Law terms starting with E

221 terms

E pluribus unum One out of many; one composed of many (the motto of the United States, one government formed of many states).
e-Commerce electronic commerce
e-Discovery The collection, preparation, review and production of electronic documents in litigation discovery.
e-Discovery Amendments or Electronic Discovery Amendments Amendments to the U.S. Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, which became effective on December 1, 2006.
e-Gov electronic government
e-mail Electronic mail or computer-based mail
E-mail Message Store. A top most e-mail message store is the location in which an e-mail system stores its data.
EA enterprise architecture
EAI enterprise application integration
EAST Examiner Automated Search Tools - a system used by patent examiners within the USPTO
EBC Electronic Business Center - includes links to Patents EBC and Trademarks EBC a web page containing hyperlinks to all online systems for conducting…
ECM Enterprise content management.
eComm electronic commerce portal
eDAN Electronic Desktop Application Navigator
EDD (Electronic Data Discovery) The process of gathering, reviewing and producing of documents in electronic format.
EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) Eliminating forms altogether by encoding the data as close as possible to the point of the transaction; automated business information exchange.
EDMS (Electronic Document Management System) A system to electronically manage documents during all life cycles. See Electronic Document Management.
EDS Enterprise Directory Services
EDW Enterprise Data Warehouse
Effective Date The date on which an insurance policy becomes effective.
EFP Electronic Filing Partnership
EFS Electronic Filing System (for patent applications) supports secure electronic filing of Patent application documents via the Internet
EFS-ABX Electronic Filing System Ã¯Â¿Â½ Application Body eXtensible Markup Language authoring tool (for patent applications); superceded by EFS-Web
EFS-Web Electronic Filing System - web-based filing using PDF files See About EFS-Web for more
EFT Electronic Funds Transfer
EGA (Extended Graphics Adapter) See VGA.
EIA Electronic Industries Association EIM
EISA (Extended Industry Standard Architecture) One of the standard buses used for PCs.
Ejecución de fallo referente a ingresos Un método para cumplir con un fallo judicial mediante el embargo de una parte del sueldo del demandado
Ejecución hipotecaria Un procedimiento mediante el cual un acreedor hipotecario (generalmente un banco) busca adquirir el título de la propiedad del deudor hipotecario (por…
Election The choice by the applicant of the invention to be prosecuted and, hence, the claims to be examined. MPEP 818, MPEP 809.02(a), MPEP 809.02(b), MPEP 818.
election (PCT) an indication made by applicant, in the Demand for an International Application filed under the Patent Cooperation Treaty, as to the Contracting States in…
Electronic Discovery The process of collecting (also called harvesting), preparing, reviewing, and producing electronic documents in the context of the legal process These…
Electronic Discovery Reference Model (EDRM) Glossary The EDRM Glossary for electronic discovery is a working compilation of key terms gathered from member organizations of the EDRM, including RenewData, and…
Electronic Document Management For paper documents, involves imaging, indexing/coding and archiving of scanned documents/images, and thereafter electronically managing them during all…
Electronic Evidence According to Black's law dictionary, evidence is 'any species of proof, or probative matter, legally presented at the trial of an issue, by the act of…
Electronic File Processing Generally includes extraction of metadata from files, identification of duplicates/de-duplication and rendering of data into delimited format.
electronic file wrapper a system that provides a way to access electronic copies of the correspondence, documents and other pertinent records used in considering a particular case
Electronic Image An electronic or digital picture of a document (e.g. TIFF, PDF, etc.).
Electronic Image Management (EIM) A term coined to indicate the creation, management and structure of electronic images (TIF, PDF, GIF, JPG, etc.) within an organization.
Electronic Mail (Email) Electronic communication generally in the form of text messages.
Electronic Mail Message Commonly referred to as e-mail, an electronic mail message is a document created or received via an electronic mail system, including brief notes, formal…
Electronic Record Information recorded in a form that requires a computer or other machine to process it and that otherwise satisfies the definition of a record.
Electronic Search In the context of e-Discovery, the ability to access all litigation documents in searchable electronic form and use selected keywords to find applicable…
Electrophoresis a technique for the separation of charged molecules by migration on a support medium under the influence of an electrical charge.
Electrostatic Printing Paper is exposed to electron charge. Toner sticks to the charged pixels.
element (EH-leh-ment) A basic part of a whole. In chemistry, refers to a simple substance that cannot be broken down into smaller parts or changed into another…
Element of Claim A (usually indented) portion of the body of a patent claim that describes a feature of an invention and that interrelates the feature with the other…
Elements of a Crime If you were to take a criminal statute and break it down into each of the parts that the prosecution has to prove beyond a reasonable doubt, each part…
Em In any print, font or size is equal to the width of the letter M in that font and size.
