and conditionally on the marriage taking place;
cinque ports
Cinque Ports (singk ports). [Fr. “five ports”] The five English ports — Hastings, Romney, Hythe, Dover, and Sandwich — that were important defenses against French invasion. • They received special privileges and were obliged to furnish a certain number of ships for use in war. See COURT OF SHEPWAY. “Cinque ports … are those special
invoice
invoice, n. An itemized list of goods or services furnished by a seller to a buyer, usu. specifying the price and terms of sale; a bill of costs. [Cases: Evidence 355(3).] — invoice, vb. consular invoice. An invoice used to hasten the entry of goods into a country by bearing the signature of the country’s
emotional distress
A highly unpleasant mental reaction (such as anguish, grief, fright, humiliation, or fury) that results from another person’s conduct; emotional pain and suffering. • Emotional distress, when severe enough, can form a basis for the recovery of tort damages. — Also termed emotional harm; mental anguish; mental distress; mental suffering. See INTENTIONAL INFLICTION OF EMOTIONAL
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government survey system
government-survey system. A land-description method that divides the United States into checks or tracts of ground, which are further broken down into smaller descriptions, such as metes and bounds.
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