Law Dictionary

In old English law. The rents or revenues of spiritual livings.

To alter or repeal a statute by a new one.

The annulling a law, In whole or in part, by passing a law contrary

(1) that the average person applying contemporary community standards, would find that the work, taken as a whole, appeals to the prurient interest; (2) that the work depicts or de

page 724. An act approved September 26, 1£88 (25 St. L. 496), amends former legislation as follows: Section 1. The last clause of section two of the act of June 18, 1888 (ib. 188),

Whatever else may be necessary to give rise to the States' broader power to prohibit obscene expression, such expression must be, in some significant way, erotic.

The words 'obscene,' 'lewd' and 'lascivious,' as used in the statute, signify that form of immorality which has relation to sexual impurity, and have the same meaning as is given t

material which deals with sex in a manner appealing to prurient interest,' Roth v. United States, supra, 354 U.S., at 487, 77 S.Ct., at 1310, but the Roth definition does not refle

matter, taken as a whole, the predominant appeal of which to the average person, applying contemporary community standards, is to prurient interest, i. e., shameful or morbid inter

Material may be considered obscene when 'to the average person, applying contemporary community standards, the dominant theme of the material taken as a whole appeals to prurient i

A seizure of allegedly obscene materials on the authority of a warrant 'issued on the strength of the conclusory assertions of a single police officer, without any scrutiny by the

The term "Observation System" means the National Integrated Coastal and Ocean Observation System established under section 3603 of title 33.

In civil law. To perform that which has been prescribed by some law or usage. Dig. 1. 3. 32. OBSES (Lat.) In the law of war. A hostage. Grotius ffe Jure Belli, lib. 3, c. 20, § 52.

The term “observer” means any person required or authorized to be carried on a vessel for conservation and management purposes by regulations or permits under this chapter. / The t

The term “observer information” means any information collected, observed, retrieved, or created by an observer or electronic monitoring system pursuant to authorization by the Sec

Lat. In the law of war. A hostage. Obsides, hostages.

To seal.

Ratifying and confirming.

the loss must be actual and present, not merely contemplated as more or less sure to occur in the future. If the taxpayer owns the property the loss actually has taken place.

Becoming obsolete; going out of use; not entirely disused, but gradually becoming so.

Fallen into disuse. A term applied to laws which, by change in conditions or subject matter, or by long neglect, have lost their efficacy without being repealed. A positive statute

Obsolete vessel.—The term “obsolete vessel” means a vessel that— (A) is of at least 1,350 gross tons; (B) the Secretary of Transportation believes should, because of its age, obsol

Withstanding; hindering. See "Non Obstante."

To withstand or resist the beginnings. See 116 U. S. 635, 29 L. Ed. 753, 6 Sup. Ct. Rep. 524.

The term “obstetrical services” means services relating to pregnancy covered under the State plan provided by an obstetrician, obstetrician-gynecologist, family practitioner, certi

To pile up or against: to render passage difficult or impossible; to impede or retard action, hinder or prevent from performing a duty or service. 1. To obstruct travel is to stop

Obligation; bond.

An obligation.

1. To block up; to interpose obstacles; to render impassable; to fill with barriers or impediments; as to obstruct a road or way. U. S. v. Williams, 28 Fed. Cas. 633; Chase v. Oshk

To block up; to hinder or impede/ To omit, after nothe leaving on the side of a highway anything calculated to frighten horses; 12 id. 110. See Street Nuisance; Highway.

The act by which one or more persons attempts to prevent, or do prevent, the execution of lawful process. It applies also to obstructing the administration of justice in any way— a

The offense of hindering of an officer in the discharge of his duties. See 68 Mich. 655, 13 Am. St. Rep. 373, 36 N. W. 792.

In criminal law. The act by which one or more persons attempt to prevent or do prevent the execution of lawful process.

Acts constituting the obstruction of railroad tracks a crime exist in many states, e. g. Alabama, California, Indiana, Iowa, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Mississippi, Nebraska, New Ha

All perjured relevant testimony is at war with justice, since it may produce a judgment not resting on truth. Therefore it cannot be denied that it tends to defeat the sole ultimat

The term "obstruction of justice" means any violation of the criminal law of the Indian tribe that has jurisdiction over the Indian country where the violation occurs tha

In general.—In this paragraph, the term “obstructs” includes actions that were known, or reasonably should have been known, to prevent, hinder, or impede an investigation without g

To stop up.

He stopped up and obstructed.

to gain or attain possession," Webster's Third New International Dictionary 1559, and money or property is no less "obtained" simply because something else is given in return.

Petitioner gave its obligation, not for the premium alone, but also in consideration of respondent's promise to reimburse it. Having regard to the results that at the beginning the

Obedience is due to a reasonable custom as much as to the law.

Lat. To obey. Hence the Scotch "obtemper," to obey or comply with a judgment of a court

To protest

In Roman law. Taking by the neck or collar; as a plaintiff was allowed to drag a reluctant defendant to couch Adams, Bom. Ant. 242.

“obtrusive space advertising” means advertising in outer space that is capable of being recognized by a human being on the surface of the Earth without the aid of a telescope or ot

He offered himself, a form of record entry of one’s appearance in court.

For a base or immoral cause or consideration.

For a base reason; for an immoral consideration.

(Civil Law) rent; revenue; profits.