Email the whole of an electronic document containing the message envelope and message content (attachments, etc.).
Email address An electronic mail address. Internet email addresses follow the formula user- ID@domain-name; other email protocols may use different address formats.
Email Message Store A top most e-mail message store is the location in which an e-mail system stores its data.
Email Metadata Data stored in the email about the email. Often this data is not even viewable in the email client application used to create the email.
Email String A series of emails linked together by email responses or forwards. The series of email messages created through multiple responses and answers to an…
Embargo de créditos o bienes en posesión de terceros Método para hacer cumplir el pago de una deuda pendiente, mediante el embargo de bienes o créditos del deudor que se encuentran en manos de un tercero.
Embodiment a manner in which an invention can be made, used, practiced or expressed
Emeritus Retired from official active duties.
Eminent Domain When a government takes private property for public use. The owner receives payment for its fair market value.
en banc "In the bench" or "full bench." Refers to court sessions with the entire membership of a court participating rather than the usual quorum. U.S.
En Relación con una única parte Por o a instancia de una unica parte, en un juicio o procedimiento, sin la presencia de la otra parte.
Enablement Support within a disclosure of a claimed invention. Enablement occurs when a person skilled in th art to which the invention pertains is taught how to…
enacted Once legislation has passed both chambers of Congress in identical form, been signed into law by the President, become law without his signature, or…
Encabezamiento El encabezamiento de una presentación (pleading) o del expediente de un juicio, indicando las partes, el tribunal, el número del caso y otros datos…
Encryption A procedure that renders the contents of a message or file unintelligible to anyone not authorized to read it.
encryption key A data value that is used to encrypt and decrypt data. The number of bits in the encryption key is a rough measure of the encryption strength; generally…
Encyclopedia A book or series of books arranged alphabetically by topics containing information on specific areas of law.
End Document Number or End Doc# The last single page image of a document.
Endorser A small printer in a scanner that adds a document-control number or other endorsement to each scanned sheet.
enforceability of patent the right of the patent owner to bring an infringement suit against a party who, without permission, makes, uses or sells the claimed invention.
engrossed bill The official copy of a bill or joint resolution passed by the Senate and certified by the Secretary of the Senate.
Enhanced Titles A meaningful/descriptive title for a document. The opposite of Verbatim Titles.
Enjoin Direct or impose by court order.
Enjoining An order by the court telling a person to stop performing a specific act.
enrolled bill The final copy of a bill or joint resolution which has passed both chambers in identical form.
Enterprise Architecture Framework for how software, computing, storage and networking systems should integrate and operate to meet the changing needs across an entire business
Enterprise User Information (EUI) Email, including attachments, and user files.
entitlement A Federal program or provision of law that requires payments to any person or unit of government that meets the eligibility criteria established by law.
entity A legally recognized organization.
Entrapment The act of inducing a person to commit a crime so that a criminal charge will be brought against him.
Entry of judgment After a defendant is sentenced, the clerk enters the judgment of conviction on the docket sheet.
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was established as an independent agency on December 2, 1970 during President Nixon's term in office.
EO Elected Office - the national Office or intergovernmental organization of or acting for the Contracting State elected by the applicant under Chapter II of…
Eo ipso By the thing itself.
EOF (End of File) A distinctive code which uniquely marks the end of a data file.
ePaper An electronic version of a document, usually in a PDF or TIFF file format.
ePAS Electronic Patent Assignment System -- see ePAS
EPC See European Patent Convention.
EPO European Patent Office
EPP (Enhanced Parallel Port) Also known as Fast Mode Parallel Port. A new, industry standard parallel port, having higher transfer times competitive with SCSI.
EPS (Encapsulated PostScript) Uncompressed files for images, text and objects. Only print on PostScript printers.
Equal protection This refers to the notion, grounded in the U. S. Constitution, that no person or class of persons be denied the same protection of the laws which is…
Equal Protection of the Law The guarantee in the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution that all persons be treated equally by the law.
equitable Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could…
Equitable distribution Equitable distribution is the division of property that is fair in view of all of the circumstances. Equitable does not necessarily mean equal.
Equity Another word for "stock." It represents an ownership interest by shareholders in a corporation.
Equivalent Equal under patent law. MPEP 904.01(b), MPEP 2144.06, MPEP 2183.
equivalents - means-plus-function claims Rather than expressly reciting a component or feature in a patent claim, one may recite a feature as a means for accomplishing something such as "seal…
equivalents - reverse doctrine of This concept is used infrequently. It refers to situations where one might literally infringe a patent claim, but due to the interpretation of the claim…
Equivocal death manner of death (homicide, suicide, accident) remains undetermined after a complete investigation.