Dictionary Search: "Literal" - Pakistan Law Portal

Literal

adj. According to expressed language. ( Literal performance of a condition requires exact compliance with its terms.

colliterales et socii

[Law Latin "assistants and associa Hist. In England, the former title of assist to the Chancery judges (i.e., masters in t cery).

comprehensive nonliteral similarity

Similarity evidenced by the copying of the protected work's general ideas or structure (such as a movie's plot) without using the precise words or phrases of the work. - Also termed pattern similarity.

fragmented literal similarity

Similarity evidenced by the copying of verbatim portions of the protected work.

literal canon

See STRICT CONSTRUCTIONISM.

literal construction

See strict construction.

literal contract

1 Roman law. A type of written contract originally created by - and later evidenced by - an entry of the sum due on the debit side of a ledger, binding a signatory even though the signatory receives no consideration. See LITERIS OBLIGATIO.

literal infringement

Patents. Infringement in which every element and every limitation of a patent claim is present, exactly, in the accused product or process. Cf. DOCTRINE of EQUIVALENTS.

literal interpretation

See strict construction under CONSTRUCTION.

literal proof

Civil law. Written evidence. Cf. testimonial proof.

literal rule