complementary goods. Trademarks. Products that are typically used together, such as pancake syrup and pancake mix, or motion-picture projectors and film. • Trademark law may prevent the use of a similar mark on complementary goods because consumers may be confused into thinking that the goods come from a common source. The patent-misuse doctrine may provide […]
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activity. 1. The collective acts of one person or of two or more people engaged in a common enterprise. 2. MARKET VOLUME.
disturbance of franchise. At common law, a wrongful interference with a liberty or privilege. “Disturbance of franchises happens when a man has the franchise of holding a court-leet, of keeping a fair or market, of free-warren, of taking toll, of seizing waifs or estrays, or (in short) any other species of franchise whatsoever, and he
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hallage (hawl-ij), n. Hist. A fee or toll due for goods or merchandise sold in a hall used as a market; a toll payable to the lord of a fair or market for commodities sold in the common hall.
Corporations. A measure of corporate value by which the corporation’s net income is divided by the number of outstanding shares of common stock. • Investors benefit from calculating a corporation’s earnings per share, because it helps the investor determine the fair market value of the corporation’s stock. — Abbr. EPS.
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corner, n. 1. The common end of two survey lines; an angle made by two boundary lines. [Cases: Boundaries 7. C.J.S. Boundaries §§ 10–13.] existent corner. A corner whose location can be verified by an original landmark, a surveyor’s field notes, or other reliable evidence. lost corner. A point in a land description, such as
well, adj. Marine insurance. (Of a vessel) in good condition; safe and sound ( the vessel was warranted well on January 1). well, adv. In a legally sufficient manner; unobjectionable (well-pleaded complaint). well, n. A hole or shaft sunk into the earth to obtain a fluid, such as water, oil, or natural gas. limited-capacity well.
release clause. Real estate. 1. A blanket-mortgage provision that enables the mortgagor to obtain a release from the mortgage of a specific portion of the property upon paying a specific (usu. more than pro rata) portion of the loan. • Mortgagees commonly include a clause that disallows a partial release if the mortgagor is in
a. 1. (usu. cap. & often ital.) A hypothetical person (A deeds Blackacre to B). 2. [Latin] From; by; in; on; of; at. 3. [Law Latin] With. 4. [Law French] Of; at; to; for; in; with. 5. Securities. A letter used in a newspaper stock-transaction table to indicate that cash was paid during the year
Securities. An arrangement that (1) takes the form of an individually negotiated contract, agreement, or option to buy, sell, lend, swap, or repurchase, or other similar individually negotiated transaction commonly entered into by participants in the financial markets; (2) involves securities, commodities, currencies, interest or other rates, other measures of value, or any other financial
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