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featherbedding

featherbedding [from the notion of making oneself comfortable through the receipt of excessive or unjustified compensation for little or no work] :

floater

floater 1 from the notion that the policy “floats” with the goods it insures, wherever they might be located : a policy or

interest rate swap

to exchange payments tied to different interest rates for a specified period of time, generally based on a notional principal amount. Source: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

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jurisdiction

decisions that the exercise of personal jurisdiction must meet the requirements of due process and must not violate notions of fair play and substantial justice. The constitutional standard to determine whether a party is subject to the

lodestar

lodestar [perhaps from the notion of the lodestar as a guiding light or principle] : the amount obtained by multiplying the reasonable amount

minimum contacts

must determine that the contacts are sufficient so that the assertion of jurisdiction will not offend the traditional notions of fair play and substantial justice.

natural law

society in the absence of or in addition to positive law NOTE: While natural law, based on a notion of timeless order, does not receive as much credence as it did formerly, it was an important influence

race-notice

race-notice [race from the notion of two parties rushing to the courthouse in order to be the first to record a claim or

suspicion

an instance of suspecting something : a mental state usually short of belief in which one entertains a notion that something is wrong or that a fact exists without proof or on slight evidence see also reasonable

Bufonite

of Pycnodonts thick teeth whose remains occur in the ooumllite and chalk formations toadstone so named from a notion that it was originally formed in the head of a toad

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