Tag: construction
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Mitior Sensus
See In Mltlorl Sensu. …
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Term
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Term Meaning of Term A fixed period , a prescribed duration. In relation to a lease , the word not only signifies the duration of the lease but also the estate granted or interested in the tenement . […]
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Punctuation
Punctuation
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Punctuation
Punctuation
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Exception
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Exception Meaning of Exception Act of excepting or excluding from a number designated or from a description; that which is separated from others in a general rule or description; a person , thing or case […]
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Exception
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Exception Meaning of Exception Act of excepting or excluding from a number designated or from a description; that which is separated from others in a general rule or description; a person , thing or case […]
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Singular
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Singular Meaning of Singular Synonyms of Singular adjective different distinct eccentric egregius eminent especial exceptional exclusive […]
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Word
One or more syllables which, when united, convey an idea; a single part of speech. Words will be construed according to their strict and primary acceptation, unless from the context of the writing, and the intention of the parties collected from it, they appear to have been used in a […]
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Latent
Hidden, concealed, dormant; that which is not apparent on visual inspection or upon the face of a thing or document.
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Latent
Hidden, concealed, dormant; that which is not apparent on visual inspection or upon the face of a thing or document.
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Cy Pres
(Law Fr. as near as). The rule of construction applied to a will, but not to a deed, by which, where the testator evinces a particular and a general intention, and the particular intention cannot take effect, the words shall be so construed as to give effect to the general intention. 3 […]
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Ambiguity
ResourcesSee AlsoLaw Dictionaries.Authority ; Metaphor ; Perspective ; Quantum. DOUBLE MEANING, DOUBLE TALK, PUN, PUNCTUATION.Further ReadingArnheim, Rudolf. Visual Thinking. Berkeley: University…
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Reddendo Singula Singulis
(Lat.) Referring particular things to particular persons. For example, when two descriptions of property are given together in one mass, both the next of kin and the heir cannot take, unless in cases where a construction can be made reddendo singula singulis, that the next of kin shall […]
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Reddendo Singula Singulis
(Lat.) Referring particular things to particular persons. For example, when two descriptions of property are given together in one mass, both the next of kin and the heir cannot take, unless in cases where a construction can be made reddendo singula singulis, that the next of kin shall […]
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Nonsense
That which in a written agreement or will is unintelligible, …