Law Dictionary

The term “Disclaimed Drybed Lands” means all Drybed Lands along the Arkansas River that are located in Township 10 North in Range 24 East, Townships 9 and 10 North in Range 25 East

The statute is remedial; the intent is to aid the inventor free from wilful default or intention to mislead the public by permitting him to avoid the consequence of inadvertence, a

By the amendment he recognized and emphasized the difference between the two phrases and proclaimed his abandonment of all that is embraced in that difference. The difference which

The disclaimer of right and title by the State was a disclaimer of proprietary rather than governmental interest.

A tenant’s disclaimer in an action for rent.

The disclaimer statute is remedial, and intended for the protection of both the patentee and the public.

In Scotch law. Disavowal of tenure; denial that one holds lands of another. Bell, Diet.; Skene de Verb. Sign. DISCLOSE: DISCLOSURE. To disclose an offense, is not to state it or co

The term "disclose" means to transfer, publish, distribute, or make accessible. / The terms “disclose” and “disclosure” have the meaning given the term “disclosure” in se

As used in this section, the term “disclosing entity” means an entity which is— (A) a provider of services (as defined in section 1395x(u) of this title , other than a fund), an in

the term “disclosing part B provider” means any entity receiving payment on an assignment-related basis (or, for purposes of subsection (a)(3), any entity receiving payment) for fu

The term “disclosure” means, with respect to personal information— (A) the release of personal information collected from a child in identifiable form by an operator for any purpos

For purposes of this subsection, the term “disclosure date” means— (A) the first date during any calendar year by which a person has made disbursements for the direct costs of prod

To deprive of an office or commission.

To deprive commonable lands of their commonable quality, by in-

The term “disconnected youth” means any individual who is certified by the designated local agency— (I) as having attained age 16 but not age 25 on the hiring date, (II) as not reg

after an agreement to refer, a disclosure and hearing before the referees, and an opinion expressed, or intimated, by them, upon the merits, a discontinuance cannot be regarded as

The termination or suspension of an estate-tall, in consequence of the act of the tenant in tail, in conveying a larger estate in the land than he was by law entitled to do. 2 Bl.

An alienation made or suffered by the tenant in tail, or other tenant seised in autre droit, by which the issue in tail, or heir, or successor, or those in reversion or remainder,

Lat In old law and practice. To discontinue, to intermit, disuse, interrupt. Co. Litt, 325 a. DISCONTINUOUS (or INTERRUPT- ED) SERVITUDE. In the civil law. That kind of servitude w

Co. Litt. 325. To discontinue signifies nothing else than to intermit, to disuse, to interrupt.

Occasional; intermittent; characterized by separate repeated acts; as, discontinuous easements and servitudes. See Easement.

An easement to perform acts at separated intervals.

One the enjoyment of which can be had only by the interference of man, as rights of way, or a right to draw water; as distinguished from a continuous easement, which is one the enj

In the civil laio. A servitude which needed the act of man to be exercised; such as the right of passage, of drawing water, and the like.

or Discontinuous easement. An easement made up of repeated acts, instead of one continuous act, such as right of way, drawing water, etc. DISCONVENABLE (Law Fr.) Improper; unfit. K

Improper.

Discovert.

The term “discount”— (A) means a reduction made from the price that customers are informed is the regular price; and (B) does not include any means of increasing the price that cus

A bill broker; one who discounts bills of exchange and promissory notes, and advances money on securities.

The term “discount card eligible individual” means an individual who— (i) is entitled to benefits, or enrolled, under part A or enrolled under part B; and (ii) subject to paragraph

The term "discounted price" means 50 percent (or, with respect to a plan year after plan year 2018, 30 percent) of the negotiated price of the applicable drug of a manufa

the term “discount payment” means the amount determined pursuant to section 13283 of this title ;

Discouraging membership in a labor organization 'includes discouraging participation in concerted activities * * * such as a legitimate strike.

to make or create something new, especially, in modern usage, something ingeniously devised to perform mechanical operations.

Not covert; unmarried. The term is applied to a woman unmarried, DISCOVERY (Fr. deoouvrir, to uncover; to discover). The act of finding an unknown country. The nations of Europe ad

The discovery must be of such a character that 'a person of ordinary prudence would be justified in the further expenditure of his labor and means, with a reasonable prospect of su

BILL OF. In equity pleading. A bill for the diseovery of facts resting in the knowledge of the defendant, or of deeds or writings, or other things in his custody or power; but seek

In equity pleading. A bill for the discovery of facts resting in the knowledge of the defendant, or of deeds or writings, or other things in his custody or power; but seeking no re

A mining claim held by right of discovery of minerals therein.

the Board was not making a binding construction of the labor contract. It was only acting upon the probability that the desired information was relevant, and that it would be of us

To deprive one of credit or confidence. The impeachment of a witness, as distinguished from a contradiction of his testimony. See "Impeachment."

A difference between one thing and another; between one writing and another; a variance. A material discrepancy exists when there is such a difference between a thing alleged and a

Aliens as a class are a prime example of a 'discrete and insular' minority for whom such heightened judicial solicitude is appropriate.

In this paragraph, the term "discrete segment" means a physical portion of a water resources development project to be carried out, or separable element thereof— (i) desc

1 1 Discretion. Discretio est discernere per legem quid sit justum: discretion is to discern by the law what is just

10 Coke, 140. Discretion is to know through law what is Just

Discretion is the selection of that which is just by the law. See 3 Gray (Mass.), 204.

Discretion is the knowledge of that which is just by the law. See 4 Johns. Ch. (N. Y.) 352.

the recipient must exercise his authority according to his own understanding and conscience.

The term "discretionary" means that a system of graduated sanctions is not required to be imposed by each and every juvenile court in a State or unit of local government.

