Subpart A General Provisions
Subpart B National Processing Provisions
Subpart C International Processing Provisions
Subpart D Ex Parte Reexamination of Patents
Subpart E Supplemental Examination of Patents
Subpart F Adjustment and Extension of Patent Term
Subpart G Biotechnology Invention Disclosures
Subpart H Inter Partes Reexamination of Patents That Issued From an Original Application Filed in the United States On or After November 29, 1999
Subpart I International Design Application
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Terms Used In 37 CFR Part 1 - Rules of Practice in Patent Cases

  • Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
  • Allegation: something that someone says happened.
  • Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
  • Amortization: Paying off a loan by regular installments.
  • Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Appellate: About appeals; an appellate court has the power to review the judgement of another lower court or tribunal.
  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • assignee: as used in this chapter means with respect to patent matters the single assignee of the entire right, title and interest in the application or patent if there is such a single assignee, or all of the partial assignees, or all of the partial assignee and inventors who have not assigned their interest in the application or patent, who together own the entire right, title and interest in the application or patent. See 37 CFR 3.71
  • Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
  • Baseline: Projection of the receipts, outlays, and other budget amounts that would ensue in the future without any change in existing policy. Baseline projections are used to gauge the extent to which proposed legislation, if enacted into law, would alter current spending and revenue levels.
  • Beneficiary: A person who is entitled to receive the benefits or proceeds of a will, trust, insurance policy, retirement plan, annuity, or other contract. Source: OCC
  • CBP: means U. See 19 CFR 101.1
  • Center director: means the person who manages their designated Center and is responsible for certain trade decisions and functions concerning that Center and the importers that are processed by that Center. See 19 CFR 101.1
  • Centers: refer to national CBP offices that are responsible for performing certain trade functions and making certain determinations as set forth in particular regulatory provisions regarding importations by importers that are considered by CBP to be in the industry sector, regardless of the ports of entry at which the importations occur. See 19 CFR 101.1
  • Certification: means , either when used by itself or in the expression "certification of origin" the certification established under article 4. See 19 CFR 10.402
  • Chambers: A judge's office.
  • Claim for preferential tariff treatment: means a claim that a good is entitled to the duty rate applicable under the US-CFTA and to an exemption from the merchandise processing fee;

    (d) Customs authority. See 19 CFR 10.402

  • Claim for preferential tariff treatment: means a claim that a good is entitled to the duty rate applicable under the SFTA to an originating good or other good specified in the SFTA, and to an exemption from the merchandise processing fee;

    (b) Customs duty. See 19 CFR 10.502

  • Claim for preferential tariff treatment: means a claim that a good is entitled to the duty rate applicable under the CAFTA-DR to an originating good or other good specified in the CAFTA-DR, and to an exemption from the merchandise processing fee;

    (b) Claim of origin. See 19 CFR 10.582

  • Claim for preferential tariff treatment: means a claim that a good is entitled to the duty rate applicable under the AFTA to an originating good, and to an exemption from the merchandise processing fee;

    (b) Claim of origin. See 19 CFR 10.722

  • Claim for preferential tariff treatment: means a claim that a good is entitled to the duty rate applicable under the MFTA to an originating good;

    (c) Customs Valuation Agreement. See 19 CFR 10.762

  • Claim for preferential tariff treatment: means a claim that a good is entitled to the duty rate applicable under the BFTA to an originating good or other good specified in the BFTA, and to an exemption from the merchandise processing fee;

    (c) Customs Valuation Agreement. See 19 CFR 10.802

  • Claim for preferential tariff treatment: means a claim that a good is entitled to the duty rate applicable under the OFTA to an originating good or other good specified in the OFTA, and to an exemption from the merchandise processing fee;

    (b) Customs duty. See 19 CFR 10.862

  • Claim for preferential tariff treatment: means a claim that a good is entitled to the duty rate applicable under the PTPA to an originating good and to an exemption from the merchandise processing fee;

    (b) Claim of origin. See 19 CFR 10.902

  • Claim for preferential tariff treatment: means a claim that a good is entitled to the duty rate applicable under the PANTPA to an originating good and to an exemption from the merchandise processing fee;

    (b) Claim of origin. See 19 CFR 10.2002

  • Claim for preferential tariff treatment: means a claim that a good is entitled to the duty rate applicable under the CTPA to an originating good and to an exemption from the merchandise processing fee;

    (b) Claim of origin. See 19 CFR 10.3002

  • Claim of origin: means a claim that a textile or apparel good is an originating good or a good of a Party;

    (c) Claim for preferential tariff treatment. See 19 CFR 10.402

  • Claim of origin: means a claim that a textile or apparel good is an originating good or a good of a Party;

    (c) Customs authority. See 19 CFR 10.582

  • Claim of origin: means a claim that a textile or apparel good is an originating good or a good of a Party or satisfies the non-preferential rules of origin of a Party;

    (c) Customs duty. See 19 CFR 10.722

  • Claim of origin: means a claim that a textile or apparel good is an originating good or satisfies the non-preferential rules of origin of a Party;

    (c) Customs authority. See 19 CFR 10.902

  • Claim of origin: means a claim that a textile or apparel good is an originating good or satisfies the non-preferential rules of origin of a Party;

