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which only one party is obligated to perform compare bilateral contract in this entry yellow-dog contract : an illegal employment contract in which a worker disavows membership in and agrees not to join a labor union in

possession

a lack of legal title] 2 : direct physical custody, care, or control of property or contraband (as illegal drugs) [actual possession is not necessary to sustain a conviction "State v. Garrison, 896 S.W.2d 689 (1995)"] adverse … : the act, fact, or condition of having control of something: as a : actual possession in this entry b : constructive possession in this entry c : knowing dominion and control over a controlled substance or

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hearing

determine whether evidence should be suppressed on the ground that it was obtained as the result of an illegal search and seizure preliminary hearing : a hearing held after a criminal defendant's first appearance in court esp. … termination of a property interest (as employment or a benefit) probable cause hearing : preliminary hearing in this entry reaffirmation hearing : a hearing in a bankruptcy case at which a debtor may reaffirm dischargeable debts NOTE:

Condition

be implied bylaw according to the nature of the transaction. A peculiarity of conditions precedent is that an illegal or impossible condition will, as a rule and excepting bequests of personalty (Williams on Executors), avoid the obligation … the Court can gather from the document that the parties intended the lease to be voidable only upon entry by the lessor, see LEASES and RENTCHARGES. Condition inherent, such as descends to the heir with the land

strike

premises as a protest and means of forcing compliance with demands NOTE: This form of strike has been illegal according to both statute and case law since the early 1940s. sym·pa·thy strike : a strike by workers … with another union as to the right to perform particular work organizational strike : recognition strike in this entry primary strike : a strike by workers against their employer with whom they have a dispute recognition strike

defense

infancy, insanity, intoxication, laches, mistake, necessity, res judicata, statute of limitations absolute defense : complete defense in this entry af·fir·ma·tive defense : a defense that does not deny the truth of the allegations against the defendant but … 3-305(a)(1) of the Uniform Commercial Code sets out the real defenses as infancy, duress, lack of legal capacity, illegality of the transaction, fraud in the factum, and discharge of the obligor by a bankruptcy court. By exclusion,

warrant

allowing law enforcement officers to enter premises without prior announcement in order to prevent destruction of evidence (as illegal drugs) or harm to the officers compare exigent circumstances rendition warrant : a warrant issued by an official … distrained extradition warrant : a warrant for the extradition of a fugitive ;specif : rendition warrant in this entry fugitive warrant : an arrest warrant issued in one jurisdiction for someone who is a fugitive from another

Acquittal

Black Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 24. If person is acquitted and ordered to be discharged it is illegal any longer to detain him, and the duty of seeing that he is at once discharged is upon … setting free of a person from the suspicion or guilt of an offence; also to be free from entries and molestations by a superior lord, for services issuing out of lands, Cowel. Acquittal is of two kinds--(1)

impossibility

: a complete defense to criminal liability based on the commitment of acts that are not criminal or illegal NOTE: Legal impossibility is founded on the principle that an act is not a crime unless there is … defense that something (as performance) is impossible 2 : something impossible 3 : impossibility of performance in this entry fac·tu·al impossibility : impossibility based on factual circumstances ;specif : a partial defense to criminal liability based on

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