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a pais (ah payorpays). [Law French] Hist. At or to the country; at issue. [Blacks Law 8th]

APA.abbr.     1.ADMINISTRATIVE     PROCEDURE     ACT.     2.ADVANCE     PRICING AGREEMENT. [Blacks Law 8th]

AOUSC.abbr. ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES COURTS. [Blacks Law 8th]

AOGI.abbr.See adjusted ordinary gross income under INCOME. [Blacks Law 8th]

AOD.abbr.ACTION ON DECISION. [Blacks Law 8th]

AOC.abbr.1.ANNO ORBIS CONDITI.  2.  And  other  consideration.  See  other  consideration under CONSID-ERATION. [Blacks Law 8th]

AO.abbr.ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES COURTS. [Blacks Law 8th]

antlike persistency.Patents. Slang. The steady tenacity of a patent solicitor who tries to wear down the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office by prosecuting patent claims until the PTO eventually relents. • Judge Learned Hand coined this pejorative expression in Lyon v. Boh, 1 F.2d 48, 49–50 (S.D.N.Y. 1924). [Blacks Law 8th]

antitrust  law.  1.  The  body  of  law  designed  to  protect  trade  and  commerce  from  restraints, monopolies,  price-fixing,  and  price  discrimination.  •  The principal  federal antitrust laws are  the Sherman Act (15 USCA §§ 1–7) and the Clayton Act (15 USCA §§ 12–27). “As legislative history and case law both disclose, the general objective of the…

Antitrust Civil Process Act.A federal law prescribing the procedures for an antitrust action by way of a petition in U.S. district court.15 USCA §§ 1311 et seq. ANTITRUST GUIDELINES FOR THE LICENSING OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY Antitrust Guidelines for the Licensing of Intellectual Property.A set of criteria, jointly issued by the Antitrust Division of the U.S.…