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A security checkpoint which inspects passports of travelers seeking to enter a country. … [Read more...] about PASSPORT CONTROL

construction. That which is open or manifest. 2. This word is usually applied to ambiguities which are said to be latent, or patent. 3. A patent ambiguity is one which is produced by the uncertainty, contradictoriness or deficiency of the language of an instrument, so that no discovery of facts or proof of declaration can restore the doubtful or smothered sense without adding … [Read more...] about PATENT CONSTRUCTION

An ancient court of record In Liverpool, once called the "mayor's court of pays sage," but now usually called the "court of the passage of the borough of Liverpool.' This court was formerly held before the mayor and two bailiffs of the borough, and had jurisdiction in actions where the amount in question exceeded forty shillings. Mozley A Whitley. … [Read more...] about PASSAGE COURT

maritime law. A paper containing a permission from the neutral state to the captain or master of a ship or vessel to proceed on the voyage proposed; it usually contains his name and residence; the name, property, description, tonnage and destination of the ship; the nature and quantity of the cargo; the place from whence it comes, and its destination; with such other matters as … [Read more...] about PASSPORT SEA BRIEF OR SEA LETTER

(I) contracts. A patent for an invention is a grant made by the government of the United States to the inventor of any new or useful art, machine, manufacture or composition of matter, or any new and useful improvement in any art, machine, manufacture or composition of matter not known or used by others before his or their discovery or invention thereof, and not, at the time of … [Read more...] about PATENT CONTRACTS