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commerce

esp. on a large scale and involving transportation from place to place : trade see also commerce clause Fair Labor Standards Act in the Important Laws section 2 : the act of engaging in sexual intercourse

actual cash value

cash value 1 : the cost of replacing or repairing damaged property less any applicable depreciation 2 : fair market value

agree

agree agreed agree·ing vt : to share an opinion that [agreed the terms were fair] vi 1 : to share an opinion, understanding, or intent [unable to on a verdict "New York Law

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alternate valuation

alternate valuation : the appraisal of a deceased person's gross estate at the fair market value six months after the person's death

appraisal

a valuation of property by the estimate of an authorized person: as a : the determination of the fair value of a corporation's stock by a judicial proceeding that a dissenting shareholder is usually entitled by statute

assignment

assignment : an assignment for the benefit of creditors of all of a debtor's property to be distributed fairly to the creditors compare preference wage assignment : an assignment by an employee by which an amount of

cause

removal of a trustee] just cause 1 : cause that a person of ordinary intelligence would consider a fair and reasonable justification for an act used esp. in cases involving termination of employment and denial of unemployment

class action

representative parties are typical of the claims or defenses of the class, and (4) the representative parties will fairly and adequately protect the interests of the class.” If the action satisfies these requirements, it must then fit

cognizable

the Sixth Amendment to the Constitution, which requires that jurors be selected from jury pools that represent a fair cross section of the community. 2 : capable of being judicially heard and determined [a claim]

consideration

consideration : a consideration that is reasonably equivalent in value to the thing for which it is given fair consideration : a consideration that is reasonable and given in good faith ;specif : something with a reasonably

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