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slip law

was printed on a single piece of paper] : an initial separate publication of a new statute made prior to its inclusion in the general laws

to or a prescriptive easement in the property of a third party [successive adverse users in privity with prior adverse users can successive adverse possessions of land "Hall v. Kerlee, 461 S.E.2d 911 (1995)"]

tax benefit rule

a tax rule requiring that if an amount (as of a loss) used as a deduction in a prior taxable year is recovered in a later year it must be included in the gross income for the

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theft

a specified amount called also petit theft NOTE: Petty theft is a misdemeanor but may be aggravated by prior convictions.

trust

least ten years with income payable to a beneficiary and principal reverting to the settlor upon termination NOTE: Prior to the Tax Reform Act of 1986, a Clifford trust could be used as a tax shelter that

Posterior

Later in time hence later in the order of proceeding or moving coming after opposed to prior

use

is not entitled to a patent for an invention that was in public use more than a year prior to the date of application for the patent. reasonable use 1 : a use of one's property or

will

death see also codicil, living will, testament antenuptial will : a will that was executed by a person prior to that person's marriage and is usually revocable by the court if no provision was made for the

VerbarKaryokinesis

The indirect division of cells in which prior to division of the cell protoplasm complicated changes take place in the nucleus attended with movement of the