unauthorized completion. Commercial law. The act of filling in missing information in a negotiable instrument either without any authority to do so or beyond the authority granted. • Unauthorized completion is a personal defense, so it can be raised against any later holder of the instrument who does not have the rights of a holder […]
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enfranchise, vb. 1. To grant voting rights or other rights of citizenship to (a person or class). 2. To set free, as from slavery.
domestic-partnership law. A legislative enactment, often a municipal ordinance, that grants unmarried adults living in economically or emotionally based relationships, regardless of their sexual preference, some of the rights of a civil marriage without attempting to change the traditional definition of marriage.
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Lord Lyon King at Arms. Scots law. The monarch’s representative who grants arms to suitable applicants, oversees the use of armorial bearings, holds court to determine rights to arms and chieftainship, and supervises messengers-at-arms.
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The act of violating any of a copyright owner’s exclusive rights granted by the federal Copyright Act, 17 USCA §§ 106, 602. • A copyright owner has several exclusive rights in copyrighted works, including the rights (1) to reproduce the work; (2) to prepare derivative works based on the work; (3) to distribute copies of
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title of right. A court-issued decree creating, transferring, or extinguishing rights. • Examples include a decree of divorce or judicial separation, an adjudication of bankruptcy, a discharge in bankruptcy, a decree of foreclosure against a mortgagor, an order appointing or removing a trustee, and a grant of letters of administration. In all the examples listed,
Charta de Foresta. Hist. A charter that defined the extent of the Crown’s rights and privileges in the royal forests, granted the common people some rights to use the forests, and reduced the penalties for crimes such as poaching. • The charter was first promulgated in 1217 and revised in 1225. — Also termed Carta
non concessit (non k[schwa]n-ses-it), n. [Law Latin “he did not grant”] Hist. 1. English law. The plea by which the defendant denies that certain rights were given by letters patent to the plaintiff. • For example, if a plaintiff sues for the infringement of a patent right, the defendant can deny that the Crown granted
Bayh–Dole Act. Patents. A federal statute that permits the U.S. Government to take title to or require licensing of nongovernmental inventions made by small businesses and nonprofit organizations while participating in federally funded programs. • Under the Act, an entity funded by the federal government must timely disclose any invention made in the course of
nomen (noh-men or -m[schwa]n), n. [Latin] 1. Roman law. A personal name. • A Roman citizen generally had three names: a praenomen (“first name”), a nomen (“the name of the family group”), and cognomen (“a surname”). 2. Hist. A person’s first name. 3. More broadly, any name. Pl. nomina. See AGNOMEN. nomen collectivum (noh-men kol-[schwa]k-tI-v[schwa]m).