Law Dictionary

the term “commercial development of oil, natural gas, or minerals” includes exploration, extraction, processing, export, and other significant actions relating to oil, natural gas,

The term “Commercial Director” means the individual appointed to the position established under section 17081 of this title .

the business which appellant carries on in Minnesota, or directs from its offices maintained there, is sufficiently identified with Minnesota to establish a 'commercial domicil' th

The corporation established in West Virginia what has aptly been termed a 'commercial domicile.' It maintains its general business offices at Wheeling and there it keeps its books

“commercial driver's license” means a license issued by a State to an individual authorizing the individual to operate a class of commercial motor vehicles.

The term “commercial eggs” or “eggs” means eggs from domesticated chickens which are sold for human consumption either in shell egg form or for further processing into egg products

“commercial electric or hybrid vehicle” includes any electric or hybrid vehicle which can be used (A) for business or agricultural production purposes on farms (e.g. tractors and t

The term “commercial electronic mail message” means any electronic mail message the primary purpose of which is the commercial advertisement or promotion of a commercial product or

The term “commercial enterprise” includes any entity formed for the purpose of doing for-profit business.

The term “commercial entity” or “commercial” means a non-Federal entity organized under the laws of the United States or of any jurisdiction within the United States.

The term “commercial establishment”— (A) means an establishment used for commercial purposes, such as a bar, restaurant, private office, fitness club, oil rig, retail store, bank o

The term “commercial facilities” means facilities— (A) that are intended for nonresidential use; and (B) whose operations will affect commerce.

The term “commercial financing security” means (i) paper of a kind ordinarily arising in commercial transactions, (ii) accounts receivable, (iii) mortgages on real property, and (i

“commercial fisherman” means any citizen of the United States who owns, operates, or derives income from being employed on a commercial fishing vessel;

The term “commercial fishing” means fishing in which the fish harvested, either in whole or in part, are intended to enter commerce or enter commerce through sale, barter or trade.

The term “commercial fishing operation” means— (A) the catching or harvesting of fish, shrimp, lobsters, urchins, seaweed, shellfish, or other aquatic species or products of such s

The term “commercial fishing vessel” means a vessel used by a family fisherman to carry out a commercial fishing operation. / The term “commercial fishing vessel” or “fishing vesse

See Insurance.

Commercial intercourse between the inhabitants of territory in insurrection and those of territory not in insurrection, except under the license of the President, and according to

by a universally recognized principle of public law, commercial intercourse between states at war with each other, is interdicted. It needs no special declaration on the part of th

The term "commercial inverter" means an inverter which— (i) is suitable for commercial or utility-scale applications, (ii) has a rated output of 208, 480, 600, or 800 vol

The term “commercial item” has the meaning provided such term by section 403(12) of this title. / As used in this subchapter, the terms “commercial item”, “nondevelopmental item”,

The term “commercialization” means the stage in the development or advancement of a technology at which point private enterprise is willing to invest in a full-scale production fac

The term “commercialization” or “commercialize” includes— (A) activities associated with the development of alternative agricultural products or industrial plants; (B) the applicat

A phrase employed to denote those branches of the law which relate to the rights of property and relations of persons engaged in commerce. This term denotes more than the phrase "m

"commercial lending company" means any institution, other than a bank or an organization operating under section 25 of the Federal Reserve Act [12 U.S.C. 601 et seq.], or

any loan other than a loan to an individual for personal, family, household, or charitable purposes, including the purchase of retail installment loans or commercial paper, certifi

The term "commercially available off-the-shelf", has the meaning provided in section 104 of title 41. / The term “commercially available off-the-shelf”, has the meaning p

The term “commercially available off-the-shelf item”— (A) means any item of supply (including construction material) that is— (i) a commercial item, as defined by section 2.101 of

The term "commercially available steelmaking" means the current production method of iron, steel, and steel mill products.

