ADEQUATE

adequate,adj. Legally sufficient <adequate notice>.[Blacks Law 8th]

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ADEO

adeo (ad-ee-oh). [Latin] So; as. ADEQUACY OF DISCLOSURE adequacy   of   disclosure.Patents.   Satisfaction   of   the   statutory   requirements   that   the specification in a patent application (1) gives enough detailed information to enable one skilled in the art to make and use the claimed invention (the enablement requirement); (2) discloses the best way  the  inventor  knows  to  make …

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ADEMPTION

ademption  (<<schwa>>-demp-sh<<schwa>>n),  n.  Wills  &  estates.  The  destruction  or extinction of a testamentary gift by reason of a bequeathed asset’s ceasing to be part of the estate at the time of the testator’s death; a beneficiary’s forfeiture of a legacy or bequest that is no longer operative. • There are two theories of ademption. Under…

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