The legal requirement for a work of authorship to be put into some fixed and more permanent physical format before it is eligible for copyright protection, e.g. writing a book I the sand right next to the beach would not qualify nor would unrecorded speech. … [Read more...]

In mining law. A vein or lode of mineralised matter filling a preexisting fissure or crack in the earth's crust extending across the strata and generally extending indefinitely downward. See Crocker v. Manley, 164 111. 282, 46 N. EL 577, 56 Am. St Rep. 196. … [Read more...]

A regular stream of income that doesn't change over time, an annuity such as a retirement benefit. … [Read more...]

In old English law. The rod or wand, by the delivery of which the property in land was formerly transferred in making a feoffment Called, also, "baculum," "virga," and "fusti." Spelman. … [Read more...]

A mortgage loan with a static interest rate that remains the same over the life of the loan, usually for 15, 20 or 30 years. … [Read more...]