Effect
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia · John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
The operation of a law, of an agreement, or an act, is called its effect. Maize v. State, 4 Ind. 342, By the laws of the United States, a patent ■cannot "be granted for an effect only, but it may be for a new mode or application of machinery to produce effects; Whittemore v. Cutter, 1 Gall. 478, Fed. Cas. No. 17,601.
See Gray v. James, 1 Ret. C. C. 394, Fed. Cas. No. 5,718.