Useful english dictionary. 2012.
original package doctrine — In Brown v. Maryland, 25 U.S. (12 Wheat.) 419, 6 L.Ed. 678, a landmark case under the commerce clause of the U.S.Const., the Supreme Court held that a state was free to levy a tax or license fee on imports only after the original package had been … Black's law dictionary
original package — That package which, according to custom respecting the particular articles shipped. is usually delivered by the vendor to the carrier for transportation and delivered as a unit to the consignee. The package, as a unit, which is delivered by the… … Ballentine's law dictionary
original — Primitive; first in order; bearing its own authority, and not deriving authority from an outside source; as original jurisdiction, original writ, etc. As applied to documents, the original is the first copy or archetype; that from which another… … Black's law dictionary
Exhaustion doctrine — This article is about the first sale doctrine as applied to patents. For the analogous first sale doctrine applicable to copyright, see First sale doctrine. Under the exhaustion doctrine, doctrine of exhaustion, or first sale doctrine, the first… … Wikipedia
United States — a republic in the N Western Hemisphere comprising 48 conterminous states, the District of Columbia, and Alaska in North America, and Hawaii in the N Pacific. 267,954,767; conterminous United States, 3,022,387 sq. mi. (7,827,982 sq. km); with… … Universalium
Germany — /jerr meuh nee/, n. a republic in central Europe: after World War II divided into four zones, British, French, U.S., and Soviet, and in 1949 into East Germany and West Germany; East and West Germany were reunited in 1990. 84,068,216; 137,852 sq.… … Universalium
japan — japanner, n. /jeuh pan /, n., adj., v., japanned, japanning. n. 1. any of various hard, durable, black varnishes, originally from Japan, for coating wood, metal, or other surfaces. 2. work varnished and figured in the Japanese manner. 3. Japans,… … Universalium
Japan — /jeuh pan /, n. 1. a constitutional monarchy on a chain of islands off the E coast of Asia: main islands, Hokkaido, Honshu, Kyushu, and Shikoku. 125,716,637; 141,529 sq. mi. (366,560 sq. km). Cap.: Tokyo. Japanese, Nihon, Nippon. 2. Sea of, the… … Universalium
United States invasion of Panama — Invasion of Panama US soldiers prepare to take La Comandancia in the El Chorrillo neighborhood of Panama City, December 1989 … Wikipedia
international relations — a branch of political science dealing with the relations between nations. [1970 75] * * * Study of the relations of states with each other and with international organizations and certain subnational entities (e.g., bureaucracies and political… … Universalium
