prior right

The steward then claimed that the regidor had prior rights.

You can see for yourself that to talk of any other claimants having prior rights is an utter absurdity."

He retained prior rights on goods obtained from ship wrecks on the coast.

The king wrote a letter to the Commons in his justification but the house maintained its prior right to the obedience of its member.

"I'll ask my colleague Lieutenant Mon to relinquish his prior right to the position.

Around this time the station platform numbers were reversed and numbered to left to right from the prior right to left.

And just because Paramount is the latest person to use a recursive cube does not mean that all prior rights holders are invalidated.

Reading Terminal Market, which had prior rights to the railroad's right-of-way for the property use, was built below the trainshed.

Orthodox Judaism claims prior rights in Israel.

J&J released a statement to the public on August 8, 2007 detailing its decision to file suit, claiming prior rights to the emblem.

This Benedictine priory which had prior rights of low, medium and high justice was plundered in 1356 and then restored.

The first phase, which began on 7 December 2005 was to facilitate applications by registrants with prior rights based on trademarks and geographic names.

Previously, UK national trade mark applications underwent a full examination both on absolute (distinctiveness) and relative (prior rights) grounds.

It was him who unearthed the - property - which makes you so valuable; among Openers, I'm told, the feeling is that this gives them prior right.

The kind of documentary evidence to be provided by an applicant depends on the national law of the Member State in which the prior right is established.

Gradasso vindicated his prior right to Durindana, to obtain which he had embarked (as was related in the beginning) in that bold inroad upon France.

But in a later migration the chief Tokaniua came that way with a canoe full of men and quarrelled with him about the prior right of possession."

In order to do so, the trademark must either be registered, or have been used for a period of time so that it has acquired local distinctiveness (Prior Rights).

I have always been in favour of prior rights for parents in the upbringing of their children, but in this case the state, too, must protect children and adolescents.

Formed in 1984 as Zeitgeist, they were forced to change their name before releasing their second album in 1987, due to another group claiming prior rights to the name.

Legend has it that Overton had prior rights to the land but lacked funds, so he agreed to split the claim with Lovejoy, who paid the 25-cent filing fee.

Shoving the heavy muzzle against Creswold, Bigby turned to Brett, declaring: "I've got the prior right--" "To what?"

While registration should generally be on a first-come, first-served principle, we have nonetheless proposed that rightholders, who have prior rights in law and public policy, should have the opportunity to pre-register.

In the formation of fresh tables, those candidates who have neither belonged to nor played at any other table have the prior right of entry; the others decide their right of admission by cutting.

According to the legal framework established for the Dot.EU Registry, the Commission is not responsible for deciding on the interpretation of national law in connection with the validation of prior rights.