Category: R

a federal rule that the antitrust law needs to be applied only to the unreasonable restraints of trade.

A term in newspaper advertising where the colour used for ads is the same as the print colour used for non-advertising material.

Regalities; royal property.

See standing order of court.

A payment reserved by the grantor of a patent, lease of a mine, or similar right, and payable proportionately to the use made of the right by the grantee. See Raynolds v. Hanna (C. C.) 55 Fed. 800; Hubenthal v. Kennedy, 76 Iowa, 707, 39 N. W. 694; Western Union Tel. Co. v. American Bell Tel. Co., 125 Fed. 342, 60 C. C. A. 220. Royalty also sometimes means a payment which is made to an author or composer by an assignee or licensee in respect of each copy of his work which is sold, or to an in- ventor in respect of each article sold under the patent. Sweet

a Latin phrase where the ruling of a court becomes final unless one or both parties show cause for it not to be.

Being able to use another person’s intellectual property for no fee.

A way used to calculate the time that a sum invested will double at a set interest rate; or calculation of the interest rate needed for a sum to double with a set time frame.

he return of writs. The indorsement by a sheriff or other officer of liis doings upon a writ.

A way of calculating the refund in interest on a loan with fixed installments that is paid off before the due date.