Law Dictionary

Principles prove, they are not proved.

Oppose beginnings. Branch, Princ.

There is no reasoning of principles. 2 Bulst. 239. See "Principles." PRINCIPIUM (Lat. from princeps, first). In civil and old English law. A beginning. In principio donationis, at

Lat By the signature, or sign manual of the prince, or emperor. The mode of excusing casual homicide in the impetiallaw. Cod. 9. 16. 6. 4 Bl. Com. 181.

The beginning.

The beginning is the strongest part of anything.

Z. Principles; axioms; bant, non probantur: principles

A fundamental truth; an original cause; a motive. See 22 Fed. Cas. (U. S.) 207.

the proper respect for state functions that organs of the National Government, most particularly the federal courts, are expected to demonstrate in the exercise of their own legiti

By this term is understood truths or propositions so clear that they cannot be proved nor contradicted unless by propositions which are still clearer. They are of two kinds: One wh

The term “principles and requirements” means the principles and requirements contained in the document prepared by the Council on Environmental Quality pursuant to section 1962–3 o

a willfulness require- ment would not directly contradict the statute's other, ex- press mens rea provisions or render them wholly superfu- ous.

The term “principles of scientific research” means principles of research that— (A) apply rigorous, systematic, and objective methodology to obtain reliable and valid knowledge rel

4 Inst. 76. We labored first with vices, now with laws.

A court in construing a contract will look at what was originally the printed form and at what was introduced in writing to alter that printed form; 2 C. & M. 539. Words written in

the most of the forms of figures or characters or representations, colored or uncolored, that may be impressed on a yielding surface;' and that 'the pictures in question were print

the term “printing-related interest” means an interest, direct or indirect, in— (A) the publication of any newspaper or periodical; (B) any printing, binding, engraving, or lithogr

"print instructional materials" has the meaning given under section 674(e)(3)(C) of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. / The term “print instructional mater

The term “prints” means newspapers and periodicals, books, pamphlets, sheet music, visiting cards, address cards, printing proofs, engravings, photographs, pictures, drawings, plan

adj. Earlier; elder; preceding; superior in rank, right or time; as, a prior lien, mortgage or judgment See Fidelity, etc., Safe Deposit Co. v. Roanoke Iron Co. (G C.) 81 Fed. 447.

The essence of the doctrine of prior appropriation is beneficial use, not a stale or barren claim. Only diligence and good faith will keep the privilege alive.

the doctrine, long recognized and enforced in both states, whereby priority of appropriation gives superiority of right, furnished the only equitable and right basis on which to de

The only subordination of one water user to another is the right of the first appropriator to a sufficiency of water for his necessary uses. That includes the quality as well as th

The term “prior approval supplement” means a request to the Secretary to approve a change in the drug substance, drug product, production process, quality controls, equipment, or f

The term “prior consent requirement” means the requirement included in the relevant FDA regulations pursuant to section 505(i)(4) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act ( 21 U

The term “prior consistent State laws” means State laws, not inconsistent with the Job Training Partnership Act or any other applicable Federal law, that took effect on September 1

the term “prior domestic violence or stalking offense” means a conviction for an offense— (A) under section 2261, 2261A, or 2262 of this chapter; or (B) under State or tribal law f

The express guaranty of prior indorsements means no more than what is implied by every unrestricted indorsement, namely, that the indorsements were effective to give to the holder

where the suit in one Court is commenced prior to the institution of proceedings under attachment in another Court, such proceedings cannot arrest the suit; and the maxim qui prior

He was not the purchaser of a legal title without notice of a secret equity. The rule with regard to purchasers of a mere equity is, Prior in tempore potior in jure.

The invention or discovery relied upon as a defence, must have been complete, and capable of producing the result sought to be accomplished...If the thing were embryotic or inchoat

To the person first applying. In probate practice, where there are several persons equally entitled to a grant of administration, (e. g., next of kin of the same degree,) the rule

The term "Prioritization Framework" means the prioritization framework developed by the Administrator under subsection (b)(1)(A).

