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grantback,n. A license-agreement provision requiring the licensee to assign or license back to the licensor any improvements that the licensee might make to a patent or other proprietary right. [Cases: Patents 213. C.J.S. Patents § 351.] [Blacks Law 8th]

grant,n.1. An agreement that creates a right of any description other than the one held by the grantor. • Examples include leases, easements, charges, patents, franchises, powers, and licenses. 2. The formal transfer of real prop-erty. [Cases: Deeds 3. C.J.S. Deeds §§ 1–8.] 3. The document by which a transfer is effected; esp., DEED. 4.…

Granger Cases (grayn-j<<schwa>>r). Six U.S. Supreme Court decisions that affirmed the government’s right to regulate fees charged by common carriers, warehouses, and grain elevators. The cases, decided in 1876, arose out of grangers’ (i.e., farmers’) frustration with the inflated prices they were paying to store and transport their agricultural products. Several state legislatures passed statutes…

grange (graynj).1.Hist. A farm furnished with all the necessities for husbandry, such as a barn, granary, and stables; esp., an outlying farm that belonged to a religious establishment or a feudal lord. 2. (cap.) A social, educational, and political organization, formally called the National Grange of the Patrons of Husbandry, that informs its members about…

Grand Survey.See grand inquest (2) under INQUEST. [Blacks Law 8th]

grand serjeanty.See SERJEANTY. [Blacks Law 8th]

Grand Remonstrance (ri-mon-str<<schwa>>nts).Hist. A protest document issued by the House of Commons in 1641, setting forth numerous political grievances against Charles I. • The document demanded three primary remedial measures: (1) improvements in the administration of justice, (2) appointment of trustworthy ministers, and (3) enforcement of the laws against Roman Catholics. It was the first…

grandparent visitation.See VISITATION. [Blacks Law 8th]

grandparent rights.A grandfather’s or grandmother’s rights in seeking visitation with a grandchild. • By statute in most states, in certain circumstances a grandparent may seek court-ordered visitation with a grandchild. Typically these circumstances include the death of the grandparents’ child (the child’s parent) and the divorce of the child’s parents. But the United States Supreme…

grandparent application.See PATENT APPLICATION. [Blacks Law 8th]