A prior planned period of maintenance work where customers or parties affected are given prior notice. Usually periodic in nature. … [Read more...] about PLANNED MAINTENANCE
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PLANT
The fixtures tools machinery and apparatus which are necessary to carry on a trade or business. … [Read more...] about PLANT
PLANT PATENT
A patent issued for new strains of asexually reproducing plants. Plant patents last for 17 years from the date the patent issues. … [Read more...] about PLANT PATENT
PLANTATION
In English law. A colony; an original settlement in a new country. See 1 Bl. Comm. 107. In American law. A farm; a large cultivated estate. Used chiefly in the southern states. In North Carolina, "plantation" signifies the land a man owns which he is cultivating mote or less in annual crops. Strictly, it designates the place planted; but in wills it is generally used to denote … [Read more...] about PLANTATION
PLAIN ERROR
Clear error that is so obvious and substantial that an appellate court should address the problem in order to ensure the justice system is not eroded. The appellate court should review and rectify a plain error even if neither party may have properly preserved the issue by objecting to the error at the time the error was made or raising the issue in the appeal. … [Read more...] about PLAIN ERROR