law of priority
1Law of Priority — see Priority, Law of …
2priority date — Generally the first person to apply for a patent for an invention will own the patent and this position applies in most countries. However the effect of international patent conventions is that the first application is termed the priority date… …
3law of priority — a principle in taxonomy: the first properly published name of a species or genus takes precedence over any subsequently published compare nomenclature, nomen conservandum …
4priority — pri·or·i·ty 1 /prī ȯr ə tē/ n pl ties: precedence in exercise of rights in the same subject matter secured interests have priority over unsecured ones priority 2 adj 1: having precedence over another in the exercise of rights in the same subject …
5priority of mortgages — Where there are two or more mortgages secured on a property, the order in which the lenders are entitled to be repaid when the property has to be sold. The priority is a concern where there are insufficient funds to repay all of the lenders in… …
6priority debt — A type of debt that is paid first if any creditors are paid in a Chapter 7 bankruptcy case, and must be paid in full in a Chapter 13 bankruptcy case. Priority debts include alimony and child support, wages owed to employees, and fees owed to the… …
7priority need — in housing law, persons who are entitled to local authority housing ahead of others: pregnant women, persons residing with dependent children, emergency cases, those vulnerable from old age, mental illness or disability. Collins dictionary of law …
8priority claims — USA Certain unsecured claims which are entitled to be paid in full before general unsecured claims are paid. These include administrative expenses and salaries, unpaid wages, employee benefits, consumer deposits and prepetition taxes. Practical… …
9priority — priority, precedence can both mean the act, the fact, or, especially, the right of preceding another. When the reference is to the right, both terms usually imply an established or accepted code that determines which shall precede the other.… …
10Priority right — In patent, industrial design rights and trademark laws, a priority right or right of priority is a time limited right, triggered by the first filing of an application for a patent, an industrial design or a trademark respectively. The priority… …