accord, n. 1. An amicable arrangement between parties, esp. between peoples or nations; COMPACT; TREATY. 2. An offer to give or to accept a stipulated performance in the future to satisfy an obligor’s existing duty, together with an acceptance of that offer. • The performance becomes what is known as a satisfaction. — Also termed […]
postal service (1)邮政业务 (2)〔P- S-〕〈美〉邮政总局成立于1971年，取代了原邮政部〔Post Office Department〕。其由美国总统任命的成员所组成的委员会管理，负责人为邮政总局局长〔Postmaster General〕。
commerce clause 〈美〉商业条款 指美国宪法第一条第八款第三项。该条款授权国会排他地管理对外贸易〔commerce with foreign nations〕、州际商业〔commerce among the several states〕和同印第安部落的商业〔commerce with Indian tribes〕。相当数量的联邦法律和条例是依据该条款制定的。
summary of the invention. Patents. In a U.S. patent application, the section that describes the nature, operation, and purpose of the invention in enough detail that the examiner and anyone searching the patent literature for prior art can understand the unique character of the invention. [Cases: Patents 99. C.J.S. Patents § 139.]
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intangible, adj. Not capable of being touched; impalpable; INCORPOREAL. intangible, n. Something that lacks a physical form; an abstraction, such as responsibility; esp., an asset that is not corporeal, such as intellectual property. general intangible. Any intangible personal property other than goods, accounts, chattel paper, documents, instruments, investment property, rights to proceeds of written letters
Frye test. The defunct federal common-law rule of evidence on the admissibility of scientific evidence. • It required that the tests or procedures must have gained general acceptance in their particular field. In Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharms., Inc., 509 U.S. 579, 113 S.Ct. 2786 (1993), the Supreme Court held that scientific evidence must meet
Department of Defense Dependents Schools. A unit in the U.S. Department of Defense responsible for operating schools from kindergarten through grade 12 for the dependents of military and civilian personnel stationed overseas. — Abbr. DoDDS.
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United States person. A U.S. resident or national (with the exception of one living outside the United States who is employed by someone who is not a United States person), a domestic American concern, and any foreign subsidiary or affiliate of a domestic concern with operations controlled by the domestic concern. • Under antiboycott regulatory
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AOC.abbr. 1. ANNO ORBIS CONDITI. 2. And other consideration. See other consideration under CONSID-ERATION.
Riot Act. A 1714 English statute that made it a capital offense for 12 or more rioters to continue together for an hour after a magistrate has officially proclaimed that rioters must disperse. • This statute was not generally accepted in the United States and did not become a part of American common law. It