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minimum contacts

due process to support the assertion of personal jurisdiction under a long-arm statute see also doing business statute, fair play and substantial justice International Shoe Co. v. Washington in the Important Cases section NOTE: In most cases,

rate base

rate base : the total fair value of public utility property that is used in rendering services and that comprises the investment on which

jurisdiction

over the parties before it that allows it to issue a binding judgment see also doing business statute, fair play and substantial justice, long-arm statute, minimum contacts compare subject matter jurisdiction in this entry NOTE: The U.S.

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Blue skylaw

of investment companies in order to protect the public against companies that do not intend to do a fair and honest business and that offer investments that do not promise a fair return so called because the

Kirmess

In Europe particularly in Belgium and Holland and outdoor festival and fair in the United States generally an indoor entertainment and fair combined

Ad quod damnum

Ad quod damnum, a writ which ought to be issued before the Crown grants further liberties, as a fair, market, etc., which may be prejudicial to others; it is addressed to the sheriff, to inquire what damage

Beau-pleader

Beau-pleader (to plead fairly), an obsolete writ upon the Statute of Malbridge (52 Hen. 3, c. 11), which enacted that neither in

Discretion

exercise of judgment and a consideration of the facts and circumstances with are necessary to make a sound, fair and just determination and a knowledge of the facts upon which discretion may properly operate. When it is

Homograph

One of two or more words identical in orthography but having different derivations and meanings as fair n a market and fair a beautiful

Cattle

Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries. See Agriculture And Fisheries, Ministry Of. The weighing of cattle at markets and fairs is provided for by the (English) Markets and Fairs (Weighing of Cattle) Acts of 1887 and 1891 (50

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