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In old Scotch law. Surety. Skene. … [Read more...] about SOVERTIE

The copyright that is obtained as a result of fixation or recording of music or other sounds (including spoken or sung words) onto some medium. The recording can protect the manner in which a performance is performed. Typically the people who claim a copyright in a sound recording may be the performer, producer, or recording company. … [Read more...] about SOUND RECORDING COPYRIGHT

When an action is brought, not for the recovery of lands, goods, or sums of money, (as is the case in real or mixed actions, or the personal action of debt or detinue,) but for damages only, as in covenant, trespass, the action is said to be sounding in damages. … [Read more...] about SOUNDING IN DAMAGES

In usual health; without any permanent disease. To create unsoundness, it is requisite that the animal should not be useful for the purpose for which he is bought, and that inability to be so useful should arise from disease or accident. … [Read more...] about SOUNDNESS

When the source code of a compiled computer program is held safely for the purchaser of a program so that, in the event of the dissolution of the developer, the purchaser may be able to have access to the source code in order to maintain their ability to continue to make use of their significant investment in computer software. … [Read more...] about SOURCE CODE ESCROW