Culture
/ˈkʌltʃər/
Definitions
- (n.) The shared customs, arts, social institutions, and achievements of a particular nation, people, or social group relevant to legal contexts such as intellectual property and human rights.
The law protects the indigenous culture from misappropriation.
- (n.) A standard or regimen of growing biological organisms used in law to address environmental or agricultural regulations, such as bacterial cultures in forensic evidence or biotech patents.
The patent covers the genetically modified bacterial culture.
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Commentary
In legal drafting, distinguish between 'culture' as a sociocultural concept and as a term for biological cultivation to avoid ambiguity in regulatory or IP contexts.
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