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In linguistics and philosophy, a presupposition is an implicit assumption about the world or background belief relating to an utterance whose truth is taken for granted in discourse. Examples of presuppositions include: Jane no longer writes fiction. Presupposition: Jane once wrote fiction. Have you stopped eating meat?
This is a list of legal terms relating to patents and patent law.A patent is not a right to practice or use the invention claimed therein, but a territorial right to exclude others from commercially exploiting the invention, granted to an inventor or their successor in rights in exchange to a public disclosure of the invention.
"Taken for Granted" is a song by Australian singer Sia. Written by Sia and produced by Nigel Corsbie, it was released as Sia's debut single and as the lead single from her second studio album, Healing Is Difficult (2001), in May 2000.
Internet Explorer. 1995-2022 Not long after Internet Explorer's 1995 debut, it was hard to imagine going online without it — the browser was almost synonymous with surfing the web.
Privately granted rights, created by contract, may occasionally appear very similar to exclusive rights, but are only enforceable against the grantee, and not the world at large. A "prerogative" is in effect an exclusive right. The term is restricted for use for official state or sovereign (i.e., constitutional) powers.
Antichristus, [1] a woodcut by Lucas Cranach the Elder of the pope using the temporal power to grant authority to a ruler contributing generously to the Catholic Church. Quid pro quo (Latin: "something for something" [2]) is a Latin phrase used in English to mean an exchange of goods or services, in which one transfer is contingent upon the other; "a favor for a favor".
Map of Texas in 1833 showing several of the land grants. An empresario (Spanish pronunciation: [em.pɾe.ˈsaɾ.jo]) was a person who had been granted the right to settle on land in exchange for recruiting and taking responsibility for settling the eastern areas of Coahuila y Tejas in the early nineteenth century.
"Respect was granted to people who have dementia to make and take control of the film to help us get across the unique challenges we have," he said.