DECLARATION OF USE

declaration  of  use.Trademarks.  A  sworn  statement  submitted  by  a  registered  mark’s  owner averring  that  the  registered  mark  is  currently  in  use  in  commerce,  and  providing  a  specimen  or facsimile of the mark’s use. • The § 8 affidavit must be filed (1) the fifth or sixth year following registration, and (2) the year before the…

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DECLARATION OF TAKING ACT

Declaration  of  Taking  Act.The  federal  law  regulating  the  government’s  taking  of  private property  for  public  use  under  eminent  domain.  40  USCA  §  258a.  •  Fair  compensation  must  be paid for the property. [Cases: Eminent Domain    167. C.J.S. Eminent Domain § 202.] [Blacks Law 8th]

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DECLARATION OF PARIS

Declaration  of  Paris.An  international  agreement,  signed  by  Great  Britain,  France,  Turkey, Sardinia, Austria, Prussia, and Russia in 1856 (at the end of the Crimean War), providing that (1) privateering is illegal, (2) with the exception of contraband, a neutral flag covers an enemy’s goods, (3) with the exception of contraband, neutral goods cannot be confiscated…

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