Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare Act. A 1980 federal statute whose purpose was to force states to use reasonable efforts (1) to avoid removing children from their homes, (2) to reunite families when children had been removed because of abuse or neglect, and (3) when reunification failed, to terminate parental rights and place the children […]
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idea–expression dichotomy. Copyright. The fundamental rule that copyright law protects only specific expressions of an idea, not the idea itself. [Cases: Copyrights and Intellectual Property 4. 5. C.J.S. Copyrights and Intellectual Property § 10.]
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et hoc paratus est verificare (et hok p[schwa]-ray-t[schwa]s est ver-[ schwa]-fi-kair-ee). [Latin] And this he is prepared to verify. • This phrase traditionally concluded a plea in confession and avoidance, or any pleading that contained new affirmative matter. A pleading containing this phrase was technically said to “conclude with a verification,” as opposed to a
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Bureau of Labor Statistics. An independent agency in the U.S. Department of Labor responsible for compiling and analyzing statistical information on employment and the economy. • The Bureau reports on employment, unemployment, consumer and producer prices, consumer expenditures, import and export prices, wages and employee benefits, productivity and technological change, employment projections, and occupational illness
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ab ante (ab an-tee), adv. [Latin] Hist. Before; beforehand; in advance. — Also termed ab antecedente.
legal mind. The intellect, legal capacities, and attitudes of a well-trained lawyer — often used as a personified being (although this distinction occurs naturally to the legal mind, it is too technical to be satisfactory).
An application by a patentee to change the scope of a patent that has already been issued, or to correct clerical or technological errors in the issued patent. • The scope of the claims can be broadened only if the application is made within two years of the date on which the patent was issued.
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fair-trade law. A state statute that protects and enforces fair-trade agreements. • At one time, many states had fair-trade laws. But when applied to interstate commerce, the laws may violate the Sherman Antitrust Act, so most states have repealed them.
(kyoor-[schwa]), n.[Latin] Roman law. A guardianship that protects the interests of minors who are between puberty and the age of 25, or incapacitated persons. Pl. curae Cf. TUTELA.
tout ensemble (toot oni-soin-bl[schwa]), n. [French “all together”] The overall visual effect of a design; general effect. • The phrase denotes a way of comparing two designs, by looking at the total impact rather than comparing individual design elements. That is the technique used in determining whether a design infringes someone’s trade-dress rights, or whether