Lat. Surcharging a common; i.e., putting In beasts of a number or kind other than the right of common allows. Superonoratione pastures. A judicial writ that lay against him who was impleaded in the county court for the surcharge of a common with his cattle, in a case where he was formerly impleaded for it in the same court, and the cause was removed into one of the superior … [Read more...]

The list maintained by the U.S. Patent and Trademark office on which non-distinctive trademarks or service marks are placed for federal registration, which are usually marks that are descriptive or contain surnames or geographical names. This register offers limited protection. … [Read more...]

In old English law. Overplus; surplus; residue or balance. Bract fol. 301; Spelman. … [Read more...]

To replace, to erase or remove and replace with another. Law Dictionary - Alternative Legal Definition To annul; to stay; to suspend. Thus, it is said that the proceedings of outlawry may be superseded by the entry of appearance before the return of the exigent or that the court would supersede a fiat in bankruptcy, if found to have been improperly issued. Brown. … [Read more...]

Latin: In practice. A writ ordering the suspension or superseding of another writ previously Issued. It directs the ofllcer to whom it is issued to refrain from executing or acting under another writ which is in his hands or may come to him. By a conventional extension of the term it has come to be used as a designation of the effect of any proceeding or act in a cause which, … [Read more...]