Bankruptcy. A claim that accrues in the ordinary course of business after an involuntary bankruptcy petition has been filed but before the order for relief or the appointment of a trustee. • The Bankruptcy Code gives priority to creditors with claims of this type to encourage creditors to continue dealing with a debtor until the […]
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balance of power. Int’l law. A relative equality of force between countries or groups of countries, as a result of which peace is encouraged because no country is in a position to predominate.
delator (di-lay-t[schwa]r), n. [Latin] Roman law. 1. An informer. 2. An accuser; esp., a person who made a practice of informing on and prosecuting others, esp. for fiscal offenses. • This was at first encouraged, but later the informer became subject to the death penalty. Pl. delatores.
protected activity. Conduct that is permitted or encouraged by a statute or constitutional provision, and for which the actor may not legally be retaliated against. • For example, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act prohibits an employer from retaliating against an employee who opposes a discriminatory employment practice or helps in investigating an allegedly
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incentive-to-invent theory. Patents. The economic theory justifying the grant of patent rights based on their tendency to encourage new inventions that benefit society and that may not otherwise be developed. Cf. INCENTIVE-TO-COMMERCIALIZE THEORY Y; INCENTIVE-TO-DESIGN-AROUND THEORY; INCENTIVE-TO-DISCLOSE THEORY Y.
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Propaganda calculated to produce national support for a war and to encourage the government to declare or join in a war regardless of any legal constraints.
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enjoin, vb. 1. To legally prohibit or restrain by injunction (the company was enjoined from selling its stock). [Cases: Injunction 1. C.J.S. Injunctions §§ 2–4, 12, 14, 22, 24, 166.] 2. To prescribe, mandate, or strongly encourage (the graduating class was enjoined to uphold the highest professional standards). — Also spelled injoin. — enjoinment (for
mineral entry. The right of entry on public land to mine valuable mineral deposits. [Cases: Mines and Minerals 9–38. C.J.S. Mines and Minerals §§ 13, 26–93, 95–110, 112, 131.] “It is the policy of the United States, as expressed in Acts of Congress, to make public lands available to the people for the purpose of
Sherman–Sorrells doctrine. The principle that a defendant may claim as an affirmative defense that he or she was not disposed to commit the offense until a public official (often an undercover police officer) encouraged the defendant to do so. • This entrapment defense, which is recognized in the federal system and a majority of states,
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An error that a party cannot complain of on appeal because the party, through conduct, encouraged or prompted the trial court to make the erroneous ruling. [Cases: Administrative Law and Procedure 742; Appeal and Error 882; Criminal Law 1137. C.J.S. Appeal and Error §§ 745–747; Public Administrative Law and Procedure § 214.]