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audit,n.  A  formal  examination  of  an  individual’s  or  organization’s  accounting  records, financial   situation,   or   compliance   with   some   other   set   of   standards.   See   GENERALLY ACCEPTED AUDITING STANDARDS. — audit,vb. — auditor,n. audit of return.See tax audit. compliance audit.An audit conducted by a regulatory agency, an organization, or a third party to assess com-pliance with one or…

audiovisual work.See WORK(2).[Blacks Law 8th]

Audio   Home   Recording   Act.Copyright.   A   1992   federal   law   designed   to   prevent copyright-infringement  suits  based  on  the  manufacture,  importation,  distribution,  or  sale  of digital-audio technology. • Manufacturers of digital recording devices must pay royalties on sales of  the  devices and  related  media,  and  build  security  mechanisms into  each  device. The  security mechanisms  allow  the  owner  of …

audience test.Copyright. A judicial analysis used to determine whether the lay observer or an ordinary,  reasonable  audience  would  conclude  that  the  protectable  expression  in  a  copyrighted work   is   substantially   similar   to   the   expression   in   the   accused   work.   —   Also   termed ordinary-observer  test;  ordinary-lay-observer  test.  [Cases:  Copyrights  and  Intellectual  Property 53(1).][Blacks Law 8th]

audience,n. A hearing before judges. See RIGHT OF AUDIENCE.[Blacks Law 8th]

auctoritate judicis (awk-tor-<<schwa>>-tay-tee joo-di-sis). [Latin] Hist. By judicial authority.[Blacks Law 8th]

auctor  in  rem  suam  (awk-tor  in  rem  s[y]oo-<<schwa>>m).  [Latin]  Hist.  One  who  acts  on one’s own behalf; a principal in one’s own affairs.[Blacks Law 8th]

auctore praetore (awk-tor-ee pree-tor-ee). [Latin] 1.Roman law.On the authority of the praetor. 2.Scots law. With the sanction of a judge.[Blacks Law 8th]

auctor  (ahk-tor),  n.[Latin  “author”]  1.  The  source  of  a  right  or  title,  such  as  a  grantor; AUTHOR(2).2. A principal.[Blacks Law 8th]

auction sale.See AUCTION.[Blacks Law 8th]