Principle of Priority — the valid name of a taxon, with certain exceptions and limitations, is the oldest name applied to it (provided that the name is not invalidated by any provision of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature or by any ruling by the… … Dictionary of ichthyology
Priority — may refer to: Priority date, a concept of establishing waiting times in the immigration process by United States Department of State Priority level, the priority of emergency communications Priority Records, a record label started in 1985 and… … Wikipedia
Priority (botany) — Priority is a fundamental principal of modern botanical nomenclature. Essentially, it is the principle of recognising the first valid application of a name to a plant. There are two aspects to this: # The first valid name given to a plant shall… … Wikipedia
priority — 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.… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
Principle of least action — This article discusses the history of the principle of least action. For the application, please refer to action (physics). In physics, the principle of least action or more accurately principle of stationary action is a variational principle… … Wikipedia
Priority 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… … Wikipedia
priority — n.; pl. ties [L. prior, former, superior] The principle that of two competing names for the same taxon (below the rank of an infraorder) the validity is based on which was published first, either by date or page (when in the same journal) … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
priority of exercise — The principle that in a case of concurrent jurisdiction, the court which first exercises jurisdiction acquires exclusive jurisdiction to proceed further in the case. Scott v Industrial Acci. Coin. 46 Cal 2d 76, 293 P2d 18 … Ballentine's law dictionary
absolute priority rule — principle that creditor s demands outweigh shareholder s demands for payment in the event of a company s liquidation (Economics) … English contemporary dictionary
Relativity priority dispute — Albert Einstein presented the theories of Special Relativity and General Relativity in groundbreaking publications that either contained no formal references to previous literature, or referred only to a small number of his predecessors for… … Wikipedia
