duplicate claiming rejection
The nonart rejection of a patent claim because it is not substantially different from another claim.
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bona fide occupational qualification
An employment qualification that, although it may discriminate against a protected class (such as sex, religion, or national origin), relates to an essential job duty and is considered reasonably necessary to the operation of the particular business. • Such a qualification is not illegal under federal employment-discrimination laws. — Abbr. BFOQ. [Cases: Civil Rights 1118,
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special use valuation
An executor’s option of valuating real property in an estate, esp. farmland, at its current use rather than for its highest potential value. [Cases: Internal Revenue 4183; Taxation 895. C.J.S. Internal Revenue § 519; Taxation §§ 1900–1909, 1918–1931, 1941–1944, 1948.]
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conclusion
conclusion, n. 1. The final part of a speech or writing (such as a jury argument or a pleading). 2. A judgment arrived at by reasoning; an inferential statement. 3. The closing, settling, or final arranging of a treaty, contract, deal, etc. See OPINION(2). 4. Archaic. An act by which one estops oneself from doing
deadly force
Violent action known to create a substantial risk of causing death or serious bodily harm. • A person may use deadly force in self-defense only if retaliating against another’s deadly force. — Also termed extreme force. Cf. nondeadly force.
women’s shelter
A privately or publicly operated residential facility providing women (and their children) who are victims of domestic violence with temporary lodging, food, and other services such as employment assistance, counseling, and medical care. — Also termed family shelter.
interlocking confessions
Confessions by two or more suspects whose statements are substantially the same and consistent concerning the elements of the crime. • Such confessions are admissible in a joint trial. [Cases: Criminal Law 528. C.J.S. Criminal Law §§ 983, 988–990.]
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heartbalm statute
A state law that abolishes the rights of action for monetary damages as solace for the emotional trauma occasioned by a loss of love and relationship. • The abolished rights of action include alienation of affections, breach of promise to marry, criminal conversation, and seduction of a person over the legal age of consent. Many
bona fide intent to use
bona fide intent to use. Trademarks. A specific, good-faith intention to use a mark in the ordinary course of trade in interstate commerce and not merely to reserve it for later use, as determined by objective circumstantial evidence. • A federal registration obtained under Lanham Act § 1(b) requires a bona fide intent to use
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nonsuit
nonsuit, n. 1. A plaintiff’s voluntary dismissal of a case or of a defendant, without a decision on the merits. • Under the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, a voluntary dismissal is equivalent to a nonsuit. Fed. R. Civ. P. 41(a). — Also termed voluntary discontinuance. [Cases: Federal Civil Procedure 1691; Pretrial Procedure 501. C.J.S.