A word or phrase that has a precise, specialized meaning within a particular field or profession.
‘public domain’ is a term of art in copyright law and you shouldn't throw it around if you don't know what it means
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The framework is trying to walk a fine line between accepted terms of art and plain language.
White jousted with the firm's attorney over terms of art, legal definitions, names for various entities.
Harmonization is a trade term of art that often indicates that strong regulations and protections are going to be taken down to the lowest common denominator.
The words and terms of art used at the time can be interpreted by what they meant under Common Law at the time of founding.
The term of art 'technical default' refers to violation of any other loan terms.
Actually, 'cult stock' is a pretty established term of art on Wall Street.
"Undue hardship" is a legal term of art which imposed different obligations on different employers.
Debtor in possession is the bankruptcy term of art for the entity which files a Chapter 11.
Now the term of art is that you earn an 'award seat.'
The technical term of art used by NSA to describe these operations is computer network exploitation.
Active cyberdefense is a term of art widely understood to include offensive actions in cyberspace taken with defensive purposes in mind.
In this blog, I use "insurance" loosely, as a lay term of art for any service that you pay an up-front fee for in return for possible later expense coverage.
Definition of term of art in US English:
term of art
noun
A word or phrase that has a precise, specialized meaning within a particular field or profession.
‘public domain’ is a term of art in copyright law and you shouldn't throw it around if you don't know what it means
the email was sent to me as ‘deep background’—a journalistic term of art that means ‘you need to know this, but forget who told you’
Example sentencesExamples
Debtor in possession is the bankruptcy term of art for the entity which files a Chapter 11.
The framework is trying to walk a fine line between accepted terms of art and plain language.
The technical term of art used by NSA to describe these operations is computer network exploitation.
"Undue hardship" is a legal term of art which imposed different obligations on different employers.
Actually, 'cult stock' is a pretty established term of art on Wall Street.
The term of art 'technical default' refers to violation of any other loan terms.
White jousted with the firm's attorney over terms of art, legal definitions, names for various entities.
In this blog, I use "insurance" loosely, as a lay term of art for any service that you pay an up-front fee for in return for possible later expense coverage.
Harmonization is a trade term of art that often indicates that strong regulations and protections are going to be taken down to the lowest common denominator.
Active cyberdefense is a term of art widely understood to include offensive actions in cyberspace taken with defensive purposes in mind.
Now the term of art is that you earn an 'award seat.'
The words and terms of art used at the time can be interpreted by what they meant under Common Law at the time of founding.