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the term “meaningful disruption”— (A) means a change in production that is reasonably likely to lead to a reduction in the supply of a drug by a manufacturer that is more than negl

due process requires, at a minimum, that absent a countervailing state interest of overriding significance, persons forced to settle their claims of right and duty through the judi

all through the Constitution, — and that is a "statute "of the United States.

the average elevation of all the daily lower low tides occurring over a period of 18.6 years.

A middle between two extremes, whether applied to persons, things or time,

1. The instrument or agency through which an end or purpose is accomplished. 2, Resources; available property; money or property, as an available instrumentality for effecting a pu

all through the constitution, and that is 'a statute of the United States.' Tennessee v. Davis, 100 U.S. 264.

The term “means of conveyance” means any personal property used for or intended for use for the movement of any other personal property. / The term “means of conveyance” means any

The term “means of emission limitation” means a system of continuous emission reduction (including the use of specific technology or fuels with specified pollution characteristics)

the term “means of identification” means any name or number that may be used, alone or in conjunction with any other information, to identify a specific individual, including any—

Wherever inquiry is a duty, the party bound to make it is affected with knowledge of all which he would have discovered had he performed the duty. Means of knowledge with the duty

All those resources from which the necessaries and comforts of life are or may be supplied, such' as lands, goods, salaries, wages, or other sources of income. Meidel v. Anthis, 71

Being an original and reserved power, and the judicial officers appointed under it being a means or instrumentality employed to carry it into effect, the right and necessity of its

“Means or instrumentality of interstate commerce” includes any facility of a national securities exchange. / “Means or instrumentality of interstate commerce” includes any facility

The term “means-tested Federal benefit program” means any of the following: (i) The supplemental security income program under title XVI of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1381

or MESE (Norman French). A house. Litt. §§ 74, 251.

Norman-French for a house. Litt §§ 74, 251

A house.

A corruption of Maiaon do Dieu.

See Weight, 1; Inspection, 1; MORE OR Less. Measure of damages. The rule by which damage is to be estimated.* See Damages.

A means or standard for computing amount; a certain quantity of something, taken for a unit, and which expresses a relation with other quantities of the same thing.

For purposes of this subparagraph, the term “measurement period” means, with respect to the taxable year of the acquiring person for which the credit is determined, any period of t

The unanimous opinion of the court is, that the price of the article at the time it was to be delivered, is the measure of damages.

the measure was the present value of the rent reserved less the present rental value of the remainder of the term

where there is no general market, or the merchandise is of a peculiar character and not staple, it is necessary that some other criterion be taken than the difference between the a

The term “measure of energy consumption” means energy use, energy efficiency, estimated annual operating cost, or other measure of energy consumption.

It makes the measure of recovery the extent of the injury, and the injury, it is clear, is not the gross earnings of an office, but such earnings less... 'the actual cost of obtain

In the ordinary sense of the word, "measure" would mean something by comparison with which we may ascertain what is the value of anything. When we consider, further, that value its

An officer In the city of London, who measured woolen clothes, coals, etc,

In old English law. A duty which some persons exacted, by letters patent, for every piece of cloth made, besides alnage. Now abolished.

The term “meat articles” means carcasses, meat and meat food products of cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses, mules, or other equines, that are capable of use as human food.

The term “meat broker” means any person, firm, or corporation engaged in the business of buying or selling carcasses, parts of carcasses, meat, or meat food products of cattle, she

The term “meat food product” means any product capable of use as human food which is made wholly or in part from any meat or other portion of the carcass of any cattle, sheep, swin

The term “meat food products” means all products and byproducts of the slaughtering and meat-packing industry—if edible;

The term “meat item” means— (A) a portion of meat; and (B) a meat food product.

The term “mechanic’s lienor” means any person who under local law has a lien on real property (or on the proceeds of a contract relating to real property) for services, labor, or m

Having relation to or produced or accomplished by, the use of mechanism or machinery. Used chiefly in patent law. See compound terms infra. —Mechanical equivalent. A device which m

A device which may be substituted or adopted, instead of another, by any person skilled in the particular art from his knowledge of the art, and which is competent to perform the s

The term “mechanical licensing collective” means the entity most recently designated as such by the Register of Copyrights under subsection (d)(3).

The term “mechanical licensing collective budget” means a statement of the financial position of the mechanical licensing collective for a fiscal year or quarter thereof based on e

A mechanism transmitting power or motion from a driving part to a part to be driven ; a combination and arrangement of mechanical parts intended for the translation or transformati

See Process.

One closely I allied to or incidental to some kind of manufacturing business; Cowling v. Iron Co., 65 Minn. 2G3, 68 N. W. 48, 33 L. R. A. 508, 60 Am. St. Rep. 471. Mining of iron i

The term “mechanical restraint” means the use of devices as a means of restricting a resident's freedom of movement.

the change with the existing knowledge in the art involved simply mechanical skill, which is not patentable.

The title to this act shows its policy and intention. It is to secure, to 'mechanics and others, payment for labor done and materials found;' and the persons enumerated in the firs

A workman who with the use of tools shapes and unites materials into some sort of machine or structure; an artisan.

The term “Medal of Honor recipient” has the meaning given that term in section 1074h(c) of this title . / The term “Medal of Honor recipient” means a person who has been awarded a

The word medals in a bequest will pass curiohs pieces of current coin kept by the testator with his medals. 3 Atk. 202; Wins. Ex. 1205.

In old records. A house or place where metheglin or mead, was made.

In old English law. A bribe or reward; a compensation given in exchange where the things exchanged were not of equal value. Cowell.

