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carrier

carrier. 1. An individual or organization (such as a shipowner, a railroad, or an airline) that contracts to transport passengers or goods for a fee. Cf. SHIPPER. [Cases: Carriers 3, 235. C.J.S. Aeronautics and Aerospace § 179; Carriers§§ 2, 385.] common carrier. A commercial enterprise that holds itself out to the public as offering to

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court leet

court leet (kort leet). Hist. A feudal court responsible for receiving frankpledges and notices of criminal accusa-tions. • Courts leet exercised both governmental and judicial powers, but declined after the justices in eyre began to take over serious criminal cases. The court met once or twice a year, and was presided over by the lord’s

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genus

genus (jee-n[schwa]s orjen-[schwa]s). A general class comprising several species or divisions. • In legal usage, the terms genus and (sometimes) species invoke the taxonomic classification of life forms in biological science. For example, patent law is a species within the genus of intellectual property; burglary is a species within the genus of crime. In the

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