The term “discretionary appropriations” means budgetary resources (except to fund direct-spending programs) provided in appropriation Acts. / the term “discretionary appropriations

where a particular authority is confided to a public officer to be exercised by him in his discretion, upon an examination of facts, of which he is made the appropriate judge, his

The term "discretionary cargo" means maritime cargo for which the United States port of unlading is different than the United States port of entry.

The term “discretionary category” includes all discretionary appropriations.

Municipal corporations undoubtedly are invested with certain powers, which, from their nature, are discretionary, such as the power to adopt regulations or bylaws for the managemen

The term “discretionary spending limit” means— (A) with respect to fiscal year 1991— (i) for the defense category: $288,918,000,000 in new budget authority and $297,660,000,000 in

One wherein no direction is made as to the investment of the fund. See 18 Tenn. 263, 31 Am. Dec. 576.

Those which cannot be duly administered without the application of a certain degree of prudence and judgment; as, when a fund is given to trustees to be distributed in certain char

The discretion which may be exercised in this class of cases is not an arbitrary or capricious one, depending upon the mere pleasure of the court, but one which is controlled by th

distinctions or differences in treatment that injure protected individuals.

As used in subsection (a), the term “discriminate against a qualified individual on the basis of disability” includes— (1) limiting, segregating, or classifying a job applicant or

erecting an economic barrier protecting a major local industry against competition from without the State... A State may not do this, even in the exercise of its unquestioned power

Discrimination, like interstate commerce itself, is a practical conception. We must deal in this matter, as in others, with substantial distinctions and real injuries.

That an unjust discrimination in the rates of a common carrier, by which one person or locality is unduly favored as against another under substantially similar conditions of traff

retaliation based on the filing of an age discrimination complaint.

A different measure of recovery is applicable 'where a party that has paid only the reasonable rate sues upon a discrimination because some other has paid less.' Such a one is not

Congress meant by using the words 'discrimination in price' in § 2 that in a case involving competitive injury between a seller's customers the Commission need only prove that a se

The natural construction which the text, the legislative setting and the function of the statute command, does not impose an obligation on the employer to favor union members in hi

It is the 'true purpose' or 'real motive' in hiring or firing that constitutes the test. The Act does not outlaw all encouragement or discouragement of membership in labor organiza

First, if it can reasonably be concluded that the employer's discriminatory conduct was 'inherently destructive' of important employee rights, no proof of an antiunion motivation i

For purposes of this subsection, the term “discriminatory group-term life insurance plan” means any plan of an employer for providing group-term life insurance unless— (A) the plan

“Discriminatory housing practice” means an act that is unlawful under section 3604, 3605, 3606, or 3617 of this title.

The term "discriminatory practice" means the discrimination described in paragraph (1), or the discrimination or the violation described in paragraph (2), of subsection (

A tax may be invalid even though it does not fall directly on the United States if it operates so as to discriminate against the Government or those with whom it deals. A State may

Release from encumbrance or lien.

In civil law. A proceeding, on the part of a surety, by which the property of the principal debtor is made liable before resort can be had to the sureties. This is called the "bene

The term “disease” has the meaning given the term by the Secretary.

The term "disease or pest of concern" means a plant or animal disease or pest that— (A) is— (i) a transboundary disease; or (ii) an established disease; and (B) is likely

The term “disease prevention” means any activity for— (i) the reduction, limitation, and prevention of— (I) disease; and (II) complications of disease; and (ii) the reduction of co

The term "disease prevention and health promotion services" means— (A) health risk assessments; (B) routine health screening, which may include hypertension, glaucoma, ch

To release from embargo.

The breaking of the entail of an estate.

A executed under stat.:: & 1 Will. 4. C 7 1. whereby the tenant In tail Is enabled to alienate the land for an estate in fee-sim] any less estate, and thus destroy the entail. The

An assurance by which a tenant in tail bars his estate tail, so as to convert it into an estate in fee, either absolute or base. Disentailment is regulated by 3 & 4 Wm. IV. c. 74.

Disestablishment is a remedial measure under § 10(c), 29 U.S.C.A. § 160(c), to be employed by the Board in its discretion to remove the obstacle to the employees' right of self-org

In an indictment for an assault to "disfigure" is to do some external injury which may detract from the personal appearance. Arch. Cr. 760.

An abolished judicial writ addressed to the treasurer and chamberlain of the exchequer to search for and transmit the foot of u fine acknowledged before justices in eyre into the c

To clear of trees.

To deprive of citizenship, of a franchise, or of suffrage.

The act of depriving a member of a corporation of his right as such, by expulsion. 1 Bouv. Inst, note 192. It differs from amotion (g. v.), which is applicable to the removal of an

To deprive of the rights and privileges of a free citizen; to deprive of chartered rights and immunities; ta

In English law. To deprive lands of that principal quality of gavelkind tenure by which they descend equally among all the sons of the tenant. 2 Wooddeson, Lect. 76; 2 Bl. Comm. 85

In Fr. Improper; unfit Kelham

an "equitable" remedy or a "legal" one re- quiring a jury trial.

Ignominy; shame; dishonor. No witness is required to disgrace himself. 13 How. St. Tr. 17, 334; 16 How. St. Tr. 161.

In old English law. The depriving of an order or dignity. Termes de la Ley; Blount.

A person lying in ambush is not in disguise within the meaning of a statute declaring a county liable in damages to the next of kin of any one murdered by persons in disguise; Dale

Lat. Inold Eng- 51ish law. Disabihty, incapacity. Towns, H. 32, 64.

(Scotch) Corruption of blood as a punishment for treason.

disinheritance, depriving one of an inheritance. Obsolete.. Vide Disinherision.