public domain. 1. Government-owned land. 2. Hist. Government lands that are open to entry and settlement. • Today virtually all federal lands are off-limits to traditional entry and settlement. 3. Intellectual property. The universe of inventions and creative works that are not protected by intellectual-property rights and are therefore available for anyone to use without […]
sur 〈法〉根据；依据；基于 用于许多词组中，如sur cognizance de droit,指基于对权利的承认。也常用于不动产诉讼的标题中，表明令状签发的依据，如writ of right sur disclaimer, writ of entry sur disseisin。
casu consimili (kay-s[y]oo k[schwa]n-sim-[schwa]-lI), n. [Latin “in a like case”] Hist. A writ of entry allowing the holder of a reversionary interest in land to sue for the return of land alienated by a life tenant or a tenant by the curtesy. • This writ originated in the second Statute of Westminster (13 Edw. I)