shotgun rejection
Slang. Denial of all or almost all claims in a patent application by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, esp. in the first office action.
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f
F. 1.abbr. The first series of the Federal Reporter, which includes federal decisions (trial and appellate) from 1880 to 1924. 2. Hist. A letter branded on a felon who claimed benefit of clergy so that the felon could claim the benefit only once. • Additionally, those convicted for an affray (fray) or falsity were so
de donis conditionalibus
De Donis Conditionalibus (dee doh-nis k[schwa]n-dish-ee-[schwa]-nal-i-b[ schwa]s). An English statute, enacted in 1285, that gave rise to the ability to create a fee tail. — Often shortened to De Donis. — Sometimes written de donis conditionalibus. “[T]he statute de donis of 13 Edw. I…. was intended to check the judicial construction, that had, in a
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substitution of parties
substitution of parties. The replacement of one litigant by another because of the first litigant’s death, incompetency, transfer of interest, or, when the litigant is a public official, separation from office.
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land cop
land cop. Hist. The sale of land evidenced by the transfer in court of a rod or festuca as a symbol of possession. • The seller handed the rod to the reeve, and the reeve handed it to the purchaser. The conveyance occurred in court to provide better evidence of the transfer and to bar
abjudge
abjudge (ab-j[schwa]j), vb. Archaic. To take away or remove (something) by judicial decision. Cf. ADJUDGE. “As a result of the trial a very solemn judgment is pronounced. The land is adjudged to the one party and his heirs, and abjudged (abiudicata) from the other party and his heirs for ever.” 2 Frederick Pollock & Frederic
constitutions of clarendon
Constitutions of Clarendon. Hist. A 12th-century statement of customary law, produced during the reign of Henry II, intended to limit the jurisdiction of the ecclesiastical courts and narrow the clergy’s exemption from secular justice. “During the first half of the twelfth century the claims of the church were growing, and the duty of asserting them
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manager
manager. 1. A person who administers or supervises the affairs of a business, office, or other organization. general manager. A manager who has overall control of a business, office, or other organization, including authority over other managers. • A general manager is usu. equivalent to a president or chief executive officer of a corporation. 2.
part sovereign state
A political community in which part of the powers of external sovereignty are exercised by the home government, and part are vested in or controlled by some other political body or bodies. • Such a state is not fully independent because by the conditions of its existence it is not allowed full freedom of action
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united states court of appeals
United States Court of Appeals. A federal appellate court having jurisdiction to hear cases in one of the 13 judicial circuits of the United States (the First Circuit through the Eleventh Circuit, plus the District of Columbia Circuit and the Federal Circuit). — Also termed circuit court. [Cases: Federal Courts 521.]
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