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frameshift

nucleic acid structure of a gene when the number of base pairs inserted or deleted is not a multiple of three If the addition or deletion occurs in multiples of three the unaffected nucleotides in the genome

listing

sell the property and is entitled to a commission if the owner sells it directly to any party multiple listing : an agreement or arrangement under which real property is marketed through a service or association composed

Rate

by the temporary (English) Poor Rate Exemption Act, 1840, made permanent by the Expiring Laws Act, 1922. The multiplicity of rates leviable by public bodies for public purposes was simplified by the (English) Rating and Valuation Act,

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Concurrent jurisdictions

no complete relief was obtainable at law. It was exercised in order to avoid circuity of action or multiplicity of suits. See UNSOUND MIND.

Prerogative of mercy

though afterwards he might remit the fine, because though the prosecution is vested in the King of avoid multiplicity of suits, yet (during its continuance) this offence savours more of the nature of a private injury to

misjoinder

parties in a legal action ;also : an impermissible joinder of criminal charges or defendants compare duplicity, multifarious, multiplicity

multiplicitous

multiplicitous : giving rise to or resulting from multiplicity [a indictment] [they are not charges]

Singleness

The quality or state of being single or separate from all others the opposite of doubleness complication or multiplicity

Circuity of action

a thing sued for than is needful--Terms de la Ley; also a general term denoting inter alia a multiplicity of law suits. Wherever the rights of the litigant parties were such that the defendant would be entitled

duplicity

charging of more than one offense in one count in a charging instrument (as an indictment) compare misjoinder, multiplicity

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