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Eccles. law. A deadline imposed by the judge for all parties to renounce any further exhibits and allegations.
Eccles. law. A deadline imposed by the judge for all parties to renounce any further exhibits and allegations.
continuation-in-part. Patents. A patent application filed during the pendency of an earlier application by the same applicant, repeating a substantial part of the earlier application but adding to or subtracting from the claims. 35 USCA § 120. • This type of application contains new technical descriptions from the inventor or reflects im-provements made since the
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term fee. English law. A sum that a solicitor may charge a client, and that the client (if successful) may recover from the losing party, payable for each term in which any proceedings following the summons take place.
A party entitled to a remedy; esp., a party whose personal, pecuniary, or property rights have been adversely affected by another person’s actions or by a court’s decree or judgment. — Also termed party aggrieved; person aggrieved. [Cases: Action 13; Appeal and Error 151; Federal Civil Procedure 103.2. C.J.S. Actions § 57–63; Appeal and Error
Average resulting from an accidental partial loss or damage. • Any average that is not general is termed particular. The liability is borne solely by the person who suffered the loss. — Also termed simple average; partial average; petty average.
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right of termination. A remedy involving the ending of contractual relations, accorded to a party to a contract when the other party breaches a duty that arises under the contract. • The right of termination is contrasted with a right to rescind, which arises when the other party breaches a duty that arises independently of
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Hist. One of four days during a year that money owed (such as rent) was legally or customarily payable. • In England and Wales the quarter days are Lady Day, March 25; Midsummer Day, June 24; Michaelmas Day, September 29; and Christmas Day, December 25. In Scotland the traditional quarter or term days are Candlemas,
Carta Mercatoria (kahr-t[schwa] m[schwa]r-k[schwa]-tor-ee-[schwa]). Hist. An English statute (enacted in 1303) establishing various rules that favored certain foreign merchants. • In exchange for paying customs duties, merchants received extensive trading rights throughout England, the power to export their mer-chandise, the liberty to dwell where they pleased, and certain legal rights. — Also termed Statutum de
Family law. A process for achieving conception, whereby semen is inserted into a woman’s vagina by some means other than intercourse. • If the woman is married when the artificial insemination and the birth occur, and her husband has consented to the insemination, and the insemination is performed by a licensed physician, the husband is
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Article III Court. A federal court that, deriving its jurisdiction from U.S. Const. art. III, § 2, hears cases arising under the Constitution and the laws and treaties of the United States, cases in which the United States is a party, and cases between the states and between citizens of different states. — Also termed