Comprise

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Comprise

To embrace, cover, or include; to confine within; to consist of.

In the law governing patents—grants of an exclusive right or privilege to make, use, or sell an invention or product for a term of years—the term comprise indicates inclusion rather than limitation. When a patent claim states that a particular product is comprised of certain elements, this means that other elements may also be present.

As used in the devise of land, comprise means to contain or embrace. A plot of land may be comprised of a certain number of acres.

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The comprisal of human vulnerabilities or disabilities within the criterion determines perforce the scope of our particular conception of unconscionable dealing.

Australian Competition and Consumer Commission v. C.G. Berbatis Holdings Pty. Ltd.; curbing unconscionability: Berbatis in the High Court of Australia