A marine-insurance clause protecting underwriters from liability for injury to goods that are particularly perishable, or for minor damages. [Cases: Insurance 2235, 2241. C.J.S. Insurance §§ 1195–1196, 1199–1203, 1208, 1211–1214, 1216–1217.]
senior party. Intellectual property. In an interference proceeding, the first person to file an application for a property’s legal protection, e.g., an invention patent or a trademark registration. • In the United States, merely being the first to file does not entitle the party to the protection. The proceeding’s administrator also takes other factors into
objection to grand jury 对大陪审团提出的异议 指对大陪审团的组成提出的异议，包括对因种族、肤色、性别、宗教信仰、政治观点而排除某人提出的异议，还包括在制定法未作限制的情况下提出的技术性〔technical〕异议。
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patronage (pay-tr[schwa]-nij). 1. The giving of support, sponsorship, or protection. 2. All the customers of a business; clientele. 3. The power to appoint persons to governmental positions or to confer other political favors. — Also termed (in sense 3) political patronage. See SPOILS SYSTEM. [Cases: Officers and Public Employees 25. C.J.S. Officers and Public Employees
Paris Additional Act. Copyright. An 1896 amendment to the Berne Convention extending copyright protection to photographs as derivative works.
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utilitarianism. The philosophical and economic doctrine that the best social policy is that which does the most good for the greatest number of people; esp., an ethical theory that judges the rightness or wrongness of actions according to the pleasure they create or the pain they inflict and recommending whatever action creates the greatest good
patent-term adjustment. A compulsory extension of the time a utility or plant patent remains in force, following administrative delays in prosecuting the application. • A provision of the American Inventors’ Protection Act of 1999, the extension is available for new applications, continuation applications, and divisional applications filed since May 29, 2000. — Abbr. PTA. Cf.
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The constitutional right of privacy to form and preserve certain intimate human relationships without intrusion by the state because the relationships safeguard individual freedom. • The group relationships protected by the right to freedom of intimate association are familial in nature and are characterized by deep attachments, a high degree of commitment, and the sharing
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PPO.abbr. 1. PREFERRED-PROVIDER ORGANIZATION. 2. See permanent protective order under PROTECTIVE ORDER.
mora (mor-[schwa]), n. [Latin] Roman law. Willful delay or default in fulfilling a legal obligation. • A creditor or debtor in mora could be required to pay interest on any money owed. “The word mora means delay or default. In its technical sense it means a culpable delay in making or accepting performance…. The definition