procedural law. The rules that prescribe the steps for having a right or duty judicially enforced, as opposed to the law that defines the specific rights or duties themselves. — Also termed adjective law. Cf. SUBSTANTIVE LAW. [Cases: Statutes 242, 267. C.J.S. Statutes § 421.]
innkeeper. A person who, for compensation, keeps open a public house for the lodging and entertainment of travelers. • A keeper of a boarding house is usu. not considered an innkeeper. — Also termed hotelkeeper. [Cases: Innkeepers 3. C.J.S. Inns, Hotels and Eating Places §§ 2–4.] “The innkeeper is the person who on his own
request for continued examination. Patents. A means of negating the final action on a patent so that the applicant can file amendments, new claims, etc. to show that the invention is patentable as of the original application date. • Unlike a continuation application, a request for continued examination keeps a patent alive as if no
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in pari delicto (in par-I d[schwa]-lik-toh), adv. [Latin “in equal fault”] Equally at fault (the court denied relief because both parties stood in pari delicto). Cf. PARTICEPS CRIMINIS(2). [Cases: Equity 65. C.J.S. Equity § 102.]
perfection. Validation of a security interest as against other creditors, usu. by filing a statement with some public office or by taking possession of the collateral. Cf. ATTACHMENT(4). [Cases: Secured Transactions 81–96, 138–145. C.J.S. Secured Transactions §§ 3, 50–51, 53–77, 88, 90–102, 105–107, 118.] automatic perfection. The self-operative perfection of a purchase-money security interest without
homestead law. A statute exempting a homestead from execution or judicial sale for debt, unless all owners, usu. a husband and wife, have jointly mortgaged the property or otherwise subjected it to creditors’ claims. — Also termed homestead exemption; homestead-exemption statute; homestead right. [Cases: Homestead 1, 118.] “Almost all states also have legislative provisions, commonly
Clerk of the House of Commons. An officer of the House of Commons who keeps the House journal, signs orders, indorses bills sent to the House of Lords, and has custody of all records. • The Clerk is appointed for life by the Crown.
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protestation (prot-[schwa]-stay-sh[schwa]n). 1. Common-law pleading. A declaration by which a party makes an oblique allegation or denial of some fact, claiming that it does or does not exist or is or is not legally sufficient, while not directly affirming or denying the fact. [Cases: Pleading 128.] “The practice of protestation of facts not denied arose
Labor–Management Relations Act. A federal statute, enacted in 1947, that regulates certain union activities, permits suits against unions for proscribed acts, prohibits certain strikes and boycotts, and provides steps for settling strikes involving national emergencies.29 USCA §§ 141 et seq. — Also termed Taft–Hartley Act. See NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD.
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wharfinger (wor-fin-j[schwa]r), n. Hist. The owner or occupier of a wharf; one who keeps a wharf to receive merchandise for forwarding or delivery to a consignee. [Cases: Wharves 20(1).]