ex works. From the factory. • This trade term defines the obligations of a buyer and a seller of goods with respect to delivery, payment, and risk of loss. The seller’s delivery is complete (and the risk of loss passes to the buyer) when the goods are made available to the buyer at a location […]
land-use regulation. An ordinance or other legislative enactment governing the development or use of real estate. — Also spelled landuse regulation. [Cases: Zoning and Planning 1. C.J.S. Zoning and Land Planning §§ 2, 5–7, 17–18.] “Public regulation of the use and development of land comes in a variety of forms which generally focus on four
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A patent having method or process claims that define a series of actions leading to a tangible physical result. — Also termed process patent. See process patent.
customary law. Law consisting of customs that are accepted as legal requirements or obligatory rules of conduct; practices and beliefs that are so vital and intrinsic a part of a social and economic system that they are treated as if they were laws. — Also termed consuetudinary law. “In contrast with the statute, customary law
right of family integrity. A fundamental and substantive due-process right for a family unit to be free of unjustified state interference. • While not specifically mentioned in the U.S. Constitution, this right is said to emanate from it. The contours of the right are nebulous and incompletely defined, but it at least includes the right
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press, n. 1. The news media; print and broadcast news organizations collectively. [Cases: Constitutional Law 90(2). C.J.S. Constitutional Law § 539.] “The Constitution specifically selected the press, which includes not only newspapers, books, and magazines, but also humble leaflets and circulars, to play an important role in the discussion of public affairs.” Mills v. Alabama,
villeinage (vil-[schwa]-nij). Hist. 1. The holding of property through servitude to a feudal lord; a servile type of tenure in which a tenant was obliged to render base services to a lord. Cf. KNIGHT SERVICE; SOCAGE. 2. A villein’s status, condition, or service. — Also spelled villenage; villainage; villanage. — Also termed villein tenure. “The
Directive on the Coordination of Certain Rules Concerning Copyright and Neighbouring Rights Applicable to Satellite Broadcasting and Cable Retransmission. Copyright. A 1993 European Commission initiative requiring members, among other things, to (1) recognize the right of a copyright owner to decide whether the work may be relayed by either cable or satellite, and (2) define
legal centralism. The theory suggesting that state-constructed legal entities form the center of legal life and control lesser normative systems (such as the family or business networks) that define appropriate behavior and social relationships. — Also termed legal centrism; legocentrism (lee-goh-sen-triz-[schwa]m).