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joyriding

joyriding, n. The illegal driving of someone else’s automobile without permission, but with no intent to deprive the owner of it permanently. • Under the Model Penal Code, the offender’s reasonable belief that the owner would have consented is an affirmative defense. See Model Penal Code § 223. 9. — Also termed unauthorized use of

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continuando

continuando (k[schwa]n-tin-yoo-an-doh). [Law Latin “by continuing”] Hist. An allegation charging that the trespass or other wrongful act complained of constitutes a continuing tort against the plaintiff’s property. “In trespasses of a permanent nature, where the injury is continually renewed, (as by spoiling or consuming the herbage with the defendant’s cattle) the declaration may allege the

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