Composition of matter
Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Black's Law Dictionary
In patent law. A mixture or chemical combination of materials. Goodyear v. Railroad Co., 10 Fed. Cas. 664; Cahill v. Brown, 4 Fed. Cas. 1005; Jacobs v. Baker, 7 Wall. 295, 19 L. Ed. 200.
— Composition of titbes, or real composition, fimis. in English ecclesiastical law, when an agreement is made between the owner of lands and the incumbant of a benefice, with the consent of the ordinary and the patron, that the lands shall, for the future, be discharged from payment ef tithes, by reason of some land or other real recompense given in lieu and satisfaction thereof. 2 Bl. Comin. 28; 3 Steph. Comm. 129.
Defined under Compositio Mensurarum in Black's Law Dictionary.