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will

laws; the validity deriving from adherence to statutory requirements for such wills is purely formal, and a will invalid in respect to such requirements may still be valid under other rules. joint and mutual will : a

verdict

by the jurors under an agreement that all will be bound by the average figure [quotient verdicts are invalid and constitute grounds for a mistrial "Faverty v. McDonald's Restaurants of Oregon, Inc., 892 P.2d 703 (1995)"] repugnant

stipulate

vt 1 : to specify esp. as a condition or requirement of an agreement [parties may not the invalidity of statutes or ordinances "West v. Bank of Commerce & Trusts, 167 F.2d 664 (1948)"] [the contract stipulated

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statutory rule against perpetuities

of a future interest in property and superseding the common-law rule against perpetuities ;esp : a uniform statute invalidating a future interest in property that is not certain to vest or terminate within a life in being

stale

by reason of not being used, acted upon, or demanded in a timely fashion [the search warrant was invalid because it was based on information] [a claim]

separate but equal

Supreme Court that sanctioned the segregation of individuals by race in separate but equal facilities but that was invalidated as unconstitutional see also Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka and Plessy v. Ferguson in the Important

search

the purpose of finding evidence of unlawful activity or guilt or to locate a person [warrantless es are invalid unless they fall within narrowly drawn exceptions "State v. Mahone, 701 P.2d 171 (1985)"] see also exigent circumstances,

republish

the execution of a codicil incorporating the will by reference and with the result of rendering an otherwise invalid will valid

reissue patent

reissue patent : a patent that is issued to fix defects (as invalid claims) of an original patent and that replaces and is granted for the remainder of the term of

per se rule

rule applied without consideration for specific circumstances [would go even further and apply a per se rule of invalidity to affirmative action programs "Alan Freeman"] called also flat rule 2 : a rule that considers a particular

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