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Hyphen

Legal definition for Indian law research

Definition

A mark or short dash thus placed at the end of a line which terminates with a syllable of a word the remainder of which is carried to the next line or between the parts of many a compound word as in fine leaved clear headed It is also sometimes used to separate the syllables of words

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