Precedence. Thus, claims are said to be allowed priority where they are

The term "priority agency" means— (A) a law enforcement agency of a unit of local government that serves a population of not less than 100,000, as computed by the Federal

The term “priority area” means a well-defined region on National Forest System land selected by the Secretary under section 583k–3(a) of this title .

The well known principle which governs a Court of Chancery, that between merely equitable claimants, each having equal equity with the other, he who hath the precedency in time, ha

The term “priority broadband project” means a project designed to— (i) provide broadband service that meets speed, latency, reliability, consistency in quality of service, and rela

The term “priority countermeasure” has the meaning given such term in section 247d–6(h)(4) 1 of title 42. / For purposes of this section, the term “priority countermeasure” means a

The term “priority defense business system” means a defense business system that is— (A) expected to have a total amount of budget authority over the period of the current future-y

The term “priority drugs or biological products” means a drug or biological product that is the subject of a drug or biologics application referred to in section 101(4) of the Food

The term “priority flag state” means a country selected in accordance with section 8032(b)(3) of this title — (A) whereby the flagged vessels of which actively engage in, knowingly

The term "priority funds" means the difference between— (A) the total funds that are made available under this section to pay the costs described in subsection (a)(2) for

The term “priority housing” means target housing that qualifies as affordable housing under section 12745 of this title , including housing that receives assistance under subsectio

The term “priority individual” means an individual who— (A) is an eligible individual; (B) has been convicted of a gang-related offense; and (C) has served or is serving a period o

The term “priority land” means National Forest System land that, due to an unplanned event— (I) does not meet the conditions for appropriate forest cover described in paragraph (1)

The term “priority of service” means, with respect to any qualified job training program, that a covered person shall be given priority over nonveterans for the receipt of employme

It has been the uniform construction of this act, and the similar provision in the sixty-fifty section of the collection act of 1799, that whether in a case of insolvency, death or

A different order is prescribed by the act of 1898, and something more. Labor claims are given priority, and it is provided that debts having priority shall be paid in full. The on

The term "priority pipeline access" means the first priority of delivery of crude helium under which the Secretary schedules and ensures the delivery of crude helium to a

The term “priority project” means an appropriate conservation project conducted on eligible service lands to further 1 or more of the purposes of the Healthy Forests Restoration Ac

The term “priority purchaser” means (A) a resident council organized to acquire the housing in accordance with a resident homeownership program that meets the requirements of secti

The term “priority region” means a region selected in accordance with section 8032(b)(2) of this title — (A) that is at high risk for IUU fishing activity or the entry of illegally

For purposes of this section, the term “priority request” means any request that— (1) is designated as a priority request by the Administrator of the Substance Abuse and Mental Hea

The term “priority resource concern” means a natural resource concern or problem, as determined by the Secretary, that— (A) is identified at the national, State, or local level as

The term “priority review voucher” means a voucher issued by the Secretary to the sponsor of a tropical disease product application that entitles the holder of such voucher to prio

The term "priority State" means a State that— (A) is eligible for funding under the State Energy Program; and (B) (i) is among the 15 States with the highest annual per-c

The term “priority supplement” means a drug application referred to in section 101(4) of the Food and Drug Administration Modernization Act of 1997 (111 Stat. 2298).

In this subsection, the term “priority watch list” means the priority watch list established by the Trade Representative pursuant to subsection (a).

It is true that the defendant was not a party to that proceeding, and that, as a general rule, a judgment binds only the parties and their privies. But it is equally true that a ju

The principle is believed to be universal, that a prior lien gives a prior claim, which is entitled to prior satisfaction, out of the subject it binds, unless the lien be intrinsic

The first applicant.

