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claim of ownership. 1. The possession of a piece of property with the intention of claiming it in hostility to the true owner. [Cases: Adverse Possession  68. C.J.S. Adverse Possession §§ 61–63, 65, 67–69.] 2. A party’s manifest intention to take over land, regardless of title or right. — Also termed claim of right; claim…

claim of liberty.Hist. A petition to the Crown, filed in the Court of Exchequer, seeking the Attorney General’s confirmation of liberties and franchises. [Blacks Law 8th]

claim of conusance.See CLAIM OF COGNIZANCE. [Blacks Law 8th]

claim of cognizance.Hist. An intervention seeking the return of a case to the claimant’s own court. • Cognizance may be claimed by a person, city, or public corporation granted the right to hold court. — Also termed claim of conusance. See COGNIZANCE; CONUSANCE. [Blacks Law 8th]

claim limitation.Patents. In a patent application, a statement that describes the means for performing a specified function without reciting the structure, materials, or acts that support that function. • Claim limitations define the invention by distinguishing it from prior art. [Cases: Patents  101(3).] CLAIM OF APPEAL claim of appeal.See NOTICE OF APPEAL. [Blacks Law 8th]

claim-jumping. 1. The extension of the borders of a mining claim to infringe on other areas or claims. [Cases: Mines and Minerals  26. C.J.S. Mines and Minerals §§ 101–107.] 2. The filing of a duplicate claim to take advantage of a flaw in the original claim. [Blacks Law 8th]

claim in equity.Hist. A summary proceeding created to eliminate protracted pleading procedure in simple cases. • The claim in equity was established in England in 1850 and abolished in 1860. [Blacks Law 8th]

claim dilution.Bankruptcy. The reduction in the likelihood that a debtor’s claimants will be fully repaid, including considerations of the time value of money. [Blacks Law 8th]

  claim differentiation.Patents. A canon of construction presuming that each claim in a patent is different in scope and meaning from all other claims; the presumption that different terms in separate claims must have different meanings if one of the claims would otherwise be rendered superfluous. • The doctrine cannot be used by the patentee…

claim check.A receipt obtained for bailed or checked property and surrendered by the holder when the bailee returns the property.[Blacks Law 8th]