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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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