F. 1.abbr. The first series of the Federal Reporter, which includes federal decisions (trial and appellate) from 1880 to 1924. 2. Hist. A letter branded on a felon who claimed benefit of clergy so that the felon could claim the benefit only once. • Additionally, those convicted for an affray (fray) or falsity were so […]
annual report. A yearly corporate financial report for shareholders and other interested parties. • The Securities Exchange Act of 1934 requires registered corporations to file an annual report on the SEC’s Form 10-K. An annual report includes a balance sheet, income statement, statement of changes in financial position, reconciliation of changes in owners’ equity accounts,
Admiralty Extension Act. A 1948 statute extending admiralty-tort jurisdiction to include all cases in which damage or injury is caused by a vessel on navigable water, regardless of where the injury or damage occurred. 46 USCA app. § 740. • Specifically, the Act extended jurisdiction over damages and injuries that a vessel causes on land,
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A contractual term denoting that the price includes in a lump sum the cost of the goods and the insurance and freight to the named destination. — Also termed C.I.F. place of destination. [Cases: Sales 77(2). C.J.S. Sales §§ 96–98.]
Patents. Art to which one can reasonably be expected to look for a solution to the problem that a patented device tries to solve. • The term includes not only knowledge about a problem in a particular industry, but also knowledge accumulated in scientific fields whose techniques have been commonly employed to solve similar problems.
maim, n. Archaic. The type of injury required for the commission of mayhem; esp., serious injury to part of a person’s body that is necessary for fighting. — Also termed maihem; maihemium. See MAYHEM. [Cases: Mayhem 1. C.J.S. Mayhem §§ 2–6.] — maim, vb. “Maihem or maim is where by the wrongful act of another
counterfeit, vb. To unlawfully forge, copy, or imitate an item, esp. money or a negotiable instrument (such as a security or promissory note) or other officially issued item of value (such as a postage stamp or a food stamp), or to possess such an item without authorization and with the intent to deceive or defraud
crimes against property. A category of criminal offenses in which the perpetrator seeks to derive an unlawful benefit from — or do damage to — another’s property without the use or threat of force. • Examples include burglary, theft, and arson (even though arson may result in injury or death). — Also termed property crimes.
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meaning. The sense of anything, but esp. of words; that which is conveyed (or intended to be conveyed) by a written or oral statement or other communicative act. • The word ordinarily includes a mistaken but reasonable understanding of a communication. Cf. AMBIGUITY. objective meaning. The meaning that would be attributed to an unambiguous document