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 Thus, it is said that the proceedings of outlawry may be superseded by the entry of appearance before the return of the exigent or that the court would supersede a fiat in bankruptcy, if found to have been improperly issued.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 for on its own motion. When a court or a government entity takes an action on its own account and not as a result of a party asking or making a motion to move the court or the entity to act. … [Read more...]

In English law, are lands acquired by a railway company under its statutory powers, and not required for the purposes of its undertaking. The company is bound within a certain time to sell such lands, and, if it does not, they vest in and become the property of the owners, of the adjoining lands. Sweet … [Read more...]