Law Dictionary Definitions

flat money.See fiat money under MONEY.[Blacks Law 8th]

flat money.See fiat money under MONEY.[Blacks Law 8th]

flat cancellation.See CANCELLATION.[Blacks Law 8th]

flat bond.See BOND(3).[Blacks Law 8th]

flat,adv. Without an allowance or charge for accrued interest <the stock was sold flat>. flat,n. A house in a larger block; an apartment.[Blacks Law 8th]

flash-of-genius rule.Patents. The now-defunct principle that a device is not patentable if it was invented as the result of trial and error rather than a “flash of creative genius.” • The rule, which takes its name from language in Cuno Engineering Corp. v. Automatic Devices Corp., 314 U.S. 84, 91, 62 S.Ct. 37, 41 (1941),…

flash of genius.See EUREKA MOMENT.[Blacks Law 8th]

flagrante delicto.See IN FLAGRANTE DELICTO.[Blacks Law 8th]

flagrans bellum (flay-granz bel-<<schwa>>m). [Latin “raging war”] A war currently being waged.[Blacks Law 8th]

flag desecration.The act of mutilating, defacing, burning, or flagrantly misusing a flag. • Flag desecration is constitutionally protected as a form of free speech. United States v. Eichman, 496 U.S. 310, 110 S.Ct. 2404 (1990). [Cases: United States 5.5.][Blacks Law 8th]