first-to-invent system. Patents. The practice of awarding a patent to the first person to create an invention, rather than the first to file a patent application. • Because the first inventor is not necessarily the first person to file for a patent, an interference hearing is held to decide who is entitled to the patent. […]
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heirship movables (1)〈苏格兰〉可继承动产 指某些具有可移动性的物品，在死亡发生时转移到死者继承人手中，而不转给遗嘱执行人。对这类物品的权利主张于1968年废止。 (2)法定继承人 在遗嘱中，该词有时与「子嗣」、「法定继承人」同义。 (→bodily heirs)
Westminster the First, Statute of. Hist. An English statute divided into 51 chapters (later correlating to separate acts of Parliament), including provisions (1) protecting the property of the church from the violence and spoliation of the Crown and nobles; (2) providing for the freedom of popular elections; (3) enforcing the rules contained in Magna Carta
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Int’l law. The pillar of air above a nation’s territory — including internal waters and the territorial sea — over which it has complete and exclusive sovereignty and through which foreign aircraft have no right of innocent passage. • There is no agreement on the boundary between national airspace and outer space.
first impression case 无先例可循的案件 指案件中包含全新的、无先例可循的法律问题，须由法院作出决定。
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Twenty-first Amendment. The constitutional amendment, ratified in 1933, that repealed the 18th Amendment (which established national Prohibition) and returned the power to regulate alcohol to the states. [Cases: Intoxicating Liquors 17. C.J.S. Intoxicating Liquors § 35.] 2503(C) TRUST 2503(c) trust. See TRUST.
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heirship. 1. The quality or condition of being an heir. 2. The relation between an ancestor and an heir. [Cases: Descent and Distribution 20–41. C.J.S. Descent and Distribution §§ 23–26, 29–49.]
First Amendment. The constitutional amendment, ratified with the Bill of Rights in 1791, guaranteeing the freedoms of speech, religion, press, assembly, and petition. [Cases: Constitutional Law 82(3). C.J.S. Constitutional Law §§ 455, 457–459, 503, 619–632, 635–648.]
statement of affairs. 1. STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL AFFAIRS. 2. A balance sheet showing immediate liquidation values (rather than historical costs), usu. prepared when insolvency is imminent.
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principal in the first degree 〈美〉一级主犯 即亲自实施犯罪的人；或亲手或使用工具或利用不知情的第三人实施犯罪的共同犯罪人。
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