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To strike gently with the fingers or hand to stroke lightly to tap as to pat a dog...
Pat
Pat, denotes second marriage of widow....
Judgment
Judgment [fr. judgment, Fr.], judicial determination; decision of a Court.Under the former practice of the superior Courts, this term was usually applied only to the Common Law Courts, the term 'decree' being in general use in the Court of Chancery. The expression 'Judg-ment,' however, is now used generally except in matrimonial causes, the term 'judgment' including 'decree' [(English) Jud. Act, 1925, s. 225, replacing Jud. Act,1873, s. 100].The several species of judgments are either:-(a) Interlocutory, given in the course of a cause, upon some plea, proceeding, or default, which is only intermediate, and does not finally determine or complete the action. See INQUIRY; SUMMONSES; and ORDERS; and the various titles of the subjects of such judgments as MANDAMUS; INJUNC-TION, etc.(b) Final, putting an end to the action by an award of redress to one party, or discharge of the other, as the case may be.By the (English) C.L.P. Act,1852, s. 120, a plaintiff or defendant having obtained a verd...
anticipate
anticipate -pat·ed -pat·ing 1 : to bar or invalidate (a patent) by anticipation [the patent on the compound had been anticipated by the Beilstein reference "Misani v. Ortho Pharm. Corp., 210 A.2d 609 (1965)"] 2 : to negate the novelty of (an invention) by its appearance in prior art [appeared to have anticipated a variable light makeup mirror "Wilson v. Bristol-Myers Co., 503 N.Y.S.2d 334 (1986)"] ...
dissipate
dissipate -pat·ed -pat·ing : to use (marital assets) for one's own benefit and to the exclusion of one's spouse for a purpose unrelated to the marriage at a time when the marriage is undergoing an irretrievable breakdown dis·si·pa·tion [di-sə-pā-shən] n ...
emancipate
emancipate -pat·ed -pat·ing 1 : to free from restraint, control, or the power of another ;esp : to free from bondage [emancipated the slaves] compare enfranchise 2 : to release from the care, responsibility, and control of one's parents compare age of majority, legal age NOTE: The circumstances under which a minor may become emancipated vary from state to state. In many states, however, the marriage of a minor results in his or her emancipation. ...
exculpate
exculpate -pat·ed -pat·ing [Medieval Latin exculpare, from Latin ex- out of + culpa blame] : to clear from alleged fault or guilt [a statement…offered to the accused is not admissible unless corroborating circumstances clearly indicate the trustworthiness of the statement "Federal Rules of Evidence Rule 804(b)(3)"] compare acquit, exonerate ex·cul·pa·tion [ek-skəl-pā-shən] n ...
patent
patent [Anglo-French, from Latin patent- patens, from present participle of patēre to be open] 1 a : open to public inspection see also letters patent at letter b : secured or protected by a patent [a nonexclusive license to produce and sell the product] [sought to enforce her rights against infringement] 2 : of, relating to, or concerned with the granting of patents esp. for inventions [a lawyer] [involved in litigation] 3 : readily seen, discovered, or understood [a defect] [if no bad faith or abuse is ] compare latent pat·ent·ly adv [pat-nt] n 1 : an official document conferring a right or privilege : letters patent at letter 2 a : the right to exclude others from making, using, or selling an invention or products made by an invented process that is granted to an inventor and his or her heirs or assigns for a term of years see also intellectual property at property compare copyright, trademark NOTE: A patent may be granted for a process, act, or method t...
patentable
patentable : capable or susceptible of being patented [an idea alone is not ] pat·en·ta·bil·i·ty [pat-n-tə-bi-lə-tē] n ...
Nabira
Nabira, in common parlance it means any issue of the son and is not confined only to grandson but is applied to grandchild, Shah Manzoor v. Shamsul Nahar, AIR 1949 Pat 526 (527): 4 DLR Pat 135....
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