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False weight or measure

of 1976), s. 2(g)] A weight or measure that does not comply with governmentally prescribed standard or with prevailing custom in the place and business in which the weight or measure is used, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th

Goodwill

and character of the business, its name and reputation, its location, its impact on the contemporary market, the prevailing socio-economic ecology, introduction to old customers and agreed absence of competition. There can be no account in value

Termination

SC 886. Termination, in ordinary parlance may include termination for misconduct; but in the light of rules and prevailing practice, the meaning of the word has come to be restricted to contractual termination unconnected with any idea

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Days of grace

it a legal right. The number of these days varies according to the ancient custom or express law prevailing in each particular country. In the (English) United Kingdom, by the Bills of Exchange Act, 1882 (45 &

Fashionable

Conforming to the fashion or established mode according with the prevailing form or style as a fashionable dress

conversion clause

the time of the conversion, the new fixed rate is generally set at one of the rates then prevailing for fixed rate mortgages. There may be additional cost for this clause. Source: U.S. Department of Housing and

Concurrent list

which the federal legislature and the State or the regional legislatures have power to make laws, federal law prevailing in case of conflicts, The Office of the Speaker in the Parliaments of Commonwealth, Wilding and Philips Laundry,

cost

pl : expenses incurred in litigation ;esp : those given by the law or the court to the prevailing party against the losing party

damage

performance at performance NOTE: The trier of fact determines the amount of damages to be awarded to the prevailing party. More than one type of damages may be awarded for a single injury. actual damages : damages

ineffective assistance of counsel

provide competent representation. Competent representation does not require the best representation, only a performance that is reasonable under prevailing professional norms.

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