claim — verb. There are several areas of difficulty with this word. The first concerns claim + that, and the second claim + to. The third concerns the expression to claim responsibility. 1. claim + that. In this construction, claim should not be used as… … Modern English usage
Alternative pleading — permits a party in a court action to argue multiple possibilities that may be mutually exclusive. It is a legal fiction. A pleading in the alternative sets forth multiple claims or defenses either hypothetically or alternatively, such that if one … Wikipedia
claim — n [Old French, from clamer to call, claim, from Latin clamare to shout, proclaim] 1 a: a demand for something (as money) due or believed to be due; specif: a demand for a benefit (as under the workers compensation law) or contractual payment (as… … Law dictionary
Alternative medicine — Alternative medical systems … Wikipedia
Alternative comedy — is a style of comedy that originated in the United Kingdom in the late 1970s and 1980s [ [http://www.brooklynpaper.com/stories/26/45/26 45piehole.html The Brooklyn Paper: SERIOUS FUN ] ] which would eventually go on to become mainstream in the… … Wikipedia
Alternative theories of the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 — suggest that Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi, a Libyan agent who was convicted on 270 counts of murder for the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103, may actually be innocent. At the end of the Pan Am Flight 103 bombing trial an international observer… … Wikipedia
Alternative fuel — Alternative fuels, also known as non conventional fuels, are any materials or substances that can be used as a fuel, other than conventional fuels. Conventional fuels include: fossil fuels (petroleum (oil), coal, propane, and natural gas), and… … Wikipedia
Alternative therapies for developmental and learning disabilities — include a range of practices used in the treatment of dyslexia, ADHD, Asperger syndrome, autism, Down syndrome and other developmental and learning disabilities. Treatments include changes in diet, dietary supplements, biofeedback, chelation… … Wikipedia
Alternative dispute resolution — (ADR) includes dispute resolution processes and techniques that fall outside of the government judicial process. Despite historic resistance to ADR by both parties and their advocates, ADR has gained widespread acceptance among both the general… … Wikipedia
alternative pleading — see pleading 1 Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. alternative pleading … Law dictionary
Claim (patent) — Patent claims are the part of a patent or patent application that defines the scope of protection granted by the patent. The claims define, in technical terms, the extent of the protection conferred by a patent, or the protection sought in a… … Wikipedia