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French law. Persons who compete or aspire to the same office, rank or employment. As an English word in common use, it has a much wider application. … [Read more...] about COMPETITORS

The compensation or set-off of one crime against another; for example, in questions of divorce, where one party claims the divorce on the ground of adultery of his or her companion, the latter may show that the complainant has been guilty of the same offence, and having himself violated the contract, he cannot complain of its violation on the other side. This principle is … [Read more...] about COMPENSATIO CRIMINIS

A literary production, composed of the works of others, and arranged in some methodical manner. 2. When a compilation requires in its execution taste, learning, discrimination and intellectual labor, it is an object of copyright. … [Read more...] about COMPILATION

(A) chancery practice. The performance of that which a court of chancery orders to be done on relieving a party who has broken a condition, which is to place the opposite party in no worse situation than if the condition had not been broken. 2. Courts of equity will not relieve from the consequences of a broken condition, unless compensation can be made to the opposite party. … [Read more...] about COMPENSATION

To compile is to copy from various authors into one work. Between a compilation and an abridgment there is a clear distinction. A compilation consists of selected extracts from different authors; an abridgment is a condensation of the views of one author. Story v. Holcombe, 4 McLean, 306, 814, Fed. Cas. No. 13,497. Compilation. A literary production, composed of the works of … [Read more...] about COMPILE