fruit. 1. The produce or product of something (as of land or property). 2. Civil law. Income or goods derived or produced from property without a diminution of the property’s inherent value. civil fruit. Civil law. Revenue derived from a thing by operation of law or by reason of a juridical act, such as lease […]
ethnic cleansing. The officially sanctioned forcible and systematic diminution or elimination of targeted ethnic minorities from a geographic area, usu. by confiscating real and personal property, ordering or condoning mass murders and mass rapes, and expelling the survivors. • In theory, the purpose of ethnic cleansing is to drive all members of the victimized group
A diminution in a person’s physical ability because of an illness, injury, or impairment.
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In a condemnation case, damages awarded to a property owner for diminution in the fair market value of land as a result of severance from the land of the property actually condemned; compensation awarded to a landowner for the loss in value of the tract that remains after a partial taking of the land. [Cases:
Article I court. 1. See legislative court under COURT. 2. A type of federal legislative court that is not bound by the requirements of or protected under U.S. Const. art. III, § 2, and that performs functions similar to those of an administrative agency, such as issuing advisory opinions. U.S. Const. art. I, § 8.
Carroll doctrine. The principle that a broadcast licensee has standing to contest any grant of a competitive license by the Federal Communications Commission because the grant could lead to a diminution in broadcast service by causing economic injury to an existing licensee. Carroll Broadcasting Co. v. FCC, 258 F.2d 440 (D.C. Cir. 1958). [Cases: Telecommunications
jus non decrescendi (j[schwa]s non dee-kre-sen-dI). [Law Latin] Scots law. The right of not suffering diminution. Cf. JUS ACCRESCENDI.
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blurring, n. Trademarks. A form of dilution in which goodwill in a famous mark is eroded through the mark’s unauthorized use by others on or in connection with dissimilar products or services. • Blurring is one type of dilution that is actionable under the Federal Trademark Dilution Act, 15 USCA § 1125(c) (the court found
nonconsumable, n. A thing (such as land, a vehicle, or a share of stock) that can be enjoyed without any change to its substance other than a natural diminution over time; NONFUNGIBLE. Cf. CONSUMABLE. — nonconsumable, adj.