Composition Of Matter
Defined in 3 dictionaries — Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Black's (1891)
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
A mixture or chemical combination of materials. The term is used in the act of congress, July 4. 1836, S 6, in describing the subjects of patents. It may include both the substance and the process, when the compound is new.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
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.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
A mixture or chemical combination of materials.