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
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BENEFIT
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
BEQUEATH
To give personal property by will to another. Lasher v. Lasher, 13 Barb. (N. T.) 106. This word is the proper term for a testamentary gift of personal property only, the word "devise" being used with reference to real estate ; but if the context clearly shows the intention of the testator to use the word as synonymous with "devise," it may be held to pass real property. Dow … [Read more...] about BEQUEATH
BERNET
In Saxon law. Burning; the crime of house burning, now called "arson." Cowell; Blount. … [Read more...] about BERNET
BENEFIT OF CESSION
Civil law. The release of a debtor from future imprisonment for his debts, which the law operates in his favor upon the surrender of his property for the benefit of his, creditors, Poth. Proced. Civ. 5eme part., c. 2, Section 1. This was something like a discharge under the insolvent laws, which releases the person of the debtor, but not the goods he may acquire afterwards. … [Read more...] about BENEFIT OF CESSION