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DERIVATIVE. Coming from another; taken from something preceding, secondary;
as derivative title, which is that acquired from another person. There is
considerable difference between an original and a derivative title. When the
acquisition is original, the right thus acquired to the thing becomes
property, which must be unqualified and unlimited, and since no one but the
occupant has any right to the thing, he must have the whole right of
disposing of it. But with regard to derivative acquisition, it may be
otherwise, for the person from whom the thing is acquired may not have an
unlimited right to it, or he may convey or transfer it with certain
reservations of right. Derivative title must always be by contract.
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And while this can't help but hold your attention, the pleasant surprise is that - despite its burlesque, derivativeness and simplistic sermonizing - ``Diary'' comes up with some fascinating character bits. Haddad, who have maintained the journal's commitment to discriminate "between good and bad scholarship, between a version of the truth and an ideological fiction," as the founding editors promised, and "between originality and lackluster derivativeness. But despite its derivativeness and predictability, the film will likely please family-minded audiences looking for nothing more than an amiable, good-hearted time at the movies. |
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