ANTICIPATION

The act of doing or taking a thing before its proper time. In conveyancing, anticipation is the act of ll igning, charging, or otherwise dealing with income before it becomes due. In patent law, a person is said to have been anticipated when he patents. a contrivance already known within the limits of the country granting the patent. Toplifr v. TopU!f, 145 U. S. 156, 12 Sup. Ct. 825, 36 L. Ed. 658; Detroit, etc., Co. v. Renchard (C. C.) 9 Fed.!!98; National Hollow Brake Beam Co. v. Interchangeable Brake Beam Co. (0. C.) 99 Fed. 772. [s. 80]