Farmer
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Farmer
Meaning of Farmer
One who owns and operates a farm.
Farmer Alternative Definition
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Maritime Law
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Maritime Law
Meaning of Maritime Law
The system of law which particularly relates to commerce and navigation , to harbors, ships and seamen, to business transacted at sea or relating to navigation, to the […]
World
This term sometimes denotes all persons whatsoever who may have, claim, or acquire an interest in the subject matter; as in saying that a judgment m rem binds all the world. …
Apprentice.
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Apprentice.
Meaning of Apprentice.
One who binds himself to serve and learn for a definite time from a master, who on his side covenants to teach his trade or calling. See Clements v. L. & N.W. Ry. […]
Interference
The state of things which exists when a person applies for a patent which, if granted, would cover any of the patentable ground occupied by any existing patent, or by any patent for which an application is then pending. An investigation is ordered by the commissioner of patents, for the […]
Casual Employment
Occasional, irregular or incidental employment in contradistinction from stated or regular. 277. III. 142. …
Lake
Fresh-water lakes are bodies of standing water distinguishable from rivers chiefly by the fact that they have no current. The fact that there is a current from a higher to a lower level does not make that a river which would otherwise be a lake, nor does a lake lose its distinctive […]
Ratio
An account , a rule of proportion , also, a cause , or giving judgment therein. Reason. Ground of a decision .
Heifer
A young cow which has not had a calf; a beast of this kind two years and a half old was held to be improperly described in the indictment as a cow. 2 East, P. C. 616; 1 Leach, C. C. 105. …
Representative Democracy
A form of government where the powers of the sovereignty are delegated to a body of men, elected from time to time, who exercise them for the benefit of the whole nation. 1 Bouv. Inst, note 31. …