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Land
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Land Meaning of Land In broad and general sense, means every species of ground, soil or earth, and includes houses and other buildings attached to it by human agency or by nature such as trees, herbage and […]
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Poll
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Poll Meaning of Poll A deed that is cut smooth or even in a straight line without indentation. See indenture . To give or receive a vote. To single out, one by one, of a number of persons such as a panel […]
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Poll
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Poll Meaning of Poll A deed that is cut smooth or even in a straight line without indentation. See indenture . To give or receive a vote. To single out, one by one, of a number of persons such as a panel […]
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Territories
System of organized government long existing within the United States by which certain regions of the country have been erected into civil governments. See New York ex rel. Kopel v Bingham, 211 U.S. 468, 29 S. Ct. 190, 53 L.Ed. 286. Also, an area of land acquired by the United States by […]
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Diminished Capacity
In criminal law, the term is used to refer to lack of capacity to achieve that state of mind requisite for commission of crime. A defense which is short of legal insanity. See Com. v Wa/zack, 360 A.2d 914, 468 Pa. 210.
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