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Webster 1913 Edition


Inurement

In-ure′ment

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Noun.
Use; practice; discipline; habit; custom.

Webster 1828 Edition


Inurement

INU'REMENT

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Noun.
Use; practice; habit; custom; frequency.

Definition 2024


inurement

inurement

English

Noun

inurement (plural inurements)

  1. Custom, habituation; normal practice.
  2. Benefit; for example, the 501c3 prohibition against "private inurement" within non-profit entities means that individuals within that organization may not receive excessive compensation or benefit from their employment or association, because such arrangements would contravene the supposed mission of the organization.
  3. (law) In patent law, the doctrine that the work done by a person hired by an inventor to test a conception supports the right of that inventor to the resulting invention.

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