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negotiable

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negotiable, adj. 1. (Of a written instrument) capable of being transferred by delivery or indorsement when the transferee takes the instrument for value, in good faith, and without notice of conflicting title claims or defenses. [Cases: Bills and Notes 144. C.J.S. Bills and Notes; Letters of Credit§§ 127, 129–130, 143.] 2. (Of a deal, agreement,

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ager

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ager (ay-j[schwa]r), n. [Latin] Roman law. Land or territory; esp., a portion of land enclosed by definite boundaries. ager arcifinius (ay-j[schwa]r ahr-si-fin-ee-[schwa]s). [Latin “land having irregular boundaries; unsur-veyed land”] Roman law. Land enclosed only as a means of identification, not as a limit. Pl. agri arcifinii. Cf. ager limitatus. ager limitatus (ay-j[schwa]r lim-i-tay-t[schwa]s). [Latin “field

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hit

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hit, n. 1. A physical strike. 2. Criminal law. A murder committed for money or on orders from a gang leader. 3. Criminal law. An instance of the taking of a drug. 3. Intellectual property. A single instance of a computer’s connection to a webpage. • Counters keep track of how many visitors a webpage

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legal innocence

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Criminal law. The absence of one or more procedural or legal bases to support the sentence given to a defendant. • In the context of a petition for writ of habeas corpus or other attack on the sentence, legal innocence is often contrasted with actual innocence. Actual innocence, which focuses on the facts underlying the

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per incuriam

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per incuriam (p[schwa]r in-kyoor-ee-[schwa]m), adj. (Of a judicial decision) wrongly decided, usu. because the judge or judges were ill-informed about the applicable law. “There is at least one exception to the rule of stare decisis. I refer to judgments rendered per incuriam. A judgment per incuriam is one which has been rendered inadvertently. Two examples

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eminent domain

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eminent domain. The inherent power of a governmental entity to take privately owned property, esp. land, and convert it to public use, subject to reasonable compensation for the taking. — Also (rarely) termed compulsory purchase; (in Scots law) compulsory surrender. See CONDEMNATION(2); EXPROPRIATION; TAKING(2). [Cases: Eminent Domain 1, 69. C.J.S. Eminent Domain §§ 2–3, 71–72,

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