Alternative form of minor-attracted person.

(law) A legal defense according to which a murderer had no choice but to kill their violent partner in response to cumulative abuse rather than a single provocation.

plural of person of ordinary skill in the art

(US, law) In United States patent law, the hypothetical individual whose likely knowledge determines whether an improvement on existing technology would be obvious, and therefore not patentable.

(Britain) A school subject in which students are taught important facts of life not covered in other subjects, such as sexual relationships, drug abuse and so on.

A very important person of high-ranking or spending power, used especially when anyone can obtain VIP treatment, to distinguish people with especially high requirements.

plural of very, very important person

(UK, law) Any hypothetical person used in a legal test related to patents

plural of person having ordinary skill in the art

A person will continue to display the inherent qualities of the place from which they grew up, or spent a significant amount of, in.