series code. Patents & trademarks. A numerical designation assigned to any of a group of applications for patent or trademark registration filed in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. • The series code is part of an application number and is followed by a slash. For example, if the application number is 09/445,323, then 09 […]
The freeing of a slave by the master’s solemnly declaring that the slave was to be free while holding a limb of the slave and promising to pay a sum of money if the freedman later departs from the sacra (family rites). • The master then turned around and released the slave, who became free
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recital. 1. An account or description of some fact or thing (the recital of the events leading up to the accident). 2. A preliminary statement in a contract or deed explaining the reasons for entering into it or the background of the transaction, or showing the existence of particular facts (the recitals in the settlement
malum prohibitum (mal-[schwa]m proh-hib-i-t[schwa]m), n. [Latin “prohibited evil”] An act that is a crime merely because it is prohibited by statute, although the act itself is not necessarily immoral. • Misdemeanors such as jaywalking and running a stoplight are mala prohibita, as are many regulatory violations. Pl. mala prohibita. Cf. MALUM IN SE. — malum
de dote unde nil habet (dee doh-tee [schwa]n-dee nil hay-bet), n. [Law Latin “of dower whereof she has none”] A writ ordering a tenant interfering with a widow’s right to dower to provide a reasonable dower. — Also termed writ of dower. “DE DOTE UNDE NIL HABET. This is a writ of right in its
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The principle that liability for negligence is apportioned in accordance with the percentage of fault that the fact-finder assigns to each party, that the plaintiff’s recovery will be reduced by the percentage of negligence assigned to the plaintiff, and that the plaintiff’s recovery is barred if the plaintiff’s percentage of fault is 50% or more.
Notice given directly to, or received personally by, a party. — Also termed express notice.[Cases: Notice 1.5. C.J.S. Notice § 4.]
tracing, n. 1. The process of tracking property’s ownership or characteristics from the time of its origin to the present (tracing the vehicle’s history). • Parties in a divorce will be expected to trace the origins of property in existence at the time of marital dissolution in order to characterize each asset as separate or
district attorney. A public official appointed or elected to represent the state in criminal cases in a particular judicial district; PROSECUTOR(1). — Abbr. D.A. — Also termed public prosecutor; state’s attorney; prosecuting attorney. Cf. UNITED STATES ATTORNEY. [Cases: District and Prosecuting Attorneys 1. C.J.S. District and Prosecuting Attorneys § 2.]
integrated contract. One or more writings constituting a final expression of one or more terms of an agreement. — Also termed integrated agreement; integrated writing. See INTEGRATION(2). [Cases: Contracts 245; Evidence 397(2). C.J.S. Contracts § 416; Evidence §§ 1159–1160, 1278–1280.] completely integrated contract. An integrated agreement adopted by the parties as a full and exclusive
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