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moot

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 :

moot court

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

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If sold in open market

in such a market and on that basis, the value has to be found out. It is a hypothetical case which is contemplated and the Tax Officer must assume that there is an open market in which the

Actus non facit reum, nisi mens sit rea.

health or security of the public is to attach the offence to the person who possesses, at least hypothetically, some control over the acts constituting the offence and to impose penalties on the breach of the regulation … See Blaker v. Tillstone, 1894 (1) QB 345, where the defendant was charged with exposing unwholesome meat. In cases under the (English) Merchandise Marks Act, 1887, 50 & 51 Vict. c. 28, s. 2, the employer is

question

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 … inquired into certified question 1 : a question of state law that may determine the outcome of a case pending in a federal court and that is submitted by the federal court to the state's highest court

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