tolt (tohlt). Hist. A writ for removing a case pending in a court baron to a county court. — Also termed writ of tolt. See COURT BARON; county court under COURT. “Where the disputed interest in the land was not a fee held of the king in chief but a fee held of a ‘mesne […]
pro bono (proh boh-noh), adv. & adj.[Latin pro bono publico “for the public good”] Being or involving uncompensated legal services performed esp. for the public good (took the case pro bono) (50 hours of pro bono work each year). [Cases: Attorney and Client 132. C.J.S. Attorney and Client §§ 299–303.] “The bar in this country
A fund established usu. by a state or a state bar association to compensate persons for losses that they suffered because of their attorneys’ misappropriation of funds or other misconduct. [Cases: Attorney and Client 129.5. C.J.S. Attorney and Client § 279.]
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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.
Labor law. Under the Railway Labor Act, a disagreement about the interpretation or application of a collective-bargaining agreement, as opposed to a disagreement over the formation of a new agreement. 45 USCA § 155. [Cases: Labor Relations 414. C.J.S. Labor Relations §§ 405, 408–412.]
A seaman — so called because of the legal view that a seaman, in contractual matters, should be treated as a beneficiary and the other contracting party as a fiduciary because of the perceived inequitability of their bargaining positions. [Cases: Seamen 1. C.J.S. Seamen §§ 6, 216–219.]
A warranty created by the overt words or actions of the seller. • Under the UCC, an express warranty is created by any of the following: (1) an affirmation of fact or promise made by the seller to the buyer relating to the goods that becomes the basis of the bargain; (2) a description of
deviling (dev-[schwa]-ling). 1. The act of a barrister’s handing a brief over to another to handle a case. 2. The practice of a junior barrister (known as a “devil”) who drafts pleadings or other documents for a senior barrister who approves them, signs them, and is ultimately responsible for the work. — Also spelled devilling.
postman (pohst-m[schwa]n). Hist. A barrister in the Court of Exchequer who had precedence in motions. • The postman was so called because of the post he stood next to when making motions. Cf. TUBMAN. “The postman was an experienced member of the junior Bar who had a place in the Court of Exchequer by the
imitation. Trademarks. An item that so resembles a trademarked item as to be likely to induce the belief that it is genuine. See SIMILARITY. [Cases: Trade Regulation 339. C.J.S. Trade-Marks, Trade-Names, and Unfair Competition §§ 84, 86.] “The law of trade marks is of recent origin, and may be comprehended in the proposition that a