For purposes of this section, the term “commercially impracticable” means, with respect to any requirement applicable to a cable operator, that it is commercially impracticable for

substantial tonnage being sold in a raw state provides conclusive proof that, when extracted from the mine, the fire clay and shale are in such a state that they are ready for indu

the term “commercially reasonable, market-based terms” means— (A) a nondiscriminatory price for the sale of the covered product at or below, but not greater than, the most recent w

only the degree of uniformity demanded by buyers; 'comparatively small' is not shown to add anything to the claims, for nowhere are we advised what standard is intended for compari

The term “commercially utilized acquisition strategy” means an acquisition of a service by the head of an agency under terms and conditions that— (A) are similar to the terms and c

In French law. A trade-mark is specially or purely the mark of the manufacturer or producer of the article, while a "commercial" mark is that of the denier or merchant who distribu

“commercial medium- and heavy-duty on-highway vehicle” means an on-highway vehicle with a gross vehicle weight rating of 10,000 pounds or more.

The term “commercial mobile data service” means any mobile service (as defined in section 153 of this title ) that is— (A) a data service; (B) provided for profit; and (C) availabl

the term "commercial mobile service" means any mobile service (as defined in section 153 of this title) that is provided for profit and makes interconnected service avail

The term “commercial motor vehicle” means a commercial motor vehicle, as such term is defined in paragraph (1) of section 31132 of title 49 , that meets the requirements of subpara

The term “commercial motor vehicle operator” means an individual who— (A) possesses a valid commercial driver’s license issued in accordance with section 31308; and (B) is subject

The terms “trade name” and “commercial name” mean any name used by a person to identify his or her business or vocation.

The term “commercial nuclear power reactor” means any unit of a civilian light-water moderated utilization facility required to be licensed under section 2133 or 2134(b) of this ti

In this section, the terms "commercial operations", "customs and trade laws of the United States", "trade enforcement", and "trade facilitation&q

The term "Commercial Operations Advisory Committee" means the Advisory Committee established pursuant to section 9503(c) of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1987

The term “commercial operations of U.S. Customs and Border Protection” includes— (A) administering any customs revenue function (as defined in section 215 of title 6 ); (B) coordin

The term “commercial package air conditioning and heating equipment” means air-cooled, water-cooled, evaporatively-cooled, or water source (not including ground water source) elect

that class of paper which is transferable by indorsement or delivery, and between private parties, is exempt in the hands of innocent holders from inquiry into the circumstances un

The term “commercial pornographic content” means any material that is subject to the record keeping requirements under section 2257 of title 18 .

The term “commercial prerinse spray valve” means a handheld device designed and marketed for use with commercial dishwashing and ware washing equipment that sprays water on dishes,

The terms "commercial product", "commercial service", "nondevelopmental item", "component", and "commercial component" have the me

the term “commercial provider” means any person providing space transportation services or other space-related activities, primary control of which is held by persons other than Fe

The term “commercial purpose” means any commercial purpose other than for the production of consumer products containing butyl nitrite that may be used for inhaling or otherwise in

Commercial purposes.—The term "commercial purposes" means the transportation of persons or property for compensation or hire, but does not include the operation of an air

Commercial railroads embrace all railroads for general freight and passenger trafl Sc between one town and another. 263 III. 206; 227 111. 496; 216 111. 528. COMMERCIUM (Lat.) In t

“commercial recovery” means— (A) any activity engaged in at sea to recover any hard mineral resource at a substantial rate for the primary purpose of marketing or commercially usin

The term “commercial refrigerator, freezer, and refrigerator-freezer” means refrigeration equipment that— (i) is not a consumer product (as defined in section 6291 of this title );

For purposes of this section, the term “commercial revitalization agency” means any agency authorized by a State to carry out this section.

