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authority

is bound by the acts of an agent acting with apparent authority. express authority : authority that is explicitly granted to an agent by a principal called also expressed authority stipulated authority implied authority : the authority

Special damage

but which depends in part at least on the special circumstances of the case. It must therefore be explicitly claimed on the pleadings, and at the trial it must be proved by evidence both that the loss

Ruling

force as precedent, but ordinarily it has that force because the conclusion it expresses (for example 'objection sustained') explicitly depends upon and implicitly reiterates a 'rule' -- a legal proposition of more general application--..', Judging 67-68, 1990,

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agreement

valid contract. Under Uniform Commercial Code section 1-201(3), agreement is the bargain of the contracting parties as represented explicitly by their language or implicitly by other circumstances (as a course of dealings). 2 a : an expression

Namely

Namely, has been stated 'that is to say, explicitly, specifically to wit, on item of legislation, namely-certain bail, Webster's Encyclopadic Unabridged Dictionary of the English Language. Namely,

savings statute

savings statute : a statute explicitly excepting certain proceedings, remedies, penalties, rights, or liabilities from the effect of a repeal, amendment, or law called

right of privacy

concerning matters of a personal nature called also right to privacy compare invasion of privacy NOTE: Although not explicitly mentioned in the U.S. Constitution, a penumbral right of privacy has been held to be encompassed in the

prejudice

reasonable possibility of to the defendant "National Law Journal"] c : implied waiver of rights and privileges not explicitly retained [District Court erred in attaching to prisoner's complaint for injunctive relief "National Law Journal"] 2 : a

penumbra

application, or consideration ;esp : a body of rights held to be guaranteed by implication from other rights explicitly enumerated in the U.S. Constitution [the First Amendment has a where privacy is protected from governmental intrusion "Griswold

fundamental right

fundamental right : a right that is considered by a court (as the U.S. Supreme Court) to be explicitly or implicitly expressed in a constitution (as the U.S. Constitution) NOTE: A court must review a law that

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