    (c) Customs authority. See 19 CFR 10.2002

  • Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • corporation: includes associations, joint-stock companies, and insurance companies. See 26 CFR 36.3121(l)(1)-1
  • Country: means the political entity known as a nation. See 19 CFR 134.1
  • Country of origin: means the country of manufacture, production, or growth of any article of foreign origin entering the United States. See 19 CFR 134.1
  • Customs authority: means the competent authority that is responsible under the law of a Party for the administration of customs laws and regulations;

    (e) Customs Valuation Agreement. See 19 CFR 10.402

  • Customs authority: means the competent governmental unit that is responsible under the law of a Party for the administration of customs laws and regulations;

    (d) Customs duty. See 19 CFR 10.582

  • Customs authority: means the competent authority that is responsible under the law of a Party for the administration of customs laws and regulations;

    (d) Customs duty. See 19 CFR 10.902

  • Customs Valuation Agreement: means the Agreement on Implementation of Article VII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994, which is part of the WTO Agreement;

    (f) Days. See 19 CFR 10.402

  • Customs Valuation Agreement: means the Agreement on Implementation of Article VII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994, which is part of the WTO Agreement;

    (d) Days. See 19 CFR 10.502

  • Customs Valuation Agreement: means the Agreement on Implementation of Article VII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994, which is part of the WTO Agreement;

    (f) Days. See 19 CFR 10.582

  • Customs Valuation Agreement: means the Agreement on Implementation of Article VII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994, contained in Annex 1A to the WTO Agreement;

    (e) Days. See 19 CFR 10.722

  • Customs Valuation Agreement: means the Agreement on Implementation of Article VII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994, which is part of the WTO Agreement;

    (f) Days. See 19 CFR 10.902

  • Customs Valuation Agreement: means the Agreement on Implementation of Article VII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994, contained in Annex 1A to the WTO Agreement;

    (f) Days. See 19 CFR 10.2002

  • Customs Valuation Agreement: means the Agreement on Implementation of Article VII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994, contained in Annex 1A to the WTO Agreement;

    (f) Days. See 19 CFR 10.3002

  • Date of importation: means , in the case of merchandise imported otherwise than by vessel, the date on which the merchandise arrives within the Customs territory of the United States. See 19 CFR 101.1
  • Days: means calendar days;

    (g) Customs duty. See 19 CFR 10.402

  • Days: means calendar days;

    (e) Enterprise. See 19 CFR 10.502

  • Days: means calendar days;

    (g) Enterprise. See 19 CFR 10.582

  • Days: means calendar days;

    (f) Enterprise. See 19 CFR 10.722

  • Days: means calendar days. See 19 CFR 10.762
  • Days: means calendar days;

    (f) Enterprise. See 19 CFR 10.802

  • Days: means calendar days;

    (d) Enterprise. See 19 CFR 10.862

  • Days: means calendar days;

    (g) Enterprise. See 19 CFR 10.902

  • Days: means calendar days;

    (g) Enterprise. See 19 CFR 10.2002

  • Days: means calendar days;

    (g) Enterprise. See 19 CFR 10.3002

  • Decedent: A deceased person.
  • Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
  • Devise: To gift property by will.
  • Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
  • Dismissal: The dropping of a case by the judge without further consideration or hearing. Source:
  • Docket: A log containing brief entries of court proceedings.
  • Duties: means Customs duties and any internal revenue taxes which attach upon importation. See 19 CFR 101.1
  • Electronic funds transfer: The transfer of money between accounts by consumer electronic systems-such as automated teller machines (ATMs) and electronic payment of bills-rather than by check or cash. (Wire transfers, checks, drafts, and paper instruments do not fall into this category.) Source: OCC
  • Embezzlement: In most states, embezzlement is defined as theft/larceny of assets (money or property) by a person in a position of trust or responsibility over those assets. Embezzlement typically occurs in the employment and corporate settings. Source: OCC
  • En banc: In the bench or "full bench." Refers to court sessions with the entire membership of a court participating rather than the usual quorum. U.S. courts of appeals usually sit in panels of three judges, but may expand to a larger number in certain cases. They are then said to be sitting en banc.
  • Enterprise: means any entity constituted or organized under applicable law, whether or not for profit, and whether privately-owned or governmentally-owned, including any corporation, trust, partnership, sole proprietorship, joint venture, or other association;

    (i) GATT 1994. See 19 CFR 10.402

  • Enterprise: means an entity constituted or organized under applicable law, whether or not for profit, and whether privately-owned or governmentally-owned, including any corporation, trust, partnership, sole proprietorship, joint venture, or other association;

    (f) GATT 1994. See 19 CFR 10.502

  • Enterprise: means any entity constituted or organized under applicable law, whether or not for profit, and whether privately owned or governmentally owned, including any corporation, trust, partnership, sole proprietorship, joint venture, or other association;

    (h) GATT 1994. See 19 CFR 10.582

  • Enterprise: means any entity constituted or organized under applicable law, whether or not for profit, and whether privately-owned or governmentally-owned or controlled, including any corporation, trust, partnership, sole proprietorship, joint venture, association, or similar organization;

    (g) Enterprise of a Party. See 19 CFR 10.722

  • Enterprise: means any entity constituted or organized under applicable law, whether or not for profit, and whether privately-owned or governmentally-owned, including any corporation, trust, partnership, sole proprietorship, joint venture, or other association;

