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antigraphus   (an-tig-r<<schwa>>-f<<schwa>>s),   n.[Law   Latin]   Hist.   An   officer   who maintains tax revenues; a comptroller. [Blacks Law 8th]

antifraud rule.See RULE10b-5. [Blacks Law 8th]

anti-evolution  statute.Hist.  A  law  that  forbids  the  teaching  of  the  theory  of  evolution  in schools.  •  Such  statutes  were  held  unconstitutional  as  violative  of  the  Establishment  Clause  in Epperson  v.  Arkansas,  393  U.S. 97,  89  S.Ct. 266  (1968).  —  Also  termed  evolution  statute.  See CREATIONISM. [Blacks Law 8th]

antidumping tariff.See TARIFF(2). [Blacks Law 8th]

antidilution act.Trademarks. A statute  prohibiting actions that are likely  to  lessen,  diminish, or erode a famous mark’s capacity to identify and distinguish goods and services, without regard to  whether  the  action  creates  a  likelihood  of  confusion,  mistake,  or  deception.  •  The  Federal Trademark Dilution Act provides relief against another’s commercial use of a mark or…

antidissection  rule.Trademarks.  A  rule,  applied  in  comparing  potentially  conflicting  marks, that requires that the  marks be  compared as a whole  or as they are  viewed by consumers in the marketplace,  not  broken  down  into  their  component  parts.  •  The  antidissection  rule  does  not A preclude  an  analysis  of  the  dominant  and  subordinate  features  of  a …

antidilution   provision.A   convertible-security   provision   that   safeguards   the   conversion privilege from share splits, share dividends, or other transactions that might affect the conversion ratio.  See  CONVERSION  RATIO;  DI-LUTION(2).  [Cases:  Corporations    66,  116.  C.J.S. Corporations §§ 177–179, 233–240, 242.] [Blacks Law 8th]

antidestruction clause.A  provision in a security  protecting a shareholder’s conversion rights, in  the  event  of  a  merger,  by  granting  the  shareholder  a  right  to  convert  the  securities  into  the securities  that  will  replace  the  com-pany’s  stock  when  the  merger  is  complete.  See  convertible security under SECURITY. [Blacks Law 8th]

antidestructibility statute.See DESTRUCTIBILITY OF CONTINGENT REMAINDERS. [Blacks Law 8th]

antideficiency statute.See antideficiency legislation under LEGISLATION. [Blacks Law 8th]