cl ct
Cl. Ct.abbr. 1. UNITED STATES COURT OF FEDERAL CLAIMS. 2. United States Court of Claims Reporter.
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jewell instruction
Jewell instruction (joo-w[schwa]l).Criminal procedure. A court’s instruction to the jury that the defendant can be found to have the requisite criminal mental state despite being deliberately ignorant of some of the facts surrounding the crime. • If a defendant claims ignorance of some fact essential to the crime, such as not knowing that a particular
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restrictive principle of sovereign immunity
restrictive principle of sovereign immunity. The doctrine by which a foreign nation’s immunity does not apply to claims arising from the nation’s private or commercial acts, but protects the nation only from claims arising from its public functions. See COMMERCIAL-ACTIVITY EXCEPTION; JURE GESTIONIS; JURE IMPERII . [Cases: International Law 10.33. C.J.S. International Law §§ 46–48.]
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authorization clause
authorization clause. Patents. A Patent Act provision directing that if a person uses or manufactures something protected by a valid U.S. patent, acts on behalf of the U.S. government, and acts with the government’s authori-zation or consent, the U.S., not the person, is deemed the infringing user or manufacturer. • If an infringing act is
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cva
CVA.abbr. United States Court of Veterans Appeals. See UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR VETERANS CLAIMS.
National Reporter System
National Reporter System 〈美〉全国判例汇编系统 1887年由韦氏出版公司(一译西方出版公司)〔West Publishing Company〕创立，出版联邦和州的初审法院和上诉法院的判例。由17个单元组成；7个联邦单元：最高法院判例汇编〔Supreme Court Reporter〕、联邦判例汇编〔Federal Reporter〕、联邦判例补编〔Federal Supplement〕、联邦规则判例汇编〔Federal Rules Decisions〕、破产判例汇编〔Bankruptcy Reporter〕、军事司法判例汇编〔Military Justice Reporter〕、美国索赔法院判例汇编〔United States Federal Claims Reporter〕；3个州单元：加利福尼亚州判例汇编〔California Reporter〕、伊利诺伊州判例汇编〔Illinois Decisions〕、纽约州判例补编〔New York Supplement〕；7个州区单元：大西洋区、太平洋区、东北区、东南区、西北区、西南区和南区。整个系统以钥匙号索引体系〔key number indexing scheme〕联结起来，其中每个案件均有一个摘要和钥匙号，可与美国判例摘要系统〔American Digest System〕相参照。全国判例汇编系统极大地简化了美国判例的检索工作。
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national reporter system
National Reporter System. A series of lawbooks, published by the West Group, containing every published appellate decision of the federal and state courts in the United States. • For federal courts, the system includes the Supreme Court Reporter, Federal Reporter, Federal Claims Reporter, Federal Supplement, Federal Rules Decisions, Bankruptcy Reporter, Military Justice Reporter, and Veterans
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rooker–feldman doctrine
Rooker–Feldman doctrine. The rule that a federal court cannot consider claims actually decided by a state court or claims inextricably intertwined with an earlier state-court judgment. Rooker v. Fidelity Trust Co., 263 U.S. 413, 415–16, 44 S.Ct. 149, 150 (1923); District of Columbia Ct. of App. v. Feldman, 460 U.S. 462, 476, 103 S.Ct. 1303,
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