inoperable mode. Patents. In a patent application, a disclosed way of working an invention that is not the best mode. • The term usu. designates a mode that is intended to misrepresent or deliberately conceal the best mode. That misrepresentation or concealment is inequitable conduct that will bar patentability or render an issued patent unenforceable. […]
public writing. 1. The written acts or records of a government (or its constituent units) that are not constitutionally or statutorily protected from disclosure. • Laws and judicial records, for example, are public writings. A private writing that becomes part of a public record may be a public writing in some circumstances. 2. Rare. A
A committee that is established for ongoing business, that continues to exist from session to session, and that is usu. charged with considering business of a certain recurring kind. • A legislature will ordinarily establish a standing committee concerned with a specific field of legislation. A legislative standing committee usu. considers basic questions of legislative
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electoral franchises 〈英〉选举资格；候选人资格 指有权选举议员的资格，有时也指有权成为某种候选人所需的资格、条件。就郡而言，起初选举资格并未要求必须以定居为条件；1413年的一项法律增加了这一条件；选举人人数众多引起的混乱使得1429年又增加了选举人必须保有40先令地产这一条件；1774年的一项法律又取消了定居的条件；1832年的《改革法》〔Reform Act〕通过之后，郡选举人数量大增，因为每年支付50镑的公簿地产保有人、定期租赁产保有人及不定期地产保有人均被赋予了选举资格。就自治市而言，选举资格较复杂，但下列人员一般都有选举资格：自治市内定居的住户；缴纳地方税者；生活能自足者；拥有自治市保有地者；享有某种社团权利者。当然在某些自治市，可能需要同时具备几个条件。1832年的《改革法》和1884年的《人民代表法》〔Representation of the People Act〕主要在财产方面对自治市和郡选民的选举作了规定；1918年的《人民代表法》将选举议员的权利赋予妇女，但又限定其年龄必须在30岁之上；1928年修改为女性同男性一样，自成年时享有选举权；经1969年的修订最终确定为：有定居权的大不列颠臣民及爱尔兰共和国的公民年龄达到18岁者享有选举权。
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business agent. 1. See managing agent under AGENT. 2. A labor-union representative selected to deal with employers.
Litigation involving several parties who are separately represented, and usu. involving multifarious factual and legal issues.
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A deposition given in response to a prepared set of written questions, as opposed to a typical oral deposition. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 31. — Formerly also termed deposition on written interrogatories. [Cases: Federal Civil Procedure 1408; Pretrial Procedure 155. C.J.S. Discovery §§ 55–61.]
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ecdicus (ek-d[schwa]-k[schwa]s), n. [Greek ekdikos “legal representative”] Hist. The attorney, proctor, or advocate of an organization. • A church’s attorney, for example, was known as an episcoporum ecdicus.
A broker who prepares paperwork for the entry or clearance of ships, and for the import or export of goods. — Also termed customs broker. [Cases: Customs Duties 60.5. C.J.S. Customs Duties §§ 56, 66–70.]
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Uniform Deceptive Trade Practices Act. A 1964 model state statute that codified many common-law intellectual-property torts, such as trademark infringement, passing off, trade disparagement, and false advertising, and that provided additional consumer protection against other forms of commercial deception. • The Act provides a laundry list of prohibited practices, all involving misrepresentation. — Abbr. UDTPA.
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