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landmark often attrib 1 : an object (as a stone or tree) that marks a boundary of land 2 : an event or development that marks a turning point or stage [a decision] 3 : a structure (as a building) of unusual historical or aesthetic interest ;esp : one that is officially designated and set aside for preservation ...
landmark case
landmark case see case ...
Landmark
Landmark, an object fixing the boundary of an estate or property....
Landmark decision
Landmark decision, means a judicial decision that significantly changes existing law, Brown v. Board of Edu., 347 U.S. 483: 74 SCT 686 (1954)....
incapacitate
incapacitate -tat·ed -tat·ing 1 : to make legally incapable or ineligible [mental illness alone will not a person from making a valid contract "Landmark Med. Ctr. v. Gauthier, 635 A.2d 1145 (1994)"] 2 : to deprive of capacity or natural power [an injury that s the employee] in·ca·pac·i·ta·tion [-pa-sə-tā-shən] n ...
overrule
overrule 1 : to rule against [the objection was overruled] compare sustain 2 a : to rule against upon review by virtue of a higher authority : set aside reverse [the appeals court overruled the trial court's decision] b : to set aside as a precedent or guide [did not intend to overrule prior jurisprudence in that area] [refused to overrule the landmark case] compare follow ...
Balize
A pole or a frame raised as a sea beacon or a landmark...
Cippus
A small low pillar square or round commonly having an inscription used by the ancients for various purposes as for indicating the distances of places for a landmark for sepulchral inscriptions etc...
Hoarstone
A stone designating the bounds of an estate a landmark...
VerbarJalons
Long poles topped with wisps of straw used as landmarks and signals...
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