aggregation. Patents. 1. A set of parts that do not cooperate in structure or function, and are therefore unpatentable as an invention; the opposite of a combination. [Cases: Patents 25. C.J.S. Patents § 86.] 2. Hist. A patent examiner’s label for a claimed invention that may or may not be a patentable combination but whose […]
extortion, n. 1. The offense committed by a public official who illegally obtains property under the color of office; esp., an official’s collection of an unlawful fee. — Also termed common-law extortion. [Cases: Extortion and Threats 1.] “The dividing line between bribery and extortion is shadowy. If one other than the officer corruptly takes the
vicinage (vis-[schwa]-nij). [Law French “neighborhood”] 1. Vicinity; proximity. 2. The place where a crime is committed or a trial is held; the place from which jurors are to be drawn for trial; esp., the locale from which the accused is entitled to have jurors selected. — Also termed vicinetum (vis-[schwa]-nee-t[schwa]m). [Cases: Criminal Law 108; Jury
malicious prosecution. 1. The institution of a criminal or civil proceeding for an improper purpose and without probable cause. • The tort requires an adversary to prove four elements: (1) the initiation or continuation of a lawsuit; (2) lack of probable cause; (3) malice; and (4) favorable termination of the lawsuit. Restatement (Second) of Torts
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