-end fit, where the end was "clearly comprehended within any of the specified powers" of Congress).

known disadvantages in old devices which would naturally discourage the search for new inventions may be taken into account in determining obviousness

Ope consilio, which see.

or OCCASION (Spanish). In Spanish law. Accident. Las Partidas, pt. 3, tit. 32, lib. 21; White, New Recop. bk. 2, tit. 9, c. 2. OCCASIO (Law Lat.) In old English law. Molestation; t

A feudal tribute exacted from tenants by the lord.

an event or episode—which may, in common usage, include temporally discrete offenses.

Goods not actually contraband, but treated so by a belligerent.

I L In old English law. To molest; to vex or harass with

To be charged or loaded with payments or occasional penalties.

In old English law. Assaris. Spelman.

Killing.

I. In the cicil law. A taking possession of a thing which before belonged to nobody.

2 To bold in possession; to hold or keep for use; as, to occupy an apartment.' Implies actual' use, possession or cultivation by a particular person: as, in a devise of land "occup

Concealment.

The concealment of discovered treasure is fraudulent.

(Scotch) Secret offenses.

The taking possession of those things corporeal which are without an owner, with an intention of appropriating them to one's own use. Pothler defines it to be the title by which on

Occupant. See Occupy. Occupantis fiunt dereliota. Things abandoned become the property of the first taker. This is the rule of the regard to vessels and cargoes abandoned at sea, s

The term “occupant” means a person who, on the date on which the property in question is first offered for sale, is entitled to residential occupancy of the Government-owned house

Things abandoned become the property of the first occupant. 1 Pet. Adm. (U. S.) 53. OCCUPARE (Lat.) In the civil law. To seize or take possession of; to enter upon a vacant possess

To occupy; to take possession of.

That which has been left by the right owner, and ls now possessed by another.

Occupation.

That which occupies or engages the time or attention; the principal business of one's life; vocation; employment; calling; trade. 134 111. 234. See "Occupancy." OCCUPAVIT (Lat.) In

The term “occupational illness” means a covered beryllium illness, cancer referred to in paragraph (9)(B), specified cancer, or chronic silicosis, as the case may be.

a standard which requires conditions, or the adoption or use of one or more practices, means, methods, operations, or processes, reasonably necessary or appropriate to provide safe

The term “occupational therapist” means an individual who— (A) has received, at a minimum, a baccalaureate degree in occupational therapy from an institution of higher education ac

Congress has intended to occupy the field of sedition. Taken as a whole, they evince a congressional plan which makes it reasonable to determine that no room has been left for the

In order that the fee or tax shall be valid, it must appear that it is imposed solely on account of the intrastate business; that the amount exacted is not increased because of the

Possessed; used; employed.

A writ to recover land lost in war time.

the state may exercise its police power until Congress has by affirmative legislation occupied the field by regulating interstate commerce and so necessarily has excluded state act

One who is in the enjoyment of a thing. A tenant, though absent, is, generally speaking, the occupier of premises; 1 B. & C. 178; but not a servant or other person who may be there

To hold in possession; to hold or keep for use: as, to occupy an apartment. Missionary Society v. Dalles, 107 U. S. 343, 2 Sup. Ct. G72, 27 L. Ed. 545. In legal acceptation, actual

Congress may circumscribe its regulation and occupy a limited field, and that the intent to supersede the exercise by the state of its police power as to matters not covered by the

Statutes providing for the reimbursement of a bona fide occupant and claimant of land, on tin recovery by the true owner, to the extent to which lasting improvements made by him ha

(Lat.) To meet; to run against; to stop, or bar.

The term “ocean” means any portion of the high seas beyond the contiguous zone.

The term "ocean acidification" means the decrease in pH and changes in the water chemistry of the Earth's oceans, coastal estuaries, marine waterways, and Great Lakes cau

The term "ocean and coastal mapping" means the acquisition, processing, management, maintenance, interpretation, certification, and dissemination of physical, biological,

The term "ocean, coastal, and Great Lakes resources" means the resources that are located in, derived from, or traceable to, the seabed, subsoil, and waters of— (A) the c

Ocean common carrier.—The term “ocean common carrier” means a vessel-operating common carrier. / Defined in Part A.—In this chapter, the terms “common carrier”, “marine terminal op

The term “ocean energy” includes current, wave, and tidal energy.

Ocean freight forwarder.—The term “ocean freight forwarder” means a person that— (A) in the United States, dispatches shipments from the United States via a common carrier and book

“oceanographic research vessel” means a vessel that the Secretary finds is being employed only in instruction in oceanography or limnology, or both, or only in oceanographic or lim

“ocean thermal energy conversion” means a method of converting part of the heat from the Sun which is stored in the surface layers of a body of water into electrical energy or ener

“ocean thermal energy conversion facility” means any facility which is standing, fixed or moored in whole or in part seaward of the highwater mark and which is designed to use temp

Ocean thermal energy conversion facility or plantship.—The term "ocean thermal energy conversion facility or plantship" means an at-sea facility or vessel, whether mobile

“ocean thermal energy conversion plantship” means any vessel which is designed to use temperature differences in ocean water while floating unmoored or moving through such water, t

Ocean transportation intermediary.—The term “ocean transportation intermediary” means an ocean freight forwarder or a non-vessel-operating common carrier. / Defined in Part A.—In t