LEGAL WORD
Fair dealing
Legal term · Intellectual property
Fair dealing
- Type: Legal term
- Area of law: Intellectual property
1 What it means
Use of copyrighted work for purposes like research, criticism or reporting, which is not infringement.
2 Use it in a sentence
Quoting a short passage for review is fair dealing.
3 Make it stick
Write your own sentence using Fair dealing about a case or topic you are studying this week, then check it against the meaning above.
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