read on, vb. Patents. 1. (Of a patent claim) to contain all the same features of (a prior-art reference). • If the patent claim reads on the prior art, the claim has been anticipated and the patent will be denied. See ANTICIPATED. [Cases: Patents 72(1). C.J.S. Patents § 31.] 2. (Of a patent claim) to […]
Defamation. The privilege protecting any statement made in the course of and with reference to a judicial proceeding by any judge, juror, party, witness, or advocate. — Also termed courtroom privilege. [Cases: Libel and Slander 38. C.J.S. Libel and Slander; Injurious Falsehood § 71.]
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scripto vel juramento (skrip-toh vel juur-[schwa]-men-toh). [Law Latin] Hist. By writ or oath. • The phrase appeared in reference to the mode of proof required in certain cases.
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territorial law. The law that applies to all persons within a given territory regardless of their citizenship or nationality. Cf. PERSONAL LAW. “[T]he expression ‘territorial law’ … is not confined to the positive rules that regulate acts and events occurring within the jurisdiction, but includes also rules for the choice of law. English rules for
terminus a quo (t[schwa]r-mi-n[schwa]s ay kwoh). [Law Latin] Hist. The point from which. • The phrase appeared in reference to the point from which something is calculated, or the earliest time at which some action is possible.
non pars substantiae sive fundi, sed accidens (non parz s[schwa]b-stan-shee-ee sI-vee f[schwa]n-dI, sed ak-si-denz). [Law Latin] Scots law. Not a part of the substance or the land, but an accident. • The phrase appeared in reference to servitudes, among other things.
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pari passu (pahr-ee pahs-oo orpair-I, pair-ee, orpar-ee pas-[y]oo). [Latin “by equal step”] Proportionally; at an equal pace; without preference ( creditors of a bankrupt estate will receive distributions pari passu).
in quantum locupletiores facti sumus ex damno alterius (in kwon-t[schwa]m lok-yoo-plee-shee-or-eez fak-tIs[y]oo-m[schwa]s eks dam-noh al-teer-ee-[ schwa]s). [Latin] Roman law. Insofar as we have been enriched to the loss or by the damage of another. • The phrase appeared in reference to the rule by which certain persons were bound in restitution to the extent of
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redaction (ri-dak-sh[schwa]n), n. 1. The careful editing of a document, esp. to remove confidential references or offensive material. [Cases: Criminal Law 663; Federal Civil Procedure 2011; Trial 39. C.J.S. Criminal Law §§ 1210–1211; Trial§§ 148–153.] 2. A revised or edited document. — redactional, adj. — redact, vb.
contra hereditatem jacentem (kon-tr[schwa] h[schwa]-red-i-tay-t[schwa]m j[schwa]-sen-t[schwa]m). [Law Latin] Hist. Against a succession that the heir has not taken up; against a fallen inheritance. • The phrase appeared in reference to a creditor’s right to pursue a debtor’s estate for recovery of a debt even though the heir did not take up the succession.
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