REFERENCE

REFERENCE

reference, n.

1. The act of sending or directing to another for information, service, consideration, or decision; specif., the act of sending a case to a master or referee for information or decision. [Cases: Federal Civil Procedure 1871; Reference

1. C.J.S. References ¡ì¡ì 2¨C3.]

general reference. A court’s reference of a case to a referee, usu. with all parties’ consent, to decide all issues of fact and law. ? The referee’s decision stands as the judgment of the court. [Cases: Reference

5. C.J.S. References ¡ì 8.]

special reference. A court’s reference of a case to a referee for decisions on specific questions of fact. ? The special referee makes findings and reports them to the trial judge, who treats them as advisory only and not as binding decisions. [Cases: Reference 12. C.J.S. References ¡ì 20.]

2. An order sending a case to a master or referee for information or decision. [Cases: Federal Civil Procedure 1888; Reference 29. C.J.S. References ¡ì 33.]

3. Mention or citation of one document or source in another document or source. [Cases: Contracts 166. C.J.S. Contracts ¡ì¡ì 315¨C316.]

4. Patents. Information ¡ª such as that contained in a publication, another patent, or another patent application ¡ª that a patent examiner considers to be anticipatory prior art or proof of unpredictability in the art that forms a basis for one or more of an applicant’s claims to be rejected. See CITATION(4). [Cases: Patents 57.

1. C.J.S. Patents ¡ì 57.] ¡ª refer, vb.


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