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Public domain
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Public domainA term of American copyright law referring to works that are not copyright protected, free for all to use without permission. Examples include works that were originally non-copyrightable (items that by their very nature are not eligible for copyright such as ideas, facts or names), copyright that has been lost or expired, where copyright is owned or authored by the federal government (federal documents and publications are not copyrighted and so are public domain), and those works which have been specifically granted to the public domain.
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Term
1) Construction. Word; expression speech. 2) Contracts. This word is used in the civil, law to denote the space of time granted to the debtor for discharging his obligation; there are express terms resulting from the positive stipulations of the agreement; as, where one undertakes to pay a certain sum on a certain day and also terms which tacitly result from the nature of the things which are the object of the engagement, or from the place where the act is agreed to be done. For instance, if a builder engage to construct a house for me, I must allow a reasonable time for fulfilling his engagement. 3) Estates. The limitation of an estate, as a term for years, for life, and the like. The word term does not merely signify the time specified in the lease, but the estate also and interest that passes by that lease; and therefore the term may expire during the continuance of the time, as by surrender, forfeiture and the like. 4) Practice. The space of time during which a court holds a session; sometimes the term is a monthly, at others it is a quarterly period, according to the constitution of the court.
Copyright
Copyright is governed by the Copyright, Designs and Patent Act 1988 and is intended to protect against others copying and exploiting the form in which a copyright exists (a "work"). It does not however protect the idea behind the work. The copyright, whether it be in a literary, dramatic, musical and artistic work or mechanical rights (sound recordings, film etc.) is generally owned by the author unless he assigns the rights to another. In addition to works already created, the author can agree to assign the rights of works to be created in the future.
Free
"1) Not bound to servitude; at liberty to act as one pleases. This word is put in opposition to slave. 2) Ships. By this is understood neutral vessels. Free ships are sometimes considered as making free goods.
Without
Pleading. This word is adopted in formal traverses, and is a negative signifying "and not for;" accordingly the language of the elder entries sometimes is, It et nemy pur tiel cause.
Permission
A license to do a thing; an authority to do an act which without such authority would have been unlawful.
Were
The name of a fine among the Saxons imposed upon a murderer
Lost
What was once possessed and cannot now be found.
Federal
Government. This term is commonly used to express a league or compact between two or more states.
Government
"natural and political law. The manner in which sovereignty is exercised in each state. There are three simple forms of government, the democratic, the aristocratic, and monarchical. But these three simple forms may be varied to infinity by the mixture and divisions of their different powers. Sometimes by the word government is understood the body of men, or the individual in the state, to whom is entrusted the executive power. It is taken in this sense when the government is spoken of in opposition to other bodies in the state.
Documents
Evidence. The deeds, agreements, title papers, letters, receipts, and other written instruments used to prove a fact.
Public
By the term the public, is meant the whole body politic, or all the citizens of the state; sometimes it signifies the inhabitants of a particular place; as, the New York public.
Domain
It signifies sometimes, dominion, territory governed - sometimes, possession, estate - and sometimes, land about the mansion house of a lord. By domain is also understood the right to dispose at our pleasure of what belongs to us.
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Public
By the term the public, is meant the whole body politic, or all the citizens of the state; sometimes it signifies the inhabitants of a particular place; as, the New York public.
Public company
Companies are incorporated as either private or public. Public companies require a minimum capital investment and are designed for use as more substantial companies with wide share ownership. They may be listed. Private companies are the category which represents the remainder of companies.
Public debt
That which is due or owing by the government.
Public defender
Government lawyer who provides free legal defense services to a poor person accused of a crime.
Public domain or national
National or public domain. All the property which belongs to the state is comprehended under the name of national or public domain.
Public easement
Exists in favor of the people generally.
Public enemy
This word, used in the singular number, designates a nation at war with the United States, and includes every member of such nation.
