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mere descriptiveness
for refusing registration of trademarks and service marks because the proposed mark merely describes an ingredient, quality, characteristic, function, feature, purpose or use of the specified goods or services. With regard to trademark significance, matter may be
occupational disease
occupational disease : an ailment that results from the characteristic conditions or functions of one's employment rather than from the ordinary risks to which the general public is exposed and that
presidency
and policy-making agencies 2 : the term during which a president holds office 3 : the action or function of one that presides
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privilege
a privilege exempting the executive branch of government from disclosing communications if such disclosure would adversely affect the functions and decision-making process of that branch see also United States v. Nixon in the Important Cases section NOTE:
prosecutive
prosecutive : of or relating to prosecution [ function]
public office
a constitution or legislative act, having a definite tenure, and involving the power to carry out some governmental function
receivership
receivership 1 : the office or function of a receiver 2 : a proceeding in which a receiver is appointed 3 : the state of
REMIC
REMIC [real estate mortgage investment conduit] : an entity (as a corporation, partnership, or trust) that functions as a vehicle for investment in mortgage obligations and esp. collateralized mortgage obligations and receives favorable tax treatment
serious bodily injury
injury which involves substantial risk of death, protracted and obvious disfigurement, or protracted loss or impairment of the function of a bodily member or organ or mental faculty compare bodily injury
suspend
suspend 1 : to debar temporarily from a privilege, office, or function 2 a : to stop temporarily [ trading] b : to make temporarily ineffective [ a license] c
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