Law Dictionary Definitions

  registration system.Patents. A patent system in which an invention is given patent protection when it is registered, without being subjected to official examination. • The United States operated under a registration system from 1790 until 1793. Cf. EXAMINATION SYSTEM. [Blacks Law 8th]

  registration statement.A document containing detailed information required by the SEC for the public sale of corporate securities. • The statement includes the prospectus to be supplied to prospective buyers. See PROSPECTUS. [Cases: Securities Regulation 25.10–25.35. C.J.S. Securities Regulation §§ 82–91.] [Blacks Law 8th]

  registration-based quorum.See QUORUM. [Blacks Law 8th]

  registration and community-notification law.See MEGAN’S LAW. [Blacks Law 8th]

  registration,n.1. The act of recording or enrolling <the county clerk handles registration of voters>. [Cases: Elections 95–119. C.J.S. Elections §§ 7(3), 36–38, 40(1), 41, 46–47, 51–52.] criminal registration.The requirement in some communities that any felon who spends any time in the community must register his or her name with the police. • Since the…

  registrar of deeds.See register of deeds under REGISTER. [Blacks Law 8th]

  Registrar of Copyrights.See REGISTER OF COPYRIGHTS. [Blacks Law 8th]

registrarius (rej-<<schwa>>-strair-ee-<<schwa>>s). [Latin] Hist. A registrar or register; a notary. [Blacks Law 8th]

  registrarii liber (rej-<<schwa>>-strair-ee-IlI-b<<schwa>>r). [Latin] Hist. The register’s book in chancery, containing all decrees. — Abbr. reg. lib. [Blacks Law 8th]

  registrar. A person who keeps official records; esp., a school official who maintains academic and enrollment records. Cf. REGISTER(1). [Blacks Law 8th]