Sentence examples for common law definition from inspiring English sources

40 Section 2.7 is a definitional section, which enshrines the common law definition of exclusive licence in the Copyright Act.

Over centuries, this Court has taken careful steps to refine the common law definition of public nuisance to reflect societal changes.

Ohr, in his spirited and at times feisty decision, agreed: "Under the common law definition, an employee is a person who performs services for another under a contract of hire, subject to the other's control or right of control, and in return for payment".

That expansion was born of a single sentence in a Third Circuit opinion: "The 'under color of official right' language in the Hobbs Act repeats the common law definition of extortion, a crime which could only be committed by a public official, and which did not require proof of threat, fear, or duress". United States v. Kenny, 462 F.2d 1205, 1229, cert.

For "employer-employee relationship," the immigration agencies have borrowed in part from the common law definition of employment in adjudicating and enforcing immigration benefits.

Even though the Columbia University decision does not help college athlete organizers directly with the issue about maintaining a "symbiotic relationship" between rival football programs, the decision makes it far more difficult to deny that FBS football and Division I men's basketball players represent employees under the common law definition of that term.

There were "common law" definitions that seemed straightforward enough.

While the Act expanded the common-law definition to encompass conduct by a private individual as well as a public official, the portion of the Act referring to official misconduct continues to mirror the common-law definition.

Because the majority view is consistent with the common-law definition of extortion, which we believe Congress intended to adopt, we endorse that position.

7 The question is whether the federal statute, insofar as it applies to official extortion, has narrowed the common-law definition.

Although the present statutory text is much broader 12 than the common-law definition of extortion because it encompasses conduct by a private individual as well as conduct by a public official, 13 the portion of the statute that refers to official misconduct continues to mirror the common-law definition.