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supplemental, adj. Supplying something additional; adding what is lacking ( supplemental rules).
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blonder–tongue doctrine
Blonder–Tongue doctrine. Patents. The rule that a patentee is barred by collateral estoppel from relitigating the validity of a patent that has been held invalid in an earlier proceeding in which the patentee had a full and fair opportunity to litigate the patent’s validity. • The rule was adopted by the U.S. Supreme Court in
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cumulative effects doctrine
cumulative-effects doctrine. The rule that a transaction affecting interstate commerce in a trivial way may be taken together with other similar transactions to establish that the combined effect on interstate commerce is not trivial and can therefore be regulated under the Commerce Clause. [Cases: Commerce 7(2). C.J.S. Commerce § 6.]
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inherency doctrine
inherency doctrine. Patents. The rule that anticipation can be inferred despite a missing element in a prior-art reference if the missing element is either necessarily present in or a natural result of the product or process and a person of ordinary skill in the art would know it. • On one hand, the doctrine precludes
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res inter alios acta
res inter alios acta (rays in-t[schwa]r ay-lee-ohs ak-t[schwa]). [Latin “a thing done between others”] 1. Contracts. The common-law doctrine holding that a contract cannot unfavorably affect the rights of a person who is not a party to the contract. [Cases: Contracts 186(1).] 2. Evidence. The rule prohibiting the admission of collateral facts into evidence. [Cases:
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genetic engineering
genetic engineering. A method of creating new life-forms and organic matter by gene-splicing and other tech-niques. • The Supreme Court has ruled that those creations are patentable. Diamond v. Chakrabarty, 447 U.S. 303, 100 S.Ct. 2204 (1980).
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queen
queen. 1. A woman who possesses, in her own right, the sovereignty and royal power in a monarchy. • Among the more famous English queens are Queen Mary I, Queen Elizabeth I, Queen Victoria, and Queen Elizabeth II. — Also termed queen regnant. 2. The wife of a reigning king. • She has some royal
divine right of kings
divine right of kings. The political theory that the sovereign is a direct representative of God and has the right to rule absolutely by virtue of birth. “Divine Right of Kings … originated in the mediaeval concept of God’s award of temporal power to civil rulers and spiritual power to the Church. It was claimed
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traffic regulation
traffic regulation. A prescribed rule of conduct for traffic; a rule intended to promote the orderly and safe flow of traffic. [Cases: Automobiles 7. C.J.S. Motor Vehicles §§ 24, 26–27, 29–33.]
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administrative procedure act
Administrative Procedure Act. 1. A federal statute establishing practices and procedures to be followed in rulemaking and adjudication. • The Act was designed to give citizens basic due-process protections such as the right to present evidence and to be heard by an independent hearing officer. 2. A similar state statute. — Abbr. APA. [Cases: Administrative
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