nominee (nom-i-nee), n. 1. A person who is proposed for an office, membership, award, or like title or status. • An individual seeking nomination, election, or appointment is a candidate. A candidate for election becomes a nominee after being formally nominated. See CANDIDATE. 2. A person designated to act in place of another, usu. in […]
anticipation. 1. The distribution or receipt of trust income before it is due. 2. Patents. The prior invention or disclosure of the claimed invention by another, or the inventor’s own disclosure of the claimed invention by publication, sale, or offer to sell if that disclosure predates the date of the patent-application filing by more than
Inn of Court. 1. Any of four autonomous institutions, one or more of which English barristers must join to receive their training and of which they remain members for life: The Honourable Societies of Lincoln’s Inn, the Middle Temple, the Inner Temple, and Gray’s Inn. • These powerful bodies examine candidates for the Bar, “call”
Mike O’Connor rule. Labor law. The doctrine that unilateral changes that an employer makes after a union victory in an initial-representation election — but before the employer’s objections have been resolved — are automatic violations of the National Labor Relations Act if the employer’s objections are rejected. • If the employer’s objections are sustained, any
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A claim not arising out of or relating to the conduct, occurrence, or transaction contained in the original pleading. • An amended pleading often relates back to the date when the original pleading was filed. Thus, a plaintiff may add claims to a suit without facing a statute-of-limitations bar, as long as the original pleading
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scutage (skyoo-tij), n. [fr. Latin scutum “a shield”] Hist. 1. A monetary payment levied by the king on barons as a substitute for some or all of the knights to be supplied to the king by each baron. • This payment seems to date from the 12th century, Henry II (1154–1189) having levied five scutages
addition. 1. A structure that is attached to or connected with another building that predates the structure; an extension or annex. • Although some courts have held that an addition is merely an appurtenant structure that might not actually be in physical contact with the other building, most courts hold that there must be physical
intra (in-tr[schwa]), adv. & adj.[Latin] Within. Cf. INFRA. “The use of infra (below) in the sense and place of intra (within) is a corruption of very ancient date…. The expression ‘under age’ (the correct literal translation of infra aetatem) indeed, is of more common occurrence than ‘within age.’ But the use of infra in the
Patents. A patent applicant’s responsibility to disclose to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office all known information relevant to the invention’s patentability, esp. prior art, novelty, and embodiment. • If an applicant fails to be candid in disclosing all relevant information, the PTO may reject the application. If the patent issues and undisclosed but relevant
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title n. (1)产权；所有权 该词在法律上经常使用，但缺乏明确统一的定义。它通常指一个人对财产、尤其是土地等不动产所拥有的组成所有权〔ownership〕的各项权利，有时也被用来指所有权本身。但在严格意义上，title并非所有权，而是所有权的证据和基础，是构成所有权的全部要素的集合。这些要素在普通法上分为三项：１占有〔possession〕;２占有权〔right of possession〕；３单纯所有权〔right of property〕。其中后两项被认为在实质上是相同的。因此，title强调的是建立在占有基础上的、或基于占有而享有的对土地的支配权，是对土地的权利与对土地的占有的统一，而非任何形式的地产权〔estate〕。但产权人的占有又不同于所有权人的占有。后者为正当合法、具有绝对效力的占有。前者的范围更广,包括抵押〔mortgage〕、占用〔occupancy〕或单纯占有〔bare possession〕等情况，甚至包括非法占有人或侵权行为人的占有，只不过这一占有可以为合法权利人所依法剥夺。故产权依产权人占有的效力而有级别高低、优劣之分。地位最高者为自由继承地产权〔fee simple〕，其下有终身地产权〔life estate〕、定期地产权〔term of years〕、占用者的产权〔just possession〕。可以对抗一切他人的权利的产权的人，才是真正的所有权人。 (2)产权证书；地契；房契 证明一个人对土地等不动产拥有产权的契据。 (=title deeds) (3)理由；权利 即支持一项权利主张或请求的依据，或一项被宣称拥有的或被承认的权利。旧时还可特指一个人以进占〔entry〕方式而非诉讼方式否定他人的地产权的权利。 (4)圣职推荐；圣俸；教堂 指神职人员被正常推荐担任圣职或即将被主教委任出缺的圣职，与临时委任圣职〔commendam〕相对。或指牧师享受的圣俸或被委派管辖的教堂。在罗马天主教中则指罗马城中及其附近分派给枢机主教〔cardinal〕们的教堂。 (5)推荐书 推荐某人担任圣职的证书。 (6)(表示尊贵或荣誉的)称号；头衔 (7)(法规、诉讼文书、书籍、文章等的)标题；题目；名称 (8)专利名称 在专利文件中对专利发明的简短描述。 (9)案名 即案件名称，由审理法院名称、当事人名称以及有关诉案记录——如××判例汇编——等编成。在遗产管理〔administration〕诉讼中则还须列入留下遗产的死者姓名。 (10)供养担保 主教在推荐圣职时通常要求被推荐的圣职候选人〔candidate〕提供的一项保证后者可获得供养的担保。