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legal

such by law [a certainty] d : created by operation of esp. statutory law [ incompetence] [a presumption] compare conventional, judicial e : established by law [the test for mental capacity] 3 : conforming to or permitted

notice

is imputed by law rather than from fact [held to have constructive notice of the prior recorded deed] compare recording act express notice : actual notice in this entry implied notice : notice that is imputed to

manslaughter

manslaughter : the unlawful killing of a human being without malice compare homicide, murder involuntary manslaughter : manslaughter resulting from the failure to perform a legal duty expressly required to

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majority

who has reached legal age 2 a : a number or quantity greater than half of a total compare plurality b : the excess of a majority over the remainder of the total 3 a : the

loan

of the same kind as that borrowed and consumed used chiefly in the civil law of Louisiana ; compare bailment, deposit, loan for use in this entry loan for use : a loan in which one party

lien

debt or the satisfaction of some other obligation arising out of a transaction or agreement involving that property compare general lien in this entry statutory lien : a lien imposed by statute tax lien : a statutory

pleading

that requires a plaintiff to set out in the complaint facts sufficient to establish a cause of action compare notice pleading in this entry notice pleading : pleading that is characterized esp. by a simplified description sufficient

will

does not create a presumption of a contract not to revoke the will or wills "Maine Revised Statutes"] compare joint and mutual will in this entry NOTE: A joint and mutual will is a joint will, but

precedent

ahead of, come before] : prior in time, order, arrangement, or significance see also condition precedent at condition compare subsequent [pre-səd-nt] n : a judicial decision that should be followed by a judge when deciding a later

warrant

without prior announcement in order to prevent destruction of evidence (as illegal drugs) or harm to the officers compare exigent circumstances rendition warrant : a warrant issued by an official (as a governor) in one jurisdiction (as

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