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compter (kown-t<<schwa>>r), n. Hist. A debtor’s prison. [Blacks Law 8th]

  compte arrêté (kawnt a-ray-tay). [French “settled account”] An account stated in writing, and acknowledged to be correct on its face by the party against whom it is stated. [Blacks Law 8th]

compromissum (kom-pr<<schwa>>-mis-<<schwa>>m), n. [Latin “mutual agreement”] Roman law. An agree-ment to submit a controversy to arbitration.[Blacks Law 8th]

compromissory arbitration.See ARBITRATION. [Blacks Law 8th]

compromissarius (kom-pr<<schwa>>-mi-sair-ee-<<schwa>>s). [Latin] Roman law. See ARBITRATOR. [Blacks Law 8th]

compromis proper.See ad hoc compromis under COMPROMIS. [Blacks Law 8th]

compromise verdict.See VERDICT. [Blacks Law 8th]

compromise,n.1. An agreement between two or more persons to settle matters in dispute between them; an agreement for the settlement of a real or supposed claim in which each party surrenders something in concession to the other. — Also termed compromise and settlement; (erroneously) compromise settlement. [Cases: Com-promise and Settlement  1. C.J.S. Compromise and Settlement…

compromis (kom-pr<<schwa>>-mee). [French] Int’l law. An agreement between two or more countries to submit an existing dispute to the jurisdiction of an arbitrator, an arbitral tribunal, or an international court. See compro-missory arbitration under ARBITRATION. ad hoc compromis (ad hok kom-pr<<schwa>>-mee). An agreement in which countries submit a particular dispute that has arisen between them…

comprising,adj. Patents. (In the transition between the preamble and the body of a patent claim) including; having. • This term does not limit the claim to the specified elements, so a later patent applicant’s product or process cannot avoid infringement by merely adding another claim element. See closed-ended claim under PA-TENT CLAIM. [Blacks Law 8th]