PRACTICE

practice,n.1. The procedural methods and rules used in a court of law <local practice requires that an extra copy of each motion be filed with the clerk>.2.PRACTICE OF LAW <where is your practice?>.

practice,vb. Patents. 1. To make and use (a patented invention) <the employer had a shop right to practice the patent, but not to sell it>.2. To build a physical embodiment of an invention.

See REDUCTION TO PRACTICE.

[Blacks Law 8th]