Law Dictionary Definitions

automatic disclosure.See DISCLOSURE(2).[Blacks Law 8th]

automatic-assignment doctrine.Trademarks. The rule that, absent evidence to the contrary, the sale of  an  entire  business  carries  with  it and  transfers to  the  purchaser  any  common-law  marks used in that business without the need for a written assignment. • For marks registered under the Lanham Act or under some state registration schemes, a written assignment…

automatic-adjustment clause.A provision in a utility-rate schedule that allows a public utility to increase its rates without a public hearing or state review, if certain operating costs, such as the price of fuel, increase.Federal Energy Regulatory Comm’n v. Mississippi, 456 U.S. 742, 102 S.Ct. 2126  (1982).  [Cases:  Electricity    11.3(4,  6);  Public  Utilities    128,  167.  C.J.S.…

automated  transaction.A  contract  formed  or  performed,  in  whole  or  in  part,  by  electronic means  or  by  electronic  messages  in  which  either  party’s  electronic  actions  or   messages establishing the contract are not intended to be reviewed in the ordinary course by an individual. UCITA § 2-102(a)(7), 102:10UC; UETA § 14.[Blacks Law 8th]

Automated Patent System.A computerized database of patents, maintained by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office database. — Abbr. APS. — Also termed automated patent search system.[Blacks Law 8th]

Automated  Bond  System.The  New  York  Stock  Exchange’s  computerized  network  that enables  subscribers  to  electronically  transmit  quotations  and  execute  orders  for  bond  trades.  — Abbr. ABS.[Blacks Law 8th]

autolimitation,n. An authority’s establishment of rules that, in effect, limit the authority’s own power. — auto-limit,vb. “The theory of Jellinek (Allgemeine Staatslehre), so far as the writer understands it, is not an explanation either. In his view something which he calls the State, not defined, but, as it seems, a group  of  persons,  finds  itself …

autograph,n. A person’s own writing or signature; HOLOGRAPH. Cf. ALLOGRAPH.[Blacks Law 8th]

autocracy (aw-tok-r<<schwa>>-see), n. Government by one person with unlimited power and authority;   unlimited   monarchy.   —   autocratic   (aw-t<<schwa>>-krat-ik),   adj.   —   autocrat (aw-t<<schwa>>-krat), n.[Blacks Law 8th]

author’s  share.Copyright.  An  author’s  portion  of  royalties,  as  determined  by  an  agreement with the publisher.[Blacks Law 8th]