    (g) Foreign material. See 19 CFR 10.762

  • Enterprise: means any entity constituted or organized under applicable law, whether or not for profit, and whether privately-owned or governmentally-owned, including any corporation, trust, partnership, sole proprietorship, joint venture, or other association;

    (g) Foreign material. See 19 CFR 10.802

  • Enterprise: means any entity constituted or organized under applicable law, whether or not for profit, and whether privately-owned or governmentally-owned or controlled, including any corporation, trust, partnership, sole proprietorship, joint venture, association, or similar organization;

    (e) Foreign material. See 19 CFR 10.862

  • Enterprise: means any entity constituted or organized under applicable law, whether or not for profit, and whether privately-owned or governmentally-owned, including any corporation, trust, partnership, sole proprietorship, joint venture, or other association;

    (h) GATT 1994. See 19 CFR 10.902

  • Enterprise: means any entity constituted or organized under applicable law, whether or not for profit, and whether privately-owned or governmentally-owned, including any corporation, trust, partnership, sole proprietorship, joint venture, or other association;

    (h) Enterprise of a Party. See 19 CFR 10.2002

  • Enterprise: means any entity constituted or organized under applicable law, whether or not for profit, and whether privately-owned or governmentally-owned, including any corporation, trust, partnership, sole proprietorship, joint venture, or other association;

    (h) Enterprise of a Party. See 19 CFR 10.3002

  • Entitlement: A Federal program or provision of law that requires payments to any person or unit of government that meets the eligibility criteria established by law. Entitlements constitute a binding obligation on the part of the Federal Government, and eligible recipients have legal recourse if the obligation is not fulfilled. Social Security and veterans' compensation and pensions are examples of entitlement programs.
  • Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. Source: U.S. Courts
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Exportation: means a severance of goods from the mass of things belonging to this country with the intention of uniting them to the mass of things belonging to some foreign country. See 19 CFR 101.1
  • Fair market value: The price at which an asset would change hands in a transaction between a willing, informed buyer and a willing, informed seller.
  • Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • foreign: when applied to a corporation * * * means a corporation * * * which is not domestic. See 26 CFR 36.3121(l)(1)-1
  • Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
  • Freedom of Information Act: A federal law that mandates that all the records created and kept by federal agencies in the executive branch of government must be open for public inspection and copying. The only exceptions are those records that fall into one of nine exempted categories listed in the statute. Source: OCC
  • Good: means any merchandise, product, article, or material;

    (j) Harmonized System. See 19 CFR 10.762

  • Good: means any merchandise, product, article, or material;

    (j) Harmonized System. See 19 CFR 10.802

  • Good: means any merchandise, product, article, or material;

    (h) Harmonized System. See 19 CFR 10.862

  • Goods: means domestic products as these are understood in the GATT 1994 or such goods as the Parties may agree, and includes originating goods of that Party. See 19 CFR 10.402
  • Grace period: The number of days you'll have to pay your bill for purchases in full without triggering a finance charge. Source: Federal Reserve
  • Harmonized System: means the Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System, including its General Rules of Interpretation, Section Notes, and Chapter Notes, as adopted and implemented by the Parties in their respective tariff laws;

    (j) Heading. See 19 CFR 10.582

  • Harmonized System: means the Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System, including its General Rules of Interpretation, Section Notes, and Chapter Notes, as adopted and implemented by the Parties in their respective tariff laws;

    (k) Heading. See 19 CFR 10.722

  • Harmonized System: means the Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System, including its General Rules of Interpretation, Section Notes, and Chapter Notes, as adopted and implemented by the Parties in their respective tariff laws;

    (j) Heading. See 19 CFR 10.902

  • Harmonized System: means the Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System, including its General Rules of Interpretation, Section Notes, and Chapter Notes, as adopted and implemented by the Parties in their respective tariff laws;

    (l) Heading. See 19 CFR 10.2002

  • Harmonized System: means the Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System, including its General Rules of Interpretation, Section Notes, and Chapter Notes, as adopted and implemented by the Parties in their respective tariff laws;

    (l) Heading. See 19 CFR 10.3002

  • Heading: means the first four digits in the tariff classification number under the Harmonized System;

    (m) HTSUS. See 19 CFR 10.402

  • Heading: means the first four digits in the tariff classification number under the Harmonized System;

    (i) HTSUS. See 19 CFR 10.502

  • Heading: means the first four digits in the tariff classification number under the Harmonized System;

    (k) HTSUS. See 19 CFR 10.582

  • Heading: means the first four digits in the tariff classification number under the Harmonized System;

    (l) HTSUS. See 19 CFR 10.722

  • Heading: means the first four digits in the tariff classification number under the Harmonized System;

    (l) HTSUS. See 19 CFR 10.802

  • Heading: means the first four digits in the tariff classification number under the Harmonized System;

    (j) HTSUS. See 19 CFR 10.862

  • Heading: means the first four digits in the tariff classification number under the Harmonized System;

    (k) HTSUS. See 19 CFR 10.902

  • Heading: means the first four digits in the tariff classification number under the Harmonized System;

    (m) HTSUS. See 19 CFR 10.2002

  • Heading: means the first four digits in the tariff classification number under the Harmonized System;