The term “commercial seaport personnel” includes any person engaged in an activity relating to the loading or unloading of cargo or passengers, the movement or tracking of cargo, t

the bonds in this case, with interest warrants annexed, are commercial securities, though they are not in the accustomed forms of promissory notes or bills of exchange; that the pa

the denomination of merchandize, subject to the payment of duties, is to be understood in a commercial sense, although it may not be scientifically correct. All laws regulating the

The terms "commercial product", "commercial service", "nondevelopmental item", "component", and "commercial component" have the me

Airport, commercial service airport, and public agency.—The terms "airport", "commercial service airport", and "public agency" have the meaning those

The term “commercial sex act” means any sex act, on account of which anything of value is given to or received by any person. / The term “commercial sex act” means any sex act on a

“commercial space transportation infrastructure development” includes— (A) construction, improvement, design, and engineering of space transportation infrastructure in the United S

As used in this section, the term “commercial standards” means— (1) specifications of materials; (2) methods of testing; (3) criteria for adequate performance or operation; (4) mod

In cases where the question of patentable invention is a close one, such success has weight in tipping the scales of judgment toward patentability. Where, as here, however, inventi

The term “commercial technology” means a technology in general use in the commercial marketplace.

As used in this section, the term “commercial television broadcast licensee” includes a cable operator, as defined in section 522 of this title .

The term “commercial transactions financing agreement” means an agreement (entered into by a person in the course of his trade or business)— (i) to make loans to the taxpayer to be

Where an agent simply exhibits samples of goods kept for sale by his principal, and takes orders from purchasers for such goods, which goods are afterwanis to be delivered by the p

A travelling salesman who simply exhibits samples of goods kept for sale by his principal, and takes orders from purchasers for such goods, which goods are afterwards to be deliver

For the purposes of this section, the term “commercial use” means the provision of video programming, whether or not for profit.

The term "commercial use authorization" means a commercial use authorization to provide services to visitors to units of the National Park System under subchapter II of c

the commercial value of property consists in the expectation of income from it

The term “commercial vessel” means any vessel used— (i) in transporting cargo by water for compensation or hire, or (ii) in transporting cargo by water in the business of the owner

“commercial vessels” means those vessels used in the business of transporting property for compensation or hire, or in transporting property in the business of the owner, lessee, o

The term 'commercial warehousing' covers all warehousing practices except those strictly a part of the operation of rail transportation.

The term “commercial waterway transportation” means any use of a vessel on any inland or intracoastal waterway of the United States— (A) in the business of transporting property fo

Congress must be presumed to use the words in their known and habitual commercial sense; not indeed, in that of foreign countries, if it should differ from our own, but in that kno

Commerce.

3 Inst. 181. Commerce, by the law of nations, ought to be common, and not converted to monopoly and the private gain of a few.

By the law of nations, commerce ought to be common and not converted into a monopoly and the private profit of a few.

The commonalty or the people.

An admonition in a writ cautioning the sheriff to use diligence.

Threatening; coercive.

the term “commingled raw agricultural commodity” means any commodity that is combined or mixed after harvesting, but before processing;

(French) An agent.

In old French law. Forfeiture; the forfeiture of a fief; the penalty attached to the ingratitude of a vassal. Guyot, Inst. Feud. c. 12.

In French law. A person who receives from a meeting of shareholders a special authority, viz., that of checking and examining the accounts of a manager or of valuing the apports en

In French law. Auctioneers, who possess the exclusive' right of selling personal property at public sale in the towns in which they are established; and they possess the same right

A principle of the Roman law relative to the forfeiture of contracts. It was not unusual to restrict a sale upon credit, by a clause in the agreement that if the buyer should fail

(Scotch) The jurisdiction of a commissary.

(Roman Law) The right of a seller on credit to rescind upon nonpayment of the price.

In Military Law. An officer whose principal duties are to supply an army, or some portion thereof, with provisions. ^In English Ecclesiastical Law. A title formerly applied to an o

In Scotch law. A court of general ecclesiastical jurisdiction. It was held before four commissioners, appointed by the crown from among the faculty of advocates. It had a double ju

the Federal Election Commission established by section 437c(a)(1) of Title 2, United States Code.

office. Persons to act in a certain matter; a matter was submitted to commission; there were several before the commission. 4 Cr. 850; 10 E. C. L. R,

crim. law, is the of an offence; as there of commission and crimes:

In English practice. The opening day of the assizes. Wharton.