delayed-compliance order. Environmental law. An order issued by the Environmental Protection Agency or by a state agency to an existing source of pollutants, whereby the deadline for complying with an implementation plan is postponed. See IMPLEMENTATION PLAN. [Cases: Environmental Law 19.]
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nullum tempus occurrit reipublicae (n[schwa]l-[schwa]m tem-p[schwa]s [ schwa]-k[schwa]r-it ree-I-p[schwa]b-l[schwa]-see), n. [Latin “no time runs against the state”] The principle that a statute of limitations does not apply to a commonwealth or state unless a statute specifically provides that it does. • The purpose of the rule is to fully protect public rights and property from
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United States Secret Service. A law-enforcement agency in the U.S. Department of Homeland Security responsible for providing security for the President, Vice President, certain other government officials, and visiting foreign diplomats, and for protecting U.S. currency by enforcing the laws relating to counterfeiting, forgery, and credit-card fraud. • The Service was transferred from the Department
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functional feature. Trademarks. A design element that is either physically necessary to construct an article or commercially necessary to manufacture and sell it; a product’s attribute that is essential to its use, necessary for its proper and successful operation, and utilitarian rather than ornamental in every detail. • A functional feature is not eligible for
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The use of restrictive covenants in private agreements to restrict the use and occupancy of real property. • Private zoning often covers such things as lot size, building lines, architectural specifications, and property uses. [Cases: Covenants 1. C.J.S. Covenants §§ 2–3.]
utility. 1. The quality of serving some function that benefits society; meritoriousness. 2. Patents. Capacity to perform a function or attain a result claimed for protection as intellectual property. • In patent law, utility is one of the three basic requirements of patentability, the others being nonobviousness and novelty. In the calculation of damages for
Insurance that protects a self-insured employer from catastrophic losses or unusually large health costs of covered employees. • Stop-loss insurance essentially provides excess coverage for a self-insured employer. The employer and the insurance carrier agree to the amount the employer will cover, and the stop-loss insurance will cover claims exceeding that amount. [Cases: Insurance 2523,
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rescue syndrome. Family law. A situation in which a child in a custody battle expresses a preference for the parent perceived by the child to be the “weaker” of the two, in the belief that the parent needs the child. • This is a form of parent-alienation syndrome. One parent may overtly or subtly act
Universal Copyright Convention. A 1952 treaty binding signatories to give citizens of other member nations the same copyright protection that their own citizens receive. 25 U.S.T. 1341, T.I.A.S. No. 7868. • Administered by the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, the Convention does not apply between nations that are also signatories of the Berne
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cultural property. Int’l law. Movable and immovable property that has cultural significance, whether in the nature of antiquities and monuments of a classical age or important modern items of fine arts, decorative arts, and architecture. • Some writers prefer the term cultural heritage, which more broadly includes intangible cultural things such as folklore, crafts, and