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firma burgi

firma burgi (f[schwa]r-m[schwa] b[schwa]r-jI). [Law Latin “the farm of the borough”] Hist. A person’s right to take the profits of a borough. • The monarch or the borough’s lord granted this right to a person upon payment of a fixed sum.

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affirmative defense

A defendant’s assertion of facts and arguments that, if true, will defeat the plaintiff’s or prosecution’s claim, even if all the allegations in the complaint are true. • The defendant bears the burden of proving an affirmative defense. Examples of affirmative defenses are duress (in a civil case) and insanity and self-defense (in a criminal

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