A softcover pamphlet containing recently reported opinions by a court or set of courts. • Advance sheets are published during the interim between an opinion’s announcement and its inclusion in a bound volume of law reports. Cf. slip opinion (1) under OPINION; REPORT(3). [Cases: Courts 103; Reports 1. C.J.S. Courts §§ 170, 173–174, 176; Reports […]
item. 1. A piece of a whole, not necessarily separated. 2. Commercial law. A negotiable instrument or a promise or order to pay money handled by a bank for collection or payment. • The term does not include a payment order governed by division 11 of the UCC or a credit- or debit-card slip. UCC
legislative intent. The design or plan that the legislature had at the time of enacting a statute. — Also termed intention of the legislature; intent of the legislature; congressional intent; parliamentary intent. [Cases: Statutes 181(1). C.J.S. Statutes § 315.] “The intention of the legislature is a common but very slippery phrase, which, popularly understood, may
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