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Anton Piller, n. Brit. Law.|ˈæntɒn ˈpɪlə(r)|
[The name of Anton Piller K.G., German manufacturers of electric motors.]
Used attrib. (usu. as Anton Piller order) to designate a court order which requires the defendant in proceedings to permit the plaintiff or his legal representatives to enter the defendant's premises in order to obtain evidence essential to the plaintiff's case. Also absol.
Named after the case of Anton Piller K.G. v. Manufacturing Processes Ltd., in which such an order was granted in 1975.
1978Solicitors' Jrnl. 5 May 299/1 His lordship [sc. Lord Denning] would say that an Anton Piller order might be granted against bootleggers as it had against pirates. 1982Observer 17 Oct. 19/1, I was made subject to an Anton Pillar [sic] and a Moravia [sc. Mareva] 1983European Intellectual Property Rev. Jan. 11/1 It is clear law that a defendant may elect to appeal an Anton Piller order rather than apply to the judge who made it for the discharge of the order. 1986Observer 23 Nov. 13/4 An Anton Piller order that would impound every copy of the book and manuscript. 1988Computer Weekly 29 Sept. 40/1 The Anton Piller order has been described as the nuclear weapon in the lawyer's arsenal. |