    (m) HTSUS. See 19 CFR 10.3002

  • HTSUS: means the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States as promulgated by the U. See 19 CFR 10.402
  • HTSUS: means the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States as promulgated by the U. See 19 CFR 10.502
  • HTSUS: means the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States as promulgated by the U. See 19 CFR 10.582
  • HTSUS: means the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States as promulgated by the U. See 19 CFR 10.722
  • HTSUS: means the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States as promulgated by the U. See 19 CFR 10.762
  • HTSUS: means the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States as promulgated by the U. See 19 CFR 10.802
  • HTSUS: means the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States as promulgated by the U. See 19 CFR 10.862
  • HTSUS: means the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States as promulgated by the U. See 19 CFR 10.902
  • HTSUS: means the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States as promulgated by the U. See 19 CFR 10.2002
  • HTSUS: means the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States as promulgated by the U. See 19 CFR 10.3002
  • Identical goods: means goods that are the same in all respects relevant to the particular rule of origin that qualifies the goods as originating;

    (o) Indirect material. See 19 CFR 10.402

  • Identical goods: means goods that are produced in the same country and are the same in all respects, including physical characteristics, quality, and reputation, but excluding minor differences in appearance. See 19 CFR 10.582
  • Identical goods: means goods that are the same in all respects relevant to the rule of origin that qualifies the goods as originating goods;

    (n) Originating. See 19 CFR 10.722

  • Identical goods: means goods that are the same in all respects relevant to the rule of origin that qualifies the goods as originating goods;

    (m) Indirect material. See 19 CFR 10.902

  • Identical goods: means goods that are the same in all respects relevant to the rule of origin that qualifies the goods as originating goods;

    (o) Originating. See 19 CFR 10.2002

  • Identical goods: means goods that are the same in all respects relevant to the rule of origin that qualifies the goods as originating goods;

    (o) Originating. See 19 CFR 10.3002

  • Importer: means the person primarily liable for the payment of any duties on the merchandise, or an authorized agent acting on his behalf. See 19 CFR 101.1
  • Indirect material: means a good used in the production, testing, or inspection of a good in the territory of the United States or Chile but not physically incorporated into the good, or a good used in the maintenance of buildings or the operation of equipment associated with the production of a good in the territory of the United States or Chile, including—

    (1) Fuel and energy;

    (2) Tools, dies, and molds;

    (3) Spare parts and materials used in the maintenance of equipment and buildings;

    (4) Lubricants, greases, compounding materials, and other materials used in production or used to operate equipment and buildings;

    (5) Gloves, glasses, footwear, clothing, safety equipment, and supplies;

    (6) Equipment, devices, and supplies used for testing or inspecting the goods;

    (7) Catalysts and solvents; and

    (8) Any other goods that are not incorporated into the good but whose use in the production of the good can reasonably be demonstrated to be a part of that production;

    (p) Originating. See 19 CFR 10.402

  • Indirect material: means a good used in the production, testing, or inspection of a good in the territory of the United States or Singapore but not physically incorporated into the good, or a good used in the maintenance of buildings or the operation of equipment associated with the production of a good in the territory of the United States or Singapore, including:

    (1) Fuel and energy;

    (2) Tools, dies, and molds;

    (3) Spare parts and materials used in the maintenance of equipment and buildings;

    (4) Lubricants, greases, compounding materials, and other materials used in production or used to operate equipment and buildings;

    (5) Gloves, glasses, footwear, clothing, safety equipment, and supplies;

    (6) Equipment, devices, and supplies used for testing or inspecting the good;

    (7) Catalysts and solvents; and

    (8) Any other goods that are not incorporated into the good but whose use in the production of the good can reasonably be demonstrated to be a part of that production;

    (k) Originating. See 19 CFR 10.502

  • Indirect material: means a good used in the production, testing, or inspection of a good in the territory of one or more of the Parties but not physically incorporated into the good, or a good used in the maintenance of buildings or the operation of equipment associated with the production of a good in the territory of one or more of the Parties, including:

    (1) Fuel and energy;

    (2) Tools, dies, and molds;

    (3) Spare parts and materials used in the maintenance of equipment or buildings;

    (4) Lubricants, greases, compounding materials, and other materials used in production or used to operate equipment or buildings;

    (5) Gloves, glasses, footwear, clothing, safety equipment, and supplies;

    (6) Equipment, devices, and supplies used for testing or inspecting the good;

    (7) Catalysts and solvents; and

    (8) Any other goods that are not incorporated into the good but the use of which in the production of the good can reasonably be demonstrated to be a part of that production;

    (n) Originating. See 19 CFR 10.582

  • Indirect material: means a good used in the production, testing, or inspection of another good in the territory of one or both of the Parties but not physically incorporated into that other good, or a good used in the maintenance of buildings or the operation of equipment associated with the production of another good in the territory of one or both of the Parties, including:

    (1) Fuel and energy;

    (2) Tools, dies, and molds;

    (3) Spare parts and materials used in the maintenance of equipment or buildings;

    (4) Lubricants, greases, compounding materials, and other materials used in production or used to operate equipment or buildings;

    (5) Gloves, glasses, footwear, clothing, safety equipment, and supplies;

    (6) Equipment, devices, and supplies used for testing or inspecting the good; (7) Catalysts and solvents; and

