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Mint-mark. The masters and workers of the Mint, in the indentures made with them, agree 'to make, of gold and silver, so that they may know which moneys were of their own making'; after every trial of the pyx, having proved their moneys to be lawful, they are entitled to their quietus under the Great Seal, and to be thereupon discharged from all suits or actions; they then change the privy mark, so that the moneys from which they are not yet discharged may be distinguished from those for which they are; they use the new mark until another trial of the pyx. See (English) Coinage Act, 1870 (33 & 34 Vict. c. 10), s. 12. See PYX...
Master of the Mint
Master of the Mint, an officer who receives bullion for coinage, and pays for it and superintends everything belonging to the Mint. He is usually called the Warden of the Mint. It is provided by the (English) Coinage Act, 1870 (33 Vict. c. 10), s. 14, that the Chancellor of the Exchequer for the time being shall be the Master of the Mint....
Mint
Mint [fr. moneta, Lat.; mynet, Sax., money, from mynetian, to coin], the place where money is coined. The Mint of Great Britain is situated near the Tower of London. By the (English) Coinage Act, 1870 (33 & 34 Vict. c. 10) (repealing various Acts), the laws relating to the coinage and Mint are consolidated and amended. See COIN.Also, a place of privilege in Southwark, near the king's prison, where persons formerly sheltered themselves from justice under the pretext that it was an ancient palace of the Crown. The privilege has long been abolished....
Trade marks
Trade marks. by the Trade Marks Act, 1905 (English) (5 Edw. 7, c. 15), s. 3:-A 'mark' shall include a device, brand, heading, label, ticket, name, signature, word, letter, numeral or any combination thereof.A 'trade mark' shall mean a mark used or proposed to be used upon or in connexion with goods for the purpose of indicating that they are the goods of the proprietor of such trademark by virtue of manufacture, selection, certification, dealing with, or offering for sale.A 'registrable trademark' shall mean a trade mark which is capable of registration under the pro-visions of this Act.Subject to the Trade Mark Acts, the owner of a trademark has a right to its use in connection with the goods associated with it, whether or not it is registered or registrable by him, and if that right is infringed by a sale of other goods under his mark, or a colourable imitation or otherwise so as to be calculated to deceive a purchaser that those goods are goods of his manufacture, sale or mark, the ...
Brook mint
See Water mint...
Mint master
The master or superintendent of a mint Also used figuratively...
mint state
A numerical grade indicating the degree of perfection of the condition of a coin which is classified as uncirculated ranging from 70 for a coin in perfect condition to 60 for a coin which is uncirculated but may have a weak strike or numerous small scratches from being handled in mint bags usually used as the abbreviation MS as an MS 67 Morgan Dollar...
Mint-master
Mint-master, one who manages the coinage. See MASTEROF THEMINT....
Trade mark and property mark
Trade mark and property mark, the concept of trade mark is distinct from that of a property mark. A mark, as defined by s. 2(1)(j) of the Trade and Merchandise Marks Act, 1958, includes a device, brand, heading, label, ticket, name, signature, world, letter or numerical or any combination thereof. A trade mark means a mark used in relation to goods for the purpose of indicating or so as to indicate a connection in the course of trade between the goods and some person having the right as proprietor to use that mark. The function of a trade mark is to give an indication to the purchaser or a possible purchaser as to the manufacture or quality of the goods, to give an indication to his eye of the trade source from which the goods come, or the trade hands through which they pass on their way to the market. On the other hand, a property mark, as defined by s. 479 of the Penal Code means a mark used for denoting that a movable property belongs to a particular person. Thus, the distinction be...
Property mark, trade mark
Property mark, trade mark, a property mark, as defined by s. 479 of the Indian Penal Code means a mark used for denoting that a movable property belongs to a particular person. The distinction between a trade mark and a property mark is that whereas the former denotes the manufacture or quality of the goods to which it is attached, the latter denotes the ownership in them. In other words, a trade mark concerns the goods themselves, while a property mark concerns the proprietor. A property mark attached to the movable property of a person remains even if part of such property goes out of his hands and ceases to be his, Sumat Prasead Jain v. Sheojonaw Prasad, AIR 1972 SC 2488 (2490): (1973) 1 SCC 56. [Penal Code, s. 479; Trade and Merchandise Marks Act, 1958, s. 2(1)(i) & (v)]...
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