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  • Agent

    Agent

    (Lat. agens, from agere, to do). One who undertakes p transact some business, or to manage some affair, for another, by the authority and on account of the latter, and to render an account of it. 1 Livermore, Ag. 67; 2 Bouv. Inst. 3. The term is one of a very wide application, and […]

  • Enlightenment

    Definition of Enlightenment [project] The Canada social science dictionary [1] provides the following meaning of Enlightenment [project]: In order to understand what postmodernism is about it is essential to understand what modernity means for the social sciences and this is linked […]

  • Scientific Method

    Definition of Scientific Method The Canada social science dictionary [1] provides the following meaning of Scientific Method: The methods and techniques of investigation and analysis used in the sciences to develop theories and design experiments. Usually scientific methods attempt to […]

  • Inference

    A logical deduction made from approved fact. Martin v insurance company of North America, 460 P.2d 682, I Wash.App. 218. Such deductions are to be guided by common sense and common experience and more than a mere surmise or conjecture . An inference is different from a presumed […]

  • Paradigm

    noun archetype example exemplar guide ideal model norm original paradigma pattern prototype sample standard …

  • Popular Definitions A-Z

    Popular Legal Definitions A-Z Welcome to the Legal Dictionary Browse thousands of legal terms and phrases selected by the Lawi Project editors and suggest new words for the largest law dictionary of the world. Dictionary Popular Legal Terms: A absolute divorce absolute estate accessory contract act actual damages actual fraud adjective law administrative law administrative…