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blue sky laws
blue sky laws State statutes establishing standards for offering and selling securities. The purpose of these laws is to protect citizens from investing
bylaws
bylaws The local laws or municipal statutes of a city or town. Source: FindLaw
chill
chill : to discourage esp. through fear of penalty : have a chilling effect on [statutes which may the exercise of…free expression "M. H. Redish"]
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citator
citator : a published list of cases, statutes, and other sources of law showing their subsequent history (as of being cited in other cases) and status
civil rights act
civil rights act Federal statutes enacted after the Civil War, intended to implement and give further force to basic personal rights guaranteed by
close
class closes, the trust shall continue…until the death of the last surviving member of the class "Louisiana Revised Statutes"] n : an enclosed area [break another's ]
conduct
: an act or omission to act [a crime is that which is defined as criminal "Louisiana Revised Statutes"] 2 : mode or standard of personal behavior
constitution
the British Constitution is not set down in a comprehensive document, but is found in a variety of statutes (as the Magna Carta) and in common law. Canada inherited many of the rules and practices that are
court of law
court of law :court ;specif : a court that hears cases and decides them on the basis of statutes and common law compare court of equity
dower
man's real property to which his wife is entitled upon his death under common law and some state statutes compare curtesy, elective share
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