    (8) Any other goods that are not incorporated into the other good but the use of which in the production of the other good can reasonably be demonstrated to be a part of that production;

    (n) Originating. See 19 CFR 10.902

  • Interest rate: The amount paid by a borrower to a lender in exchange for the use of the lender's money for a certain period of time. Interest is paid on loans or on debt instruments, such as notes or bonds, either at regular intervals or as part of a lump sum payment when the issue matures. Source: OCC
  • Interrogatories: Written questions asked by one party of an opposing party, who must answer them in writing under oath; a discovery device in a lawsuit.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
  • Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
  • Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.
  • Markup: The process by which congressional committees and subcommittees debate, amend, and rewrite proposed legislation.
  • Mortgagee: The person to whom property is mortgaged and who has loaned the money.
  • National Bank: A bank that is subject to the supervision of the Comptroller of the Currency. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency is a bureau of the U.S. Treasury Department. A national bank can be recognized because it must have "national" or "national association" in its name. Source: OCC
  • Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • Originating: means qualifying under the rules of origin set out in Chapter Four (Rules of Origin and Origin Procedures) of the US-CFTA;

    (q) Party. See 19 CFR 10.402

  • Originating: means qualifying for preferential tariff treatment under the rules of origin set out in SFTA Chapter Three (Rules of Origin) and General Note 25, HTSUS;

    (l) Party. See 19 CFR 10.502

  • Originating: means qualifying for preferential tariff treatment under the rules of origin set out in CAFTA-DR Chapter Four (Rules of Origin and Origin Procedures) and General Note 29, HTSUS;

    (o) Party. See 19 CFR 10.582

  • Originating: means qualifying for preferential tariff treatment under the rules of origin set out in AFTA Chapters Four (Textiles and Apparel) and Five (Rules of Origin) and General Note 28, HTSUS;

    (o) Party. See 19 CFR 10.722

  • Originating: means a good qualifying under the rules of origin set forth in General Note 27, HTSUS, and MFTA Chapter Four (Textiles and apparel) or Chapter Five (Rules of Origin);

    (n) Party. See 19 CFR 10.762

  • Originating: means a good qualifying under the rules of origin set forth in General Note 30, HTSUS, and BFTA Chapter Three (Textiles and apparel) or Chapter Four (Rules of Origin);

    (n) Party. See 19 CFR 10.802

  • Originating: means a good qualifying under the rules of origin set forth in General Note 31, HTSUS, and OFTA Chapter Three (Textiles and apparel) or Chapter Four (Rules of Origin);

    (l) Party. See 19 CFR 10.862

  • Originating: means qualifying for preferential tariff treatment under the rules of origin set out in Chapter Four and Article 3. See 19 CFR 10.902
  • Originating: means qualifying for preferential tariff treatment under the rules of origin set out in Article 3. See 19 CFR 10.2002
  • Originating: means qualifying for preferential tariff treatment under the rules of origin set out in Article 3. See 19 CFR 10.3002
  • Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • Party: means the United States or the Republic of Chile;

    (r) Person. See 19 CFR 10.402

  • Party: means the United States or the Republic of Singapore;

    (m) Person. See 19 CFR 10.502

  • Party: means :

    (1) The United States; and

    (2) Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, or Nicaragua, for such time as the CAFTA-DR is in force between the United States and that country;

    (p) Person. See 19 CFR 10.582

  • Party: means the United States or Australia;

    (p) Person. See 19 CFR 10.722

  • Party: means the United States or the Kingdom of Morocco;

    (o) Person. See 19 CFR 10.762

  • Party: means the United States or the Kingdom of Bahrain;

    (o) Person. See 19 CFR 10.802

  • Party: means the United States or the Sultanate of Oman;

    (m) Person. See 19 CFR 10.862

  • Party: means the United States or Peru;

    (p) Person. See 19 CFR 10.902

  • Party: means the United States or Panama;

    (q) Person. See 19 CFR 10.2002

  • Party: means the United States or Colombia;

    (q) Person. See 19 CFR 10.3002

  • Person: means a natural person or an enterprise;

    (s) Preferential tariff treatment. See 19 CFR 10.402

  • Person: means a natural person or an enterprise;

    (n) Preferential tariff treatment. See 19 CFR 10.502

  • Person: means a natural person or an enterprise;

    (q) Preferential tariff treatment. See 19 CFR 10.582

  • Person: means a natural person or an enterprise;

    (q) Preferential tariff treatment. See 19 CFR 10.722

  • Person: means a natural person or an enterprise;

    (p) Preferential tariff treatment. See 19 CFR 10.762

  • Person: means a natural person or an enterprise;

    (p) Preferential tariff treatment. See 19 CFR 10.802

  • Person: means a natural person or an enterprise;

    (n) Preferential tariff treatment. See 19 CFR 10.862

  • Person: means a natural person or an enterprise;

    (q) Preferential tariff treatment. See 19 CFR 10.902

  • Person: means a natural person or an enterprise;

    (r) Preferential tariff treatment. See 19 CFR 10.2002

  • Person: means a natural person or an enterprise;

