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res ipsa loquitur

permits an inference or presumption that a defendant was negligent in an accident injuring the plaintiff on the basis of circumstantial evidence if the accident was of a kind that does not ordinarily occur in the absence

stock

: a class of stock whose holders share in company profits (as through dividends) on a pro rata basis, may vote for directors and on important matters such as mergers, and may have limited access to information

Roman law

of the praetors, writings of the jurisconsults, and the codes of the later emperors, and that is the basis for much of the modern civil law systems

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sale

selling goods and services [vice-president of s] b : gross receipts c : income calculated under the accrual basis of accounting

scrutiny

of persons under the equal protection clause of the U.S. Constitution see also intermediate, strict scrutiny compare rational basis test

security

for which a registration statement has not been filed when-is·sued security : a security traded on a conditional basis prior to its issue 3 a : measures taken to guard against espionage or sabotage, crime, attack, or

segregate

-gat·ed -gat·ing vt : to cause or force the separation of ;specif : to separate (persons) on the basis of race, religion, or national origin vi : to practice or enforce a policy of segregation seg·re·ga·tive [-gā-tiv]

social guest

social guest : a person who comes onto the property of another on a social basis NOTE: A social guest can be either a licensee or an invitee. Some jurisdictions make no distinction, in

sound

the dispositions being made in the will vi : to be based or founded : have a specified basis for an action used with in [those remedies for rent which ed in contract "O. W. Holmes, Jr."]

special law

and that is unconstitutional if the classification made is arbitrary or without a reasonable or legitimate justification or basis called also local law special legislation compare general law

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