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Modal Auxiliary

Legal definition for Indian law research

Definition

Any one of the auxiliary verbs of English such as can may will shall must might could would or should which are used together with the infinitive form of another verb to express distinctions of mood2 such as uncertainty possibility command emphasis and obligation

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