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Berkeley Technology Law Journal … [Read more...] about Berkeley Tech. L.J.

The right which an insolvent debtor had, among the Romans, on making session of his property for the benefit of his creditors, to retain what was required for him to live honestly according to his condition. … [Read more...] about BENEFICIUM COMPETENTIAE

Latin for more favorable construction is to be placed on general or doubtful words. If words are very general or doubtful, it is preferred to have a more liberal interpretation of the words. This is a rule of construction that were words have a vague meaning and the actual intent and meaning is in doubt, they are to be interpreted liberally so as to try to give the intention … [Read more...] about BENIGNIOR SENTENTIA IN VERBIS GENERALIBUS SEU DUBIIS EST PREFERENDA

The international copyright treaty that has been agreed and subscribed to by over 75 countries. The treaty is called the Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works and was signed in Berne, Switzerland in 1886 … [Read more...] about BERNE CONVENTION

Advantage; profit; privilege. Fitch v. Bates, 11 Barb. (N. Y.) 473; Synod of Dakota v. State, 2 S. D. 366, 50 N. W. 632, 14 L. R, A. 418; Winthrop Co. v. Clinton, 196 Pa. 472, 46 Atl. 435, 79 Am. St Rep. 729. In the law of eminent domain, it is a rule that, in assessing damages for private property taken or injured for public use, "special benefits" may be set off against the … [Read more...] about BENEFIT