    (r) Preferential tariff treatment. See 19 CFR 10.3002

  • Personal property: All property that is not real property.
  • Pleadings: Written statements of the parties in a civil case of their positions. In the federal courts, the principal pleadings are the complaint and the answer.
  • port director: means the person who has jurisdiction within the geographical boundaries of their port of entry unless the regulations provide that particular trade functions or determinations are exclusively within the purview of a Center Director or other CBP personnel. See 19 CFR 101.1
  • port of entry: refer to any place designated by Executive Order of the President, by order of the Secretary of the Treasury, or by Act of Congress, at which a U. See 19 CFR 101.1
  • Power of attorney: A written instrument which authorizes one person to act as another's agent or attorney. The power of attorney may be for a definite, specific act, or it may be general in nature. The terms of the written power of attorney may specify when it will expire. If not, the power of attorney usually expires when the person granting it dies. Source: OCC
  • Preferential tariff treatment: means the duty rate applicable to an originating good under the US-CFTA, and an exemption from the merchandise processing fee. See 19 CFR 10.402
  • Preferential tariff treatment: means the duty rate applicable under the SFTA to an originating good, and an exemption from the merchandise processing fee;

    (o) Subheading. See 19 CFR 10.502

  • Preferential tariff treatment: means the duty rate applicable under the CAFTA-DR to an originating good or other good specified in the CAFTA-DR, and an exemption from the merchandise processing fee;

    (r) Subheading. See 19 CFR 10.582

  • Preferential tariff treatment: means the duty rate applicable under the AFTA to an originating good, and an exemption from the merchandise processing fee;

    (r) Subheading. See 19 CFR 10.722

  • Preferential tariff treatment: means the duty rate applicable under the MFTA to an originating good;

    (q) Subheading. See 19 CFR 10.762

  • Preferential tariff treatment: means the duty rate applicable under the BFTA to an originating good and an exemption from the merchandise processing fee;

    (q) Subheading. See 19 CFR 10.802

  • Preferential tariff treatment: means the duty rate applicable under the OFTA to an originating good and an exemption from the merchandise processing fee;

    (o) Subheading. See 19 CFR 10.862

  • Preferential tariff treatment: means the duty rate applicable under the PTPA to an originating good, and an exemption from the merchandise processing fee;

    (r) Subheading. See 19 CFR 10.902

  • Preferential tariff treatment: means the duty rate applicable under the PANTPA to an originating good, and an exemption from the merchandise processing fee;

    (s) Subheading. See 19 CFR 10.2002

  • Preferential tariff treatment: means the duty rate applicable under the CTPA to an originating good, and an exemption from the merchandise processing fee;

    (s) Subheading. See 19 CFR 10.3002

  • Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
  • Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government.
  • Public law: A public bill or joint resolution that has passed both chambers and been enacted into law. Public laws have general applicability nationwide.
  • Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
  • Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
  • Remand: When an appellate court sends a case back to a lower court for further proceedings.
  • Restitution: The court-ordered payment of money by the defendant to the victim for damages caused by the criminal action.
  • Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
  • Shipment: means the merchandise described on the bill of lading or other document used to file or support entry, or in the oral declaration when applicable. See 19 CFR 101.1
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • stock: includes shares in an association, joint-stock company, or insurance company. See 26 CFR 36.3121(l)(8)-1
  • Subheading: means the first six digits in the tariff classification number under the Harmonized System;

    (u) Tariff preference level. See 19 CFR 10.402

  • Subheading: means the first six digits in the tariff classification number under the Harmonized System;

    (p) Tariff preference level. See 19 CFR 10.502

  • Subheading: means the first six digits in the tariff classification number under the Harmonized System;

    (s) Tariff preference level. See 19 CFR 10.582

  • Subheading: means the first six digits in the tariff classification number under the Harmonized System;

    (s) Territory. See 19 CFR 10.722

  • Subheading: means the first six digits in the tariff classification number under the Harmonized System;

    (r) Textile or apparel good. See 19 CFR 10.762

  • Subheading: means the first six digits in the tariff classification number under the Harmonized System;

    (r) Textile or apparel good. See 19 CFR 10.802

  • Subheading: means the first six digits in the tariff classification number under the Harmonized System;

    (p) Textile or apparel good. See 19 CFR 10.862

  • Subheading: means the first six digits in the tariff classification number under the Harmonized System;

    (s) Textile or apparel good. See 19 CFR 10.902

  • Subheading: means the first six digits in the tariff classification number under the Harmonized System;

    (t) Textile or apparel good. See 19 CFR 10.2002

  • Subheading: means the first six digits in the tariff classification number under the Harmonized System;

    (t) Textile or apparel good. See 19 CFR 10.3002

  • Summons: Another word for subpoena used by the criminal justice system.
  • Tariff preference level: means a quantitative limit for certain non-originating textiles and textile apparel goods that may be entitled to preferential tariff treatment as if such goods were originating based on the goods meeting the production requirements set forth in § 10. See 19 CFR 10.402
  • Tariff preference level: means a quantitative limit for certain non-originating textiles and textile apparel goods that may be entitled to preferential tariff treatment based on the goods meeting the production requirements set forth in § 10. See 19 CFR 10.502
  • Tariff preference level: means a quantitative limit for certain non-originating apparel goods that may be entitled to preferential tariff treatment based on the goods meeting the requirements set forth in §§ 10. See 19 CFR 10.582
  • Territory: means :

    (1) With respect to Chile, the land, maritime and air space under its sovereignty, and the exclusive economic zone and the continental shelf within which it exercises sovereign rights and jurisdiction in accordance with international law and its domestic law; and

