Law Dictionary Definitions

sanae mentis (san-ee men-tis). [Law Latin] Hist. Of sound mind; of sane mind. [Blacks Law 8th]

sampling,n. Copyright. The process of taking a small portion of a sound recording and digitally manipulating it as part of a new recording. • Sampling may infringe the copyright of the sample’s source, esp. the musical-works and sound-recording copyrights. — Also termed digital sampling. [Cases: Copyrights and Intellectual Property 67.2. C.J.S. Copyrights and Intellectual Property…

sample sale.See sale by sample under SALE. [Blacks Law 8th]

same-transaction test.Criminal law. A double-jeopardy test, never adopted, that would require the government to bring all charges arising out of a single incident against a defendant in one prosecution. • Justice Brennan advocated the same-transaction test in a case involving a conviction for felony-murder and a later prosecution for the underlying felony. Harris v. Okla.,…

same-sex marriage.See MARRIAGE(1). [Blacks Law 8th]

same-sex harassment.See HARASSMENT. [Blacks Law 8th]

same offense.See OFFENSE(1). [Blacks Law 8th]

same-invention double patenting rejection.See statutory double patenting rejection under REJECTION. [Blacks Law 8th]

same-invention double patenting.See statutory double patenting under DOUBLE PATENTING . [Blacks Law 8th]

same invention.Patents. 1. A second invention claiming the identical subject matter as a previous invention. [Cases: Patents 120. C.J.S. Patents § 246.] 2. Within a reissue statute, the invention described in the original patent. [Cases: Patents 141.] [Blacks Law 8th]