Law Dictionary Definitions

brokerage. 1. The business or office of a broker <a profitable stock brokerage>. [Cases: Brokers  2. C.J.S. Brokers §§ 2–5.] 2. A broker’s fee <collect the brokerage after the house sells>. [Cases: Brokers  39. C.J.S. Brokers §§ 116–117, 143.][Blacks Law 8th]

broker,n.1. An agent who acts as an intermediary or negotiator, esp. between prospective buyers and sellers; a person employed to make bargains and contracts between other persons in matters of trade, commerce, or navigation. • A broker differs from a factor because the broker usu. does not have possession of the property. Cf. FACTOR. [Cases:…

brocarius (broh-kair-ee-<<schwa>>s). [Law Latin] Hist. A broker; a middleman between buyer and seller.[Blacks Law 8th]

broadside objection.See general objection under OBJECTION.[Blacks Law 8th]

broad interpretation.See liberal construction under CONSTRUCTION.[Blacks Law 8th]

brocard (brahk-<<schwa>>rd orbroh-k<<schwa>>rd). An elementary legal principle or maxim, esp. one deriving from Roman law or ancient custom.[Blacks Law 8th]

broader than the invention,adj. (Of a patent claim) having a scope that exceeds the limits ofthe invention disclosed in the application or patent.[Blacks Law 8th]

broadening statement.Patents. Wording in a claim to the effect that the invention includes forms other than the details shown in the application. • A broadening statement is usu. taken as boilerplate and given little or no effect. — Also termed catch-all.[Blacks Law 8th]

broadening of a claim.Patents. The enlargement of the scope of a patent claim to expand its coverage. • The broader a patent claim, the greater the scope of protection because more methods or devices may potentially infringe the claim. But drafting a claim broadly increases the risk that an accused infringer may successfully invalidate the…

A taxable event that occurs when (1) an interest in a generation-skipping trust property terminates (as on the death of a skip person’s parent who possessed the interest), (2) no interest in the trust is held by a nonskip person, and (3) a distribution may be made to a skip person. • Before the creation…