    (2) With respect to the United States,

    (i) The customs territory of the United States, which includes the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico,

    (ii) The foreign trade zones located in the United States and Puerto Rico, and

    (iii) Any areas beyond the territorial seas of the United States within which, in accordance with international law and its domestic law, the United States may exercise rights with respect to the seabed and subsoil and their natural resources;

    (x) WTO Agreement. See 19 CFR 10.402

  • Territory: means :

    (1) With respect to Singapore, its land territory, internal waters and territorial sea as well as the maritime zones beyond the territorial sea, including the seabed and subsoil over which the Republic of Singapore exercises sovereign rights or jurisdiction under its national laws and international law for the purpose of exploration and exploitation of the natural resources of such areas; and

    (2) With respect to the United States;

    (i) The customs territory of the United States, which includes the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico;

    (ii) The foreign trade zones located in the United States and Puerto Rico; and

    (iii) Any areas beyond the territorial seas of the United States within which, in accordance with international law and its domestic law, the United States may exercise rights with respect to the seabed and subsoil and their natural resources; and

    (s) WTO Agreement. See 19 CFR 10.502

  • Territory: means :

    (1) With respect to each Party other than the United States, the land, maritime, and air space under its sovereignty and the exclusive economic zone and the continental shelf within which it exercises sovereign rights and jurisdiction in accordance with international law and its domestic law;

    (2) With respect to the United States:

    (i) The customs territory of the United States, which includes the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico;

    (ii) The foreign trade zones located in the United States and Puerto Rico; and

    (iii) Any areas beyond the territorial seas of the United States within which, in accordance with international law and its domestic law, the United States may exercise rights with respect to the seabed and subsoil and their natural resources;

    (v) WTO. See 19 CFR 10.582

  • Territory: means :

    (1) With respect to Australia, the territory of the Commonwealth of Australia:

    (i) Excluding all external territories other than the Territory of Norfolk Island, the Territory of Christmas Island, the Territory of Cocos (Keeling) Islands, the Territory of Ashmore and Cartier Islands, the Territory of Heard Island and McDonald Islands, and the Coral Sea Islands Territory; and

    (ii) Including Australia's territorial sea, contiguous zone, exclusive economic zone, and continental shelf; and

    (2) With respect to the United States:

    (i) The customs territory of the United States, which includes the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico;

    (ii) The foreign trade zones located in the United States and Puerto Rico; and

    (iii) Any areas beyond the territorial seas of the United States within which, in accordance with international law and its domestic law, the United States may exercise rights with respect to the seabed and subsoil and their natural resources;

    (t) Textile or apparel good. See 19 CFR 10.722

  • Territory: means :

    (1) With respect to Morocco, the land, maritime and air space under its sovereignty, and the exclusive economic zone and the continental shelf within which it exercises sovereign rights and jurisdiction in accordance with international law and its domestic law; and

    (2) With respect to the United States,

    (i) The customs territory of the United States, which includes the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico,

    (ii) The foreign trade zones located in the United States and Puerto Rico, and

    (iii) Any areas beyond the territorial seas of the United States within which, in accordance with international law and its domestic law, the United States may exercise rights with respect to the seabed and subsoil and their natural resources;

    (t) WTO Agreement. See 19 CFR 10.762

  • Territory: means :

    (1) With respect to Bahrain, the territory of Bahrain as well as the maritime areas, seabed, and subsoil over which Bahrain exercises, in accordance with international law, sovereignty, sovereign rights, and jurisdiction; and

    (2) With respect to the United States,

    (i) The customs territory of the United States, which includes the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico,

    (ii) The foreign trade zones located in the United States and Puerto Rico, and

    (iii) Any areas beyond the territorial seas of the United States within which, in accordance with international law and its domestic law, the United States may exercise rights with respect to the seabed and subsoil and their natural resources; and

    (t) WTO Agreement. See 19 CFR 10.802

  • Territory: means :

    (1) With respect to Oman, all the lands of Oman within its geographical boundaries, the internal waters, maritime areas including the territorial sea, and airspace under its sovereignty, and the exclusive economic zone and continental shelf where Oman exercises sovereign rights and jurisdiction in accordance with its domestic law and international law, including the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea; and

    (2) With respect to the United States,

    (i) The customs territory of the United States, which includes the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico,

    (ii) The foreign trade zones located in the United States and Puerto Rico, and

    (iii) Any areas beyond the territorial seas of the United States within which, in accordance with international law and its domestic law, the United States may exercise rights with respect to the seabed and subsoil and their natural resources; and

    (r) WTO Agreement. See 19 CFR 10.862

  • Territory: means :

    (1) With respect to Peru, the continental territory, the islands, the maritime areas and the air space above them, in which Peru exercises sovereignty and jurisdiction or sovereign rights in accordance with its domestic law and international law;

    (2) With respect to the United States:

    (i) The customs territory of the United States, which includes the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico;

    (ii) The foreign trade zones located in the United States and Puerto Rico; and

    (iii) Any areas beyond the territorial seas of the United States within which, in accordance with international law and its domestic law, the United States may exercise rights with respect to the seabed and subsoil and their natural resources;

    (u) WTO. See 19 CFR 10.902

  • Territory: means :

