subject-matter
subject-matter n. 诉讼标的；标的；争议物；争议事项；权利主张 指提交评议或裁决的争议问题，或指发生争议的事物或事项，或当事人就之提出权利或义务主张的事物或事项。
SUBJECT MATTER
subject matter
subject matter. 1. The issue presented for consideration; the thing in which a right or duty has been asserted; the thing in dispute; SUBJECT(2). See CORPUS(1). 2. PATENTABLE SUBJECT MATTER. — Sometimes written (as a noun) subject-matter. — subject-matter, adj.