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rule of completeness

rule of completeness :a rule permitting a party to require introduction

rule of reason

rule of reason :a standard used in restraint of trade actions

ruling

ruling : an official or authoritative determination, decree, statement, or interpretation (as by a judge on a question of law)...

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majority rule

The rule or doctrine that the numerical majority2 of an organized group

well-pleaded complaint rule

well-pleaded complaint rule : a rule of procedure that federal question jurisdiction cannot

Wharton's Rule

Wharton's Rule [after Francis Wharton (1820-89), American lawyer and author, who formulated

rule against perpetuities

rule against perpetuities often cap R&P : a common-law rule stating

Attaching decree-holder

Attaching decree-holder, An attaching decree-holder is a representative of the judgment-debtor and any previous decision binding on the judgment-debtor is...

McNabb-Mallory rule

McNabb-Mallory rule, Criminal Procedure the doctrine that a confession is inadmissible if

Road, Rule of the

Road, Rule of the, the old common law rule, in riding or

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