Law Dictionary Definitions

artificial  insemination.Family  law.  A  process  for  achieving  conception,  whereby  semen  is inserted into a woman’s vagina by some means other than intercourse. • If the woman is married when  the  artificial  insemination  and  the  birth  occur,  and  her  husband  has  consented  to  the insemination,  and  the  insemination  is  performed  by  a  licensed  physician,  the  husband …

artificial  force.Patents.  A  natural  force  that  is  so  transformed  in  character  or  energies  by human power as to become something new.[Blacks Law 8th]

artificial day.See DAY.[Blacks Law 8th]

artificial condition.See CONDITION(4).[Blacks Law 8th]

artificial,adj.1.  Existing  only  by  virtue  of  or  in  consideration  of  the  law  <  artificial presumption>. • This term is often used in reference to a company or a corporation. See artificial person under PERSON(3).2. Made or pro-duced by a human or human intervention rather than by nature <artificial condition>.3. Of or relating to artifice <an…

artificer. 1. A skilled worker, such as a mechanic or craftsman; an artisan. 2. One who builds or contrives; an inventor.[Blacks Law 8th]

artifice (ahr-t<<schwa>>-fis). A clever plan or idea, esp. one intended to deceive.[Blacks Law 8th]

Articuli super Cartas (ahr-tik-y<<schwa>>-lIs[y]oo-p<<schwa>>r kahr-t<<schwa>>s). [Law Latin  “articles  upon  the  charters”]  Hist.  A  statute  passed  in  1300  to  confirm  and  enlarge  many particulars of Magna Carta and the Forest Charter.[Blacks Law 8th]

articulo mortis.See IN ARTICULO MORTIS.[Blacks Law 8th]

Articuli   Cleri   (ahr-tik-y<<schwa>>-lIkleer-I).   [Law   Latin]   See   ARTICLES   OF   THE CLERGY .[Blacks Law 8th]