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Long Arm Statute

Legal definition for Indian law research

Definition

long-arm statute


: a state statute allowing for the assertion of personal jurisdiction over a nonresident defendant who has some connection (as ownership or use of property, transaction of business, or commission of a tort) with the state called also single-act statute see also doing business statute, minimum contacts




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