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out-of-pocket rule

out-of-pocket rule : a measure of damages from fraud used in some jurisdictions that is based on the difference between the amount paid by the plaintiff and the market value of the thing paid

privilege

of that branch see also United States v. Nixon in the Important Cases section NOTE: Executive privilege is based on the separation of powers doctrine. In United States v. Nixon, the Supreme Court held that this privilege

opinion

court or judge of the reasons and principles of law upon which the decision in a case is based compare holding, judgment, ruling advisory opinion : a nonbinding opinion or evaluation of a court or other judicial

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offense

damages compare quasi contract at contract, quasi-offense NOTE: Breach of contract, offenses, quasi-offenses, and quasi contracts are the bases for civil liability under the civil law. Offenses and quasi-offenses are comparable to common-law torts.

notional principal amount

notional principal amount the proposed amount which interest rate swap payments are based but generally not paid or received by either party. Source: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

nolo contendere

that does not bar denial of the truth of the charges in another proceeding (as a civil action based on the same acts) called also no contest non vult contendere compare guilty, not guilty

Noerr-Pennington doctrine

Workers v. Pennington, 381 U.S. 657 (1965), U.S. Supreme Court cases that established the doctrine] : a doctrine based on the First Amendment right of petition that exempts from antitrust liability the joint efforts of businesses to

natural law

binding upon human society in the absence of or in addition to positive law NOTE: While natural law, based on a notion of timeless order, does not receive as much credence as it did formerly, it was

mortgage score

mortgage score a score based on a combination of information about the borrower that is obtained from the loan application, the credit report,

prejudice

directed against an individual, a group, a race, or their supposed characteristics [the Constitution does not prohibit laws based on per se "R. H. Bork"] b : an attitude or disposition (as of a judge) that prevents

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out-of-pocket rule

out-of-pocket rule : a measure of damages from fraud used in some jurisdictions that is based on the difference between the amount paid by the plaintiff and the market value of the thing paid

privilege

of that branch see also United States v. Nixon in the Important Cases section NOTE: Executive privilege is based on the separation of powers doctrine. In United States v. Nixon, the Supreme Court held that this privilege

opinion

court or judge of the reasons and principles of law upon which the decision in a case is based compare holding, judgment, ruling advisory opinion : a nonbinding opinion or evaluation of a court or other judicial

Keep your definitions linked to case research

offense

damages compare quasi contract at contract, quasi-offense NOTE: Breach of contract, offenses, quasi-offenses, and quasi contracts are the bases for civil liability under the civil law. Offenses and quasi-offenses are comparable to common-law torts.

notional principal amount

notional principal amount the proposed amount which interest rate swap payments are based but generally not paid or received by either party. Source: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

nolo contendere

that does not bar denial of the truth of the charges in another proceeding (as a civil action based on the same acts) called also no contest non vult contendere compare guilty, not guilty

Noerr-Pennington doctrine

Workers v. Pennington, 381 U.S. 657 (1965), U.S. Supreme Court cases that established the doctrine] : a doctrine based on the First Amendment right of petition that exempts from antitrust liability the joint efforts of businesses to

natural law

binding upon human society in the absence of or in addition to positive law NOTE: While natural law, based on a notion of timeless order, does not receive as much credence as it did formerly, it was

mortgage score

mortgage score a score based on a combination of information about the borrower that is obtained from the loan application, the credit report,

prejudice

directed against an individual, a group, a race, or their supposed characteristics [the Constitution does not prohibit laws based on per se "R. H. Bork"] b : an attitude or disposition (as of a judge) that prevents

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