    (1) With respect to Panama, the land, maritime, and the air space under Panama's sovereignty and the exclusive economic zone and the continental shelf within which it exercises sovereign rights and jurisdiction in accordance with international law and its domestic law;

    (2) With respect to the United States:

    (i) The customs territory of the United States, which includes the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico;

    (ii) The foreign trade zones located in the United States and Puerto Rico; and

    (iii) Any areas beyond the territorial seas of the United States within which, in accordance with international law and its domestic law, the United States may exercise rights with respect to the seabed and subsoil and their natural resources;

    (v) WTO. See 19 CFR 10.2002

  • Territory: means :

    (1) With respect to Colombia, in addition to its continental territory, the archipelago of San Andrés, Providencia and Santa Catalina, the islands of Malpelo, and all the other islands, islets, keys, headlands and shoals that belong to it, as well as air space and the maritime areas over which Colombia has sovereignty or sovereign rights or jurisdiction in accordance with its domestic law and international law, including applicable international treaties; and

    (2) With respect to the United States:

    (i) The customs territory of the United States, which includes the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico;

    (ii) The foreign trade zones located in the United States and Puerto Rico; and

    (iii) Any areas beyond the territorial seas of the United States within which, in accordance with international law and its domestic law, the United States may exercise rights with respect to the seabed and subsoil and their natural resources;

    (v) WTO. See 19 CFR 10.3002

  • Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
  • Textile or apparel good: means a good listed in the Annex to the Agreement on Textiles and Clothing (commonly referred to as ATC), which is part of the WTO Agreement;

    (w) Territory. See 19 CFR 10.402

  • Textile or apparel good: means a good listed in the Annex to the Agreement on Textiles and Clothing (commonly referred to as "the ATC"), which is part of the WTO Agreement;

    (r) Territory. See 19 CFR 10.502

  • Textile or apparel good: means a good listed in the Annex to the Agreement on Textiles and Clothing (commonly referred to as "the ATC"), which is part of the WTO Agreement, except for those goods listed in Annex 3. See 19 CFR 10.582
  • Textile or apparel good: means a good listed in the Annex to the Agreement on Textiles and Clothing (commonly referred to as "the ATC"), which is part of the WTO Agreement;

    (u) WTO. See 19 CFR 10.722

  • Textile or apparel good: means a good listed in the Annex to the Agreement on Textiles and Clothing (commonly referred to as ATC), which is part of the WTO Agreement;

    (s) Territory. See 19 CFR 10.762

  • Textile or apparel good: means a good listed in the Annex to the Agreement on Textiles and Clothing (commonly referred to as "the ATC"), which is part of the WTO Agreement;

    (q) Territory. See 19 CFR 10.862

  • Textile or apparel good: means a good listed in the Annex to the Agreement on Textiles and Clothing (commonly referred to as "the ATC"), which is part of the WTO Agreement, except for those goods listed in Annex 3-C of the PTPA;

    (t) Territory. See 19 CFR 10.902

  • Textile or apparel good: means a good listed in the Annex to the Agreement on Textiles and Clothing (commonly referred to as "the ATC"), which is part of the WTO Agreement, except for those goods listed in Annex 3. See 19 CFR 10.2002
  • Textile or apparel good: means a good listed in the Annex to the Agreement on Textiles and Clothing (commonly referred to as "the ATC"), which is part of the WTO Agreement, except for those goods listed in Annex 3-C of the CTPA;

    (u) Territory. See 19 CFR 10.3002

  • Transcript: A written, word-for-word record of what was said, either in a proceeding such as a trial or during some other conversation, as in a transcript of a hearing or oral deposition.
  • Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
  • United States: includes all territories and possessions of the United States, except the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Wake Island, Midway Islands, Kingman Reef, Johnston Island, and the island of Guam. See 19 CFR 134.1
  • WTO: means the World Trade Organization; and

    (w) WTO Agreement. See 19 CFR 10.582

  • WTO: means the World Trade Organization; and

    (v) WTO Agreement. See 19 CFR 10.722

  • WTO: means the World Trade Organization; and

    (v) WTO Agreement. See 19 CFR 10.902

  • WTO: means the World Trade Organization; and

    (w) WTO Agreement. See 19 CFR 10.2002

  • WTO: means the World Trade Organization; and

    (w) WTO Agreement. See 19 CFR 10.3002

  • WTO Agreement: means the Marrakesh Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization of April 15, 1994. See 19 CFR 10.502
  • WTO Agreement: means the Marrakesh Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization of April 15, 1994. See 19 CFR 10.582
  • WTO Agreement: means the Marrakesh Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization of April 15, 1994. See 19 CFR 10.722
  • WTO Agreement: means the Marrakesh Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization of April 15, 1994. See 19 CFR 10.762
  • WTO Agreement: means the Marrakesh Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization of April 15, 1994. See 19 CFR 10.802
  • WTO Agreement: means the Marrakesh Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization of April 15, 1994. See 19 CFR 10.862
  • WTO Agreement: means the Marrakesh Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization of April 15, 1994. See 19 CFR 10.902
  • WTO Agreement: means the Marrakesh Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization of April 15, 1994. See 19 CFR 10.2002
  • WTO Agreement: means the Marrakesh Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization of April 15, 1994. See 19 CFR 10.3002