In Spanish law. Halfyearly profits of land. 5 Tex. 34, 79.

the arguments and votes of jurors, the media concludendi, are secrets, protected from disclosure unless the privilege is waived.

Men of ordinary and weak condition.

The term “median family income” means for any year— (A) the median family income both calculated and reported by the Bureau of the Census in the then most recent year; and (B) if n

The term “median income” means, with respect to an area, the unadjusted median family income for the area, as determined and published annually by the Director. / The term “median

Midnight. MEDIAE ET INFIRMAE MANUS HOMInes. Men of a middle and base condition. Blount.

A descent wherein another ancestor has intervened between the ancestor and the heir. See 6 Pet. (U. S.) 102, 8 L. E'd. 334.

Through the medium of the father. See 6 Pet. (U. S.) 102, 8 L. Ed. 334.

A man of middle fortune.

The term “media of mass communications” includes television, radio, cable television, multipoint distribution service, direct broadcast satellite service, and other services, the l

The term “media organization” means a person or entity engaged in disseminating information to the general public through a newspaper, magazine, other publication, radio, televisio

Z. In old English law. Mean; intermediate; between two.

Remotely related; indirectly connected; incident to some other; opposed to immediate: as, mediate — descent, powers, qq. v. See Immediate.

A descent may be said to be mediate or immediate, in regard to the mediate or immediate descent of the estate or right; or it may be said to be mediate or immediate, in regard to t

See Immediate Descent.

Those incident to primary powers, given by a principal to his agent. For example, the general authority given to collect, receive, and pay debts due by or to the principal is a pri

Secondary evidence (g. v.).

The act of some mutual friend of two contending parties, who brings them to agree, compromise, or settle their disputes. Vattel, Dr. des Gens, liv. 2, c. 18, § 328.

Third. The term “Mediation Board” means the National Mediation Board created by this chapter.

One who interposes between two contending parties, with their consent, for the purpose of assisting them in settling their differences. Sometimes this term is applied to an officer

In English law. Six persons authorized by statute (27 Edw. III. St. 2, c. 24), who, upon any question arising among merchants relating to unmerchantable wool, or undue packing, etc

The term “Medicaid” means the program to provide grants to States for medical assistance programs established under title XIX of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1396 et seq.).

The term “medicaid applicable income level” means, with respect to a child, the effective income level (expressed as a percent of the poverty line) that has been specified under th

The term "Medicaid cap increase" means, with respect to a specified territory and fiscal year, any increase in the amounts otherwise determined under this subsection for

The term “medicaid-eligible” means, with respect to a child, a child who is entitled to medical assistance under a state 1 plan approved under this subchapter.

The term “medicaid managed care organization” means a health maintenance organization, an eligible organization with a contract under section 1395mm of this title or a Medicare+Cho

The term “Medicaid managed care program” means a program under sections 1396b(m), 1396d(t), and 1396u–2 of this title and includes a managed care program operating under a waiver u

The term “medicaid program” means the program of medical assistance under a State plan or under a waiver of the plan under title XIX of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1396 et

In this subsection and subsection (a)(3)(F), the term “Medicaid provider” means— (A) an eligible professional (as defined in paragraph (3)(B))— (i) who is not hospital-based and ha

The term “Medicaid taxable unit” means a unit that is being taxed within a health care related tax that is applicable to the program under this subchapter. Such term includes a uni

Pertaining, relating or belonging to the study and practice of medicine or the science and art of the investigation, prevention, cure, and alleviation of disease. —Medical evidence

the term “medical activity” means the performance of a medical or surgical procedure on a body, but shall not include (i) the use of a patented machine, manufacture, or composition

The term “medical and other health services” means any of the following items or services: (1) physicians’ services; (2) (A) services and supplies (including drugs and biologicals

payment of part or all of the cost of the following care and services .

The term “medical benefit” means a benefit which consists of the providing (directly or through insurance) of medical care (as defined in section 213(d)).

amounts paid for the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease.

The term "medical child support order" means any judgment, decree, or order (including approval of a settlement agreement) which— (i) provides for child support with resp

In this section, the term "medical countermeasures" means antibiotics, antivirals, antidotes, therapeutics, radiological countermeasures, and other countermeasures that m

The term “medical countermeasure submission” means an investigational new drug application under section 355(i) of this title , a new drug application under section 355(b) of this

The term "medical device" means a device, as defined in section 321(h) of this title, and includes any device component of any combination product as that term is used in

The term “medical director” means a physician who is registered under subsection (g) and provides medical oversight for an emergency medical services agency.

the term “medical emergency” means a medical condition of an employee or a family member of such employee that is likely to require the prolonged absence of such employee from duty

The term “medical equipment and supplies” means— (A) durable medical equipment (as defined in section 1395x(n) of this title ); (B) prosthetic devices (as described in section 1395

The term “medical evaluation” means key components performed by a physician including history, examination, and medical decisionmaking focused on symptomatic and related body syste

Testimony given by physicians or surgeons in their professional capacity as experts, or derived from the statements of writers of medical or surgical works. This kind of evidence w

The term "medical examination or screening"— (A) means a physical examination provided by a health care provider; and (B) does not include an evaluation by, or an encount

“medical examiner” means an individual licensed, certified, or registered in accordance with regulations issued by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration as a medical exam

the term "medical expenses" includes, to the extent provided under the eligible crime victim compensation program, expenses for eyeglasses or other corrective lenses, for

The term “medical facility” means any facility or part thereof which is, or will be, under the jurisdiction of the Secretary, or as otherwise authorized by law, for the provision o