Priority - Law Dictionary Search Results
interference
instance of interfering [ with contract] b : something that interferes 2 : a hearing to determine the priority of invention at issue in a patent dispute
marshal
for payment of obligations ;also : to fix the order of (as liens or remedies) with respect to priority against a debtor's assets see also marshaling
notice
of, relating to, or being a recording act in which a party having an interest in property has priority over any earlier unrecorded claims of which the party had no notice compare pure race, race-notice
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office action
setting forth the legal status of a trademark application. There are several types of Office actions: examiner's amendments, priority actions, non-final Office actions, final Office actions, and suspension inquiry letters. Source: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
patent
the inventor to claim “patent pending” status for the invention and to establish an earlier filing date and priority of the invention. A regular patent application must be made within a year of the provisional application or
prefer
prefer pre·ferred pre·fer·ring 1 : to give (a creditor or debt) priority or preference [any preferred charges such as child support or alimony "In re Smiley, 427 P.2d 179 (1967)"]
preference
a preference. The bankruptcy law states exceptions under which payments to creditors are not voidable preferences. 3 : priority
preference system
sons and daughters of U.S. citizens; 4) brothers and sisters of U.S. citizens. The employment-based preferences are: 1) priority workers (persons of extraordinary ability, outstanding professors and researchers, and certain multinational executives and managers); 2) professionals with
prime
prime 1 : prime rate 2 : general contractor vt primed prim·ing : to have priority over [a perfected security interest s an unperfected one]
pure race
a recording act in which the first party to properly record documentation of an interest in property has priority regardless of notice of other claims [a pure race statute] compare notice, race-notice
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