labor–desert model. The view that the inventive process results from the inventor’s labor to create something of added value to society, and that this added value justifies some social reward (“just deserts”) to the inventor. — Also termed value-added model. Cf. EUREKA MODEL; LABOR MODEL.
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Latium maius (lay-shee-[schwa]m may-j[schwa]s). [Latin] Roman law. The greater rights conferred on the inhabitants of Latium and, later, of colonies outside Italy, giving citizenship to all members of the local curia or town council and their children. Cf. LATIUM MINUS. “Under the Principate there is a distinction between Latium maius and Latium minus. The former
parliamentary agents 〈英〉议会代理人 经私人或公司委托，代为在议院的接待厅向议员们进行合法游说的人；经过登记、在议会上代理私法法案〔private bills〕的倡议者或者反对私法法案的请愿者以及从事其他金钱援助〔pecuniary reward〕事务的活动的人，通常为事务律师〔solicitor〕。议员或议会官员不能作为议会代理人。(→private bill)
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Federal Kidnapping Act. A federal law punishing kidnapping for ransom or reward when the victim is transported interstate or internationally. • The law presumes that a victim has been transported in violation of the law if the victim is not released within 24 hours. The Federal Kidnapping Act, by express provision, does not apply to
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A portion of public land given or donated as a reward, esp. for military service. See MILITARY BOUNTY LAND. [Cases: Public Lands 46. C.J.S. Public Lands § 64.]
merces (m[schwa]r-seez), n. [Latin] Roman law. 1. An agreed payment for a thing or services specifically contracted for; rent, hire. “There must be consent, a thing let, and an agreed payment (merces) …. The merces must be certain and Justinian’s texts say that, as in sale, it must be money. But there is not the
medfee (med-fee). Hist. A bribe or reward; compensation given for things exchanged of unequal value.
donation act. Hist. Property law. A statute granting public lands to settlers who satisfy certain conditions or to veterans as a reward for military service. See donation land, bounty land under LAND.
incentive pay plan. A compensation plan in which increased productivity is rewarded with higher pay.
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glove silver. Hist. Money given as an incentive or reward to a court officer, esp. money given by a sheriff to an assize official when no prisoners were left by the assize for execution. • The name derives from the practice of giving money to servants, ostensibly to buy gloves with.