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abuse (corrupt practice), misapplication, misusage, misuse
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make improper use of — index abuse (misuse) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
improper use doctrine — The doctrine of patent law, also known as the unclean hands doctrine, which denies the owner of a patent relief against one who supplies unpatented material to a licensee of the patent, although there is an agreement between the patent owner and… … Ballentine's law dictionary
improper — im·prop·er adj: not proper: as a: not in accord with correct procedure an improper venue b: wrongful; specif: in violation of a constitution the denial of trial by jury was held improper im·prop·er·ly adv … Law dictionary
improper — UK US /ɪmˈprɒpər/ adjective LAW ► dishonest, and not allowed by a rule or by law: »The cropland may have been polluted because of improper use of pesticides and fertilizers. » improper accounting/payments/trading »improper… … Financial and business terms
improper — [[t]ɪ̱mprɒ̱pə(r)[/t]] 1) ADJ Improper activities are illegal or dishonest. [FORMAL] 25 officers were investigated following allegations of improper conduct during the murder inquiry... Mr Matthews maintained that he had done nothing improper. Syn … English dictionary
improper — adjective 1 unacceptable according to the normal standards of moral, social, or professional behaviour: It is quite improper for you to have an affair with one of your students. | an improper suggestion (=about sex) 2 illegal or dishonest:… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
improper — /ɪmˈprɒpə / (say im propuh) adjective 1. not proper; not strictly belonging, applicable, or right: an improper use for a thing. 2. not in accordance with propriety of behaviour, manners, etc.: improper conduct. 3. unsuitable or inappropriate, as… …
Use (law) — Use, as a term in real property law of common law countries, amounts to a recognition of the duty of a person, to whom property has been conveyed for certain purposes, to carry out those purposes.Uses were equitable or beneficial interests in… … Wikipedia
Improper integral — In calculus, an improper integral is the limit of a definite integral as an endpoint of the interval of integration approaches either a specified real number or ∞ or −∞ or, in some cases, as both endpoints approach limits.Specifically, an… … Wikipedia
Improper motion — The improper motion of a star refers to the change of its coordinates on the sky not originating from the motion of the star itself, as opposed to proper motion. Obvious sources of improper motion include diurnal motion (caused by the rotation of … Wikipedia
