public-use proceeding. Patents. An investigation into whether a patent is barred because the invention was publicly used or sold more than a year before the application was filed. • Rarely used, this procedure is instituted upon a petition by someone protesting the application. If the petition and supporting documents make out a prima facie case, […]
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intus habet (in-t[schwa]s hay-b[schwa]t). [Law Latin] Hist. Has in his own hands. • The phrase appeared in reference to the presumption that the pupil’s money that is unaccounted for and held by the tutor is sufficient to offset any claim that the tutor may have against the pupil.
A school maintained by private individuals, religious organizations, or corporations, funded, at least in part, by fees or tuition, and open only to pupils selected and admitted based on religious affiliations or other particular qualifications. [Cases: Schools 1. C.J.S. Schools and School Districts §§ 2, 807.]
tutela 〈拉〉(罗马法)监护 指对未适婚人的监护〔tutela impuberum〕与对子女的监护〔tutela mulierum〕。监护人称为「tutor」,被监护人称为「pupillus」。 (→cura)
minority. 1. The state or condition of being under legal age. • In Scots law, legal minority begins at the end of puberty; until then, a person is a pupil. — Also termed infancy; nonage; immaturity. Cf. MAJORITY(1). [Cases: Infants 1. C.J.S. Infants §§ 2–4.] 2. A group having fewer than a controlling number of
tutor, n. 1. One who teaches; esp., a private instructor. Pl. tutors. 2. Roman & civil law. A guardian of a minor; a person appointed to have the care of the minor’s person and estate. • The guardian of a minor past the age of puberty is called a curator and has duties somewhat different
cats and dogs. Slang. 1. Nonperforming securities. 2. Highly speculative securities. “Wall Street disdainfully regards most penny stocks as cats and dogs, a popular phrase in use since 1879 to describe low-priced, often worthless, speculative securities. The single word dog also means a worthless security, and the related pup meant a low-priced, inactive stock during
loco tutoris (loh-koh t[y]oo-tor-is). [Latin] Scots law. In the place of a tutor. “The Court of Session is in the practice of appointing, on application made for such appointment, a factor loco tutoris on the estates of pupils not having tutors. Such an appointment places the factor in the same position towards the pupil, both
fiduciarius tutor 〈拉〉(罗马法)信托监护人 父亲亡故时不满14岁的已解放未成年人〔emancipated pupillus〕的兄长。(→pupil；tutor)