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Law terms

701. Convention, EPC The European Patent Convention. An agreement among countries in Europe establishing a system of filing and examination of a single patent application in a…
702. Convergence Integration of computing, communications and broadcasting systems.
703. Conversion The ability, in some states, to switch your job-based coverage to an individual policy when you lose eligibility for job-based coverage.
704. Conveyance Instrument transferring title of an object from one person or group of persons to another.
705. Conviction A judgment of guilt against a criminal defendant.
706. Cookie A message given to a Web browser by a Web server. The browser stores the message in a text file.
707. Cookies Holds information on the times and dates a user has visited websites. Other information can also be saved to your hard drive in these text files…
708. Copending Application or Copendency A patent application that is pending (not abandoned or issued) at the same time another, related patent application is pending.
709. COPS Office Office of Community Oriented Policing Services The Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) is the division of the U.S.
710. copying This generally refers to an infringer copying from a patented product, apparatus, composition, or process and may enhance evidence of infringement.
711. copyright The 1976 Copyright Act permits the owner of a copyright to prevent others from reproducing, displaying, performing, or distributing ideas expressed in a…
712. copyrights protect works of authorship, such as writings, music, and works of art that have been tangibly expressed.
713. Coram Before; in the presence of.
714. Coram judice Before the jurisdiction of the court.
715. Coram nobis To bring to the attention of the Court; a writ of coram nobis is used to bring factual errors to the attention of the Court and to get relief from same.
716. core proceedings Core proceedings are directly related to the bankruptcy case that arises under the Bankruptcy Code.
717. Coroner an elected official with death investigation duties.
718. corpus The body of the uterus.
719. Corpus delicti The body or substance of the offense.
720. Corpus juris Comprehensive collection of the law.
721. Corpus juris civilis The body of the civil law.
722. Corresponding Foreign Application An international patent application or a regional or national patent application or inventor's certificate filed in a country other than the U.S.
723. Corroborating evidence Supplementary evidence that tends to strengthen or confirm the initial evidence.
724. Corroboration Evidence provided by other than an inventor that shows that an important event occurred when the inventor said it did. MPEP 2138.01.
725. Corroborative witness A corroborative witness is a person who testifies for you and in a court of law to support your grounds for child support, child custody, alimony, or…
726. Corrupted File A file damaged in some way, such as by a virus, or by software or hardware failure, so that it cannot be read by a computer.
727. Cost bond A bond given by a plaintiff to ensure payment of court costs, often required for appeals.
728. Costs and Disbursements Generally, the prevailing party recovers not only the amount of the judgment but also the costs and expenses of the suit.
729. COTS commercial off-the-shelf an acquisition term refering to commercially available ready to use products that require no customization in order to meet…
730. COTS (Commercial Off-the-Shelf) Hardware or software products that are commercially manufactured, ready-made and available for use by the general public without the need for…
731. counsel Legal advice; a term used to refer to lawyers in a case.
732. Count An indictment may contain allegations that the defendant has committed more than one crime. Each allegation must be listed separately.
733. Counterclaim A claim made by the defendant in a civil lawsuit against the plaintiff.
734. counterpart an application filed in a foreign patent office that is substantially similar to (like) the patent application filed with the USPTO and is based upon some…
735. Coup de grace A finishing blow or stroke.
736. court Government entity authorized to resolve legal disputes. Judges sometimes use "court" to refer to themselves in the third person, as in "the court has read…
737. Court costs The expenses of prosecuting or defending a lawsuit, other than attorneys fees. An amount of money may be awarded to the successful party (and may be…
738. Court Docket The court docket in Superior Court is a document prepared by the Prothonotary's Office which lists the paperwork filed with the clerk's office in the…
739. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC or Fed. Cir.) A U.S. court to which an applicant for patent can appeal a decision of the USPTO Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences. MPEP 1216.
740. Court of Customs and Patent Appeals (CCPA) The historical court that reviewed USPTO decisions and decided customs cases, that was replaced by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
741. Court of original jurisdiction A court where a matter is initiated and heard in the first instance; a trial court.
742. court reporter The person who takes down each and every word said in court "on the record" and, when necessary, produces a transcript of what happened at the hearing.
743. Court rules Regulations governing practice and procedure in the various courts.
744. Court-appointed attorney Attorney appointed by the court to represent a defendant, usually with respect to criminal charges and without the defendant having to pay for the…
745. CPA Continued Prosecution Application a continuation or divisional application filed in a design application under 37 CFR 1.53(d)* -- see MPEP 201.
746. CPI Characters Per Inch.
747. CPIC capital planning and investment control Envisioned in the Clinger-Cohen Act of 1996, OMB Circular A-130 (Management of Federal Information Resources) and…
748. CPU (Central Processing Unit) The primary silicon chip that runs a computers operating system and application software.
749. CRC (Cyclical Redundancy Checking) Used in data communications to create a checksum character at the end of a data block to ensure integrity of data transmission and receipt.
