Operate
A Dictionary of Law · William C. Anderson · 1889
A Dictionary of Law
For associates " to operate on lands" purchased, was held to include selling timber to be cut and removed. ^ Operation.
1.
Of a law: its practical working and effect.* See Uniform. Operation of law. The application of legal rules to a given set of facts: as, to succeed to property by act and operation of law.
See Merger.
2.
In patent law, see Patent, 2; Mode. Operative.
1, n. An employee, a servant, 5 q. V. See also Proprietor, 2. 2, adj.
Effective: the "operative words" in an instrument contain its essential terms or conditions. Inoperative provisions are such as cannot be enforced. See Legal, Illegal; Surplusage.