Public law
A public law is one in which all persons have an interest
Public order-public policy
In domestic law, public order (a civil law term) refers to domestic rules and legal principles reflecting lofty standards of morality and social conduct in a civilized society, while public policy (a common law term) refers to fundamental principles of natural justice found in a state's constitution, bill of rights, laws, regulations, precedents and accepted customs.
Public passage
This term is synonymous with public highway, with this difference; by the latter, is understood a right to pass over the land of another; by the former is meant the right of going over the water which is on another's land.
Public policy
By public policy is meant that which the law encourages for the promotion of the public good.
Public service commission
Also, Public Utilities Commission. A state agency which regulates utilities.
Publican
civil law. A farmer of the public revenue; one who held a lease of some property from the public treasury.
Publication
The act by which a thing is made public.
Publici juris
(United Kingdom) Of public right.
Publiciana
Civil law. The name of an action introduced by the proctor Publicius, the object of which was to recover a thing which had been lost
Publicity
The doing of a thing in the view of all persons who choose to be present.
Publisher
One who does by himself or his agents make a thing publicly known; one engaged in the circulation of books, pamphlets, and other papers.
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Puberty
Civil law. The age in boys after fourteen years until full age, and in girls after twelve years until full age.
Public
By the term the public, is meant the whole body politic, or all the citizens of the state; sometimes it signifies the inhabitants of a particular place; as, the New York public.
Public company
Companies are incorporated as either private or public. Public companies require a minimum capital investment and are designed for use as more substantial companies with wide share ownership. They may be listed. Private companies are the category which represents the remainder of companies.
Public debt
That which is due or owing by the government.
Public defender
Government lawyer who provides free legal defense services to a poor person accused of a crime.
Public domain
Public domain or national
National or public domain. All the property which belongs to the state is comprehended under the name of national or public domain.
Public easement
Exists in favor of the people generally.
Public enemy
This word, used in the singular number, designates a nation at war with the United States, and includes every member of such nation.
Public law
A public law is one in which all persons have an interest
Public order-public policy
In domestic law, public order (a civil law term) refers to domestic rules and legal principles reflecting lofty standards of morality and social conduct in a civilized society, while public policy (a common law term) refers to fundamental principles of natural justice found in a state's constitution, bill of rights, laws, regulations, precedents and accepted customs.
RELATED TERMS--------------------------------------
Term
1) Construction. Word; expression speech. 2) Contracts. This word is used in the civil, law to denote the space of time granted to the debtor for discharging his obligation; there are express terms resulting from the positive stipulations of the agreement; as, where one undertakes to pay a certain sum on a certain day and also terms which tacitly result from the nature of the things which are the object of the engagement, or from the place where the act is agreed to be done. For instance, if a builder engage to construct a house for me, I must allow a reasonable time for fulfilling his engagement. 3) Estates. The limitation of an estate, as a term for years, for life, and the like. The word term does not merely signify the time specified in the lease, but the estate also and interest that passes by that lease; and therefore the term may expire during the continuance of the time, as by surrender, forfeiture and the like. 4) Practice. The space of time during which a court holds a session; sometimes the term is a monthly, at others it is a quarterly period, according to the constitution of the court.
Copyright
Copyright is governed by the Copyright, Designs and Patent Act 1988 and is intended to protect against others copying and exploiting the form in which a copyright exists (a "work"). It does not however protect the idea behind the work. The copyright, whether it be in a literary, dramatic, musical and artistic work or mechanical rights (sound recordings, film etc.) is generally owned by the author unless he assigns the rights to another. In addition to works already created, the author can agree to assign the rights of works to be created in the future.
Free
"1) Not bound to servitude; at liberty to act as one pleases. This word is put in opposition to slave. 2) Ships. By this is understood neutral vessels. Free ships are sometimes considered as making free goods.
Without
Pleading. This word is adopted in formal traverses, and is a negative signifying "and not for;" accordingly the language of the elder entries sometimes is, It et nemy pur tiel cause.
Permission
A license to do a thing; an authority to do an act which without such authority would have been unlawful.
Were
The name of a fine among the Saxons imposed upon a murderer
Lost
What was once possessed and cannot now be found.