750. Credit Counseling Education on how to improve bad credit and how to avoid having more debt than can be repaid.
751. Creditor A person or company who provides credit to another person or company functions as a creditor.
752. creditors committee In a Chapter 11 case, a group of 7 to 10 unsecured creditors (excluding insiders) are appointed to a committee to keep apprised of the bankruptcy case and…
753. creditors' meeting see 341 meeting
754. CRF Computer Readable Format
755. Crime An act in violation of the penal laws of a state or the United States. A positive or negative act in violation of penal law.
756. Crime Analysis Hardware or Software COPS MORE has funded crime analysis hardware and software that saves officer and investigator time by eliminating the need for hand sorting incident and…
757. Crime scene an area, object or person, external to a laboratory facility, from which evidence is identified, documented, collected, and/or interpreted.
758. crime scene investigation (CSI) / reconstruction (CSI) Crime Scene Investigation deals with the preservation and collection of evidence located at the scene of a crime.
759. Crime/Forensic Laboratory a laboratory (with at least one full-time scientist), which examines physical evidence in criminal matters and provides opinion testimony with respect to…
760. Crimen A crime.
761. Criminal Case A case where the subject is a violation ofIdaholaw, and where one party is the State and the other party is an individual or organization charged with the…
762. Criminal docket The total number of criminal cases in a district court at any given time.
763. Criminal history category The sentencing guidelines call for consideration of the defendant's criminal history at sentencing and assign numbers, or points, to relevant prior…
764. Criminal Investigation Division (CID) This division of the Internal Revenue Service, part of the Treasury Department, investigates alleged violations of the tax laws.
765. Criminal Justice Act (CJA) A federal statute designed to implement the Sixth Amendment right to counsel by providing court-appointed attorneys to represent defendants who cannot…
766. Criminal justice system The network of courts and tribunals which deal with criminal law and its enforcement.
767. Criminal record A copy of the defendant's prior criminal record, if any, must be given by the government to the defense upon request during discovery.
768. Criteria standards against which compliance is evaluated. The criteria are used to evaluate whether the laboratory activity meets the standard.
769. critical date This refers to the date of the initial placing on sale, publication, or public or commercial use of an invention. At the end of the one-year period, a U.S.
770. CRM (Customer Relationship Management) programs that help manage clients and contacts. Used in larger companies. Often a significant repository of sales, customer, and sometimes marketing data.
771. Cross License A license between two patent owners wherein each licenses its patent(s) to the other.
772. cross reference A reference (issued patent) in another class or subclass, or a reference made in a later-filed patent application to a related, earlier-filed application.
773. Cross-claim A pleading which asserts a claim arising out of the same subject matter as the original complaint against a co-party.
774. Cross-Custodian De-Duplication Dupli
775. Cross-examination The questioning of a witness produced by the other side.
776. cross-examine Questioning of a witness by the attorney for the other side.
777. crowded art This refers to an area of technology in which there have been a large number of prior inventions.
778. CRT (Cathode Ray Tube) The picture tube of a computer monitor or television.
779. CRU Central Reexamination Unit
780. Cryptography Technique to scramble data to preserve confidentiality or authenticity.
781. CSR Customer Service Representative
782. CSS Cascading Style Sheet - a technology used for webpages to format fonts and control layouts on the computer display.
783. Cuestionar a los miembros del jurado Cuestionar uno a uno a los miembros del jurado para conocer si aprueban un veredicto anunciado.
784. Cui bono For whose benefit.
785. Cull (verb) To remove a document from the collection to be produced or reviewed. See Data Filtering, Harvesting.
786. Culpa Fault or guilt.
787. Cum With.
788. Cumulative sentences Sentences for two or more crimes to run consecutively, rather than concurrently. See consecutive sentences.
789. Curador Ad Litem Persona designada por el tribunal para ocuparse de los intereses de un menor o de un incompetente.
790. Curia Court.
791. current filing basis In applications under §§1 and 44 of the Trademark Act, the applicant may claim more than one basis, and may add or substitute a basis after filing the…
792. current monthly income The average monthly income received by the debtor over the six calendar months before commencement of the bankruptcy case, including regular contributions…
793. Custodia legis Custody of the law.
794. Custodia, tutela Un acuerdo jurídico mediante el cual una persona (un guardián o tutor) tiene el derecho y deber legal de cuidar a otra persona y sus bienes.
795. Custodial parent the parent who has physical custody of the children.
796. Custodian A financial institution, usually a bank or a trust company, that holds a mutual fund's securities and cash in safekeeping.
797. Custodian De-Duplication Dupli
798. custody Detaining of a person by lawful process or authority to assure his or her appearance to any hearing; the jailing or imprisonment of a person convicted of…
799. customer number (previously referred to as "payor number") - a number assigned by the Office that is used to simplify the submission of an address change, to appoint a…
800. Customer-Added Metadata Data (any information stored on a computer) or work product created by a user while reviewing a document.