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antishelving  clause.Patents.  A  provision  in  a  patent-licensing  contract,  usu.  one  in  which payment is based on royalties, requiring  the licensee  to  put the  patented article  into commercial use  within  a  specified  time  and  to  notify  the  patentee  if  the  licensee  decides  to  stop  selling  or manufacturing  it. • The licensee generally agrees to commercially exploit…

antiquus   et   novus   extentus   (an-tI-kw<<schwa>>s   et   noh-v<<schwa>>s   ek-sten-t<< schwa>>s). [Law Latin] Scots law. Old and new extent. • The phrase appeared in reference to the valuation  of  land  for  tax  purposes,  with  old  valuations  assessed  in  the  year  1280,  and  new valuations assessed several times after that date. Cf. QUANTUM NUNC VALENT; QUANTUM VALUERUNT TEMPORE…

antiquum   dominicum   (an-tI-kw<<schwa>>m   d<<schwa>>-min-i-k<<schwa>>m).   [Law Latin] Ancient demesne. See DEMESNE. [Blacks Law 8th]

antiqua   statuta   (an-tI-kw<<schwa>>   st<<schwa>>-t[y]oo-t<<schwa>>).   See   VETERA STATUTA . [Blacks Law 8th]

antiquare  (an-ti-kwair-ee),  vb.[Latin]  Roman  law.  1.  To  reject  a  proposal  for  a  new  law.  • Those who voted against a proposed law wrote on their ballots the letter “A” for antiquo (“I am for the old law”).2. To repeal a law. [Blacks Law 8th]

antiqua  et  nova  (an-tI-kw<<schwa>>  et  noh-v<<schwa>>).  [Latin]  Hist.  Old  and  new (rights). “Antiqua  et  nova  ….  The  technical  terms  in  our  law  equivalent  to  these  Latin  terms  are, heritage  and  conquest;  heritage  (antiqua)  being  that  estate  to  which  any  one  succeeds  as  heir; conquest (nova) that which he succeeds to or acquires by purchase, gift,…

antiqua   custuma   (an-tI-kw<<schwa>>   k<<schwa>>s-t[y]oo-m<<schwa>>).   [Law   Latin “ancient customs”] Hist. A tax on wool, woolfells, and leather, under St. 3 Edw. • The distinction between antiqua custuma and nova custuma arose when the king imposed new taxes on the same articles in the 22nd year of his reign. Cf. NOVA CUSTUMA. [Blacks Law 8th]

antipiracy,adj. Copyright & trademarks. Of or pertaining to an effort to combat or discourage illegal  reproduction,  distribution,  or  use  of  copyrighted  or  trademarked  products  <an  antipiracy group>. [Blacks Law 8th]

antinomy  (an-tin-<<schwa>>-mee),  n.  A  contradiction  in  law  or  logic;  esp.,  a  conflict  of authority,  as  between  two  decisions  <antinomies  in  the  caselaw>.  —  antinomic  (an-ti-nom-ik), adj. [Blacks Law 8th]

antimanifesto.Int’l law. A proclamation in which a belligerent power asserts that the war is a defensive one for that power. [Blacks Law 8th]