Prior possession with subsequent title is better than prior title without possession.

an ordinance which, like this one, makes the peaceful enjoyment of freedoms which the Constitution guarantees contingent upon the uncontrolled will of an official—as by requiring a

Any system of prior restraints of expression comes to this Court bearing a heavy presumption against its constitutional validity. We have tolerated such a system only where it oper

the term "prior sex conviction" means a conviction for which the sentence was imposed before the conduct occurred constituting the subsequent Federal sex offense, and whi

Prior Sex Offense Conviction Defined.—In this section, the term “prior sex offense conviction” has the meaning given that term in section 2426(b). / the term "prior sex offens

The term “prior slaughter week” means the Monday through Sunday prior to a reporting day.

In this subsection, the term "prior studies and decisions" means baseline data, planning documents, studies, analyses, decisions, and documentation that a Federal agency

Suggestions from another, made during the progress of such experiments, in order that they may be sufficient to defeat a patent subsequently issued, must have embraced the plan of

The pendency of a prior application for discharge is available in abatement as in the nature of a prior suit pending, in accordance with the general rule that the law will not tole

POTIOR JURE. He who is first in time is preferred in right. Co. Litt. 14a; 2 P. Wms. 491; 1 Term R. 733; 9 Wheat. (U. S.) Append. 24.

Prior in time, prior in right. See 9 Wheat. (TJ. S.) 24, 6 L. Ed. 23.

For purposes of this subsection, the term “prior understated inclusion” means the excess (if any) of— (A) the amount which would have been taken into account by the lessor under su

Notice of the time when the person possessed the knowledge or use of the invention is not required by the act; the name of the person, and of his place of residence, and the place

An ancient hereditary revenue of the crown, consisting in the right to take a certain quantity from cargoes of wine imported into England. In Edward I.'s reign it was converted int

A taking in another place.

The capture, seizure or detention of a ship at sea. See 88 Mass. 373.

In old English law. Things veyors; provisions taken for the

I fr. A taking. Prisel en place; a plea in abatement in the

A taking in another place. A plea in abatement to a writ of replevin.

A dividend from the proceeds of a captured vessel, etc., paid to the captors. U. S. v. Steever, 113 In S. 747, 5 Sup. Ch 765, 28 L. Ed. 1133.

A prison; a prisoner of war.

I I. In old English law. finement; a place of punishment

the term “prison” means a Federal correctional, detention, or penal facility or any prison, institution, or facility in which persons are held in custody by direction of or pursuan

A place of confinement of by way of punishment; a public a place for the detention of debtors sons charged with offenses, and confinement of persons sentenced for an ofifense. Pris

The term "prison-based family treatment program" means a program for incarcerated parents or pregnant women in a correctional facility that provides a comprehensive respo

Same as Gaol liberties.

The act of one who is lawfully detained on a criminal charge, or under sentence for a crime, in breaking out of the place in which he is detained, against the will of the person by

or BREACH. The act by which a prisoner, by force and violence, escapes from a place where he is lawfully in custody. This is an offence at common law. This offence is to be disting

given Congress' failure to define the term in the text of the exhaustion provision.

The term “prison education program” means an education or training program that— (i) is an eligible program under this subchapter offered by an institution of higher education (as

any person incarcerated or detained in any facility who is accused of, convicted of, sentenced for, or adjudicated delinquent for, violations of criminal law ..."); see also " Agye

An accused person, while on trial before the court, is so called.

The term "prisoner of conscience" means a person who— (A) is imprisoned or otherwise physically restricted solely in response to the peaceful exercise of the human rights

As used in subsection (b) of this section, the term "prisoner of war" means any regularly appointed, enrolled, enlisted, or inducted member of the military or naval force

any order, including a temporary restraining order or preliminary injunctive relief, that has the purpose or effect of reducing or limiting the prison population, or that directs t

In most of the states prisoners convicted of crime are sentenced to hard labor, and in the constitution of the United States arid of several of the states, the right to require the

The term "prison rape" includes the rape of an inmate in the actual or constructive control of prison officials. / The term “prison rape” includes the rape of an inmate i

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