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Hypothetical case

Hypothetical case. It is not the function of a court of law to advise parties what their rights would be under an hypothetical state of facts, Glasgow Navigation Co. v. Iron Ore Co., 1910 AC 293....

Hypothetical tenant

Hypothetical tenant, a term used in valuations for rating denoting the ideal or imaginary person who would take premises at an average of the rents likely to be paid by all persons who could be regarded as possible tenants, including the owner. 'In my opinion, the rent that the (hypothetical) tenant might reasonably be expected to pay is the rent which, apart from all conditions affecting or limiting its receipt in the hands of the land-lord, would be regarded as a reasonable rent for the tenant who occupied under the conditions which the statue imposes,' per Lord Buckmaster, Poplar Union Assessment Committee v. Roberts, 1922 AC 93....

hypothetical question

hypothetical question see question ...

moot

moot : to make moot [statute of limitations would the effort "S. R. Sontag"] adj [(of a trial or hearing) hypothetical, staged for practice, from moot hypothetical case for law students, argument, deliberative assembly, from Old English mōt assembly, meeting] : deprived of practical significance : made abstract or purely academic [the case became when the defendant paid the sum at issue] see also mootness doctrine compare justiciable, ripe moot·ness [müt-nəs] n ...

moot court

moot court : a mock court in which law students argue hypothetical cases for practice ...

question

question 1 : a particular query directed to a witness compare interrogatory hy·po·thet·i·cal question [hī-pə-the-ti-kəl] : a question directed to an expert witness (as a physician) that is based on the existence of facts offered in evidence and the answer to which is an opinion to be considered in light of the evidence NOTE: Modern rules of evidence have lessened the need for a hypothetical question setting forth all of the facts to be assumed in answering the question. An expert witness may state an opinion based on data or facts considered reliable in his or her field even if not already disclosed or not admissible as evidence. leading question : a question so framed or presented as to suggest a particular answer [leading questions should not be used on the direct examination of a witness except as may be necessary to develop his testimony "Federal Rules of Evidence Rule 611(c)"] NOTE: Leading questions are permitted in direct examination of ...

ripe

ripe 1 : of, relating to, or being a claim for relief that is ready for judicial resolution because the injury is certain to occur and is not merely hypothetical or speculative compare moot 2 : ready and appropriate for disclosure because reasonably determined to be valid and not required to be kept secret for business reasons used of corporate information ripe·ness n ...

social contract

social contract : an actual or hypothetical agreement among individuals forming an organized society or between the community and the ruler that defines and limits the rights and duties of each ...

Cinnamyl

The hypothetical radical C6H5C2H22C of cinnamic compounds...

Date line

The hypothetical line on the surface of the earth fixed by international or general agreement as a boundary on one side of which the same day shall have a different name and date in the calendar from its name and date on the other side Also called International Date Line...

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