Federal
Government. This term is commonly used to express a league or compact between two or more states.
Government
"natural and political law. The manner in which sovereignty is exercised in each state. There are three simple forms of government, the democratic, the aristocratic, and monarchical. But these three simple forms may be varied to infinity by the mixture and divisions of their different powers. Sometimes by the word government is understood the body of men, or the individual in the state, to whom is entrusted the executive power. It is taken in this sense when the government is spoken of in opposition to other bodies in the state.
Documents
Evidence. The deeds, agreements, title papers, letters, receipts, and other written instruments used to prove a fact.
Public
By the term the public, is meant the whole body politic, or all the citizens of the state; sometimes it signifies the inhabitants of a particular place; as, the New York public.
Domain
It signifies sometimes, dominion, territory governed - sometimes, possession, estate - and sometimes, land about the mansion house of a lord. By domain is also understood the right to dispose at our pleasure of what belongs to us.
SIMILAR TERMS--------------------------------------
Public
By the term the public, is meant the whole body politic, or all the citizens of the state; sometimes it signifies the inhabitants of a particular place; as, the New York public.
Public company
Companies are incorporated as either private or public. Public companies require a minimum capital investment and are designed for use as more substantial companies with wide share ownership. They may be listed. Private companies are the category which represents the remainder of companies.
Public debt
That which is due or owing by the government.
Public defender
Government lawyer who provides free legal defense services to a poor person accused of a crime.
Public domain or national
National or public domain. All the property which belongs to the state is comprehended under the name of national or public domain.
Public easement
Exists in favor of the people generally.
Public enemy
This word, used in the singular number, designates a nation at war with the United States, and includes every member of such nation.
Public law
A public law is one in which all persons have an interest
Public order-public policy
In domestic law, public order (a civil law term) refers to domestic rules and legal principles reflecting lofty standards of morality and social conduct in a civilized society, while public policy (a common law term) refers to fundamental principles of natural justice found in a state's constitution, bill of rights, laws, regulations, precedents and accepted customs.
Public passage
This term is synonymous with public highway, with this difference; by the latter, is understood a right to pass over the land of another; by the former is meant the right of going over the water which is on another's land.
Public policy
By public policy is meant that which the law encourages for the promotion of the public good.
Public service commission
Also, Public Utilities Commission. A state agency which regulates utilities.
Publican
civil law. A farmer of the public revenue; one who held a lease of some property from the public treasury.
Publication
The act by which a thing is made public.
Publici juris
(United Kingdom) Of public right.
Publiciana
Civil law. The name of an action introduced by the proctor Publicius, the object of which was to recover a thing which had been lost
Publicity
The doing of a thing in the view of all persons who choose to be present.
Publisher
One who does by himself or his agents make a thing publicly known; one engaged in the circulation of books, pamphlets, and other papers.
PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS--------------------------------------
Puberty
Civil law. The age in boys after fourteen years until full age, and in girls after twelve years until full age.
Public
By the term the public, is meant the whole body politic, or all the citizens of the state; sometimes it signifies the inhabitants of a particular place; as, the New York public.
Public company
Companies are incorporated as either private or public. Public companies require a minimum capital investment and are designed for use as more substantial companies with wide share ownership. They may be listed. Private companies are the category which represents the remainder of companies.
Public debt
That which is due or owing by the government.
Public defender
Government lawyer who provides free legal defense services to a poor person accused of a crime.
Public domain
Public domain or national
National or public domain. All the property which belongs to the state is comprehended under the name of national or public domain.
Public easement
Exists in favor of the people generally.
Public enemy
This word, used in the singular number, designates a nation at war with the United States, and includes every member of such nation.
Public law
A public law is one in which all persons have an interest
Public order-public policy
In domestic law, public order (a civil law term) refers to domestic rules and legal principles reflecting lofty standards of morality and social conduct in a civilized society, while public policy (a common law term) refers to fundamental principles of natural justice found in a state's constitution, bill of rights, laws, regulations, precedents and accepted customs.
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