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artisan. 1. An artist; esp., a skilled crafter. 2.Patents. A person of ordinary skill in an art, for purposes  of  deter-mining  whether  a  patent  application  meets  the  enablement  requirement  of  35 USCA § 112. • In patent-law terms, the disclosure in the application must teach the artisan how to practice the invention. — Also termed…

artificial watercourse.See WATERCOURSE.[Blacks Law 8th]

artificial succession.See SUCCESSION(4).[Blacks Law 8th]

artificial presumption.See presumption of law under PRESUMPTION.[Blacks Law 8th]

artificial person.See PERSON(3).[Blacks Law 8th]

artificial  insemination.Family  law.  A  process  for  achieving  conception,  whereby  semen  is inserted into a woman’s vagina by some means other than intercourse. • If the woman is married when  the  artificial  insemination  and  the  birth  occur,  and  her  husband  has  consented  to  the insemination,  and  the  insemination  is  performed  by  a  licensed  physician,  the  husband …

artificial  force.Patents.  A  natural  force  that  is  so  transformed  in  character  or  energies  by human power as to become something new.[Blacks Law 8th]

artificial day.See DAY.[Blacks Law 8th]

artificial condition.See CONDITION(4).[Blacks Law 8th]

artificial,adj.1.  Existing  only  by  virtue  of  or  in  consideration  of  the  law  <  artificial presumption>. • This term is often used in reference to a company or a corporation. See artificial person under PERSON(3).2. Made or pro-duced by a human or human intervention rather than by nature <artificial condition>.3. Of or relating to artifice <an…