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PPO. abbr. 1.PREFERRED-PROVIDER ORGANIZATION. 2. See permanent protective order under PROTECTIVE ORDER. [Blacks Law 8th]

PPI. abbr. POLICY PROOF OF INTEREST. [Blacks Law 8th]

PPA. abbr. 1. See provisional application under PATENT APPLICATION. 2. PLANT PATENT ACT. [Blacks Law 8th]

p.p. abbr. 1.PER PROCURATIONEM. 2.PROPRIA PERSONA. [Blacks Law 8th]

power to inspect.Patents. The authority of a third party to review a patent application. • The power may be given by the applicant or an assignee, often to a potential buyer. It must specify which application the person is authorized to see, and it becomes part of the record of the application. See ACCESS(4), (5).…

power politics. Int’l law. An approach to foreign policy that encourages a nation to use its economic and military strength to enlarge its own power as an end in itself; a system in which a country is willing to bring its economic and (esp.) military strength to bear in an effort to increase its own…

power over other persons. See AUTHORITY (1). [Blacks Law 8th]

power over oneself. See CAPACITY (2). [Blacks Law 8th]

power of termination. A future interest retained by a grantor after conveying a fee simple subject to a condition subsequent, so that the grantee’s estate terminates (upon breach of the condition) only if the grantor exercises the right to retake it. — Also termed right of entry; right of reentry; right of entry for breach…

power-of-sale foreclosure. See FORECLOSURE. [Blacks Law 8th]