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taking

taking 1 : a seizure of private property or a substantial deprivation of the right to its free use or enjoyment that is caused by government action and esp.

serious bodily injury

serious bodily injury : bodily injury which involves substantial risk of death, protracted and obvious disfigurement, or protracted loss or impairment of the function of a bodily

reckless endangerment

reckless endangerment : the offense of recklessly engaging in conduct that creates a substantial risk of serious physical injury or death to another person NOTE: Reckless endangerment is a misdemeanor but sometimes

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reckless

reckless : characterized by the creation of a substantial and unjustifiable risk to the lives, safety, or rights of others and by a conscious and sometimes wanton

proceeding

commenced independently of a pending action by petition or motion and from which a final order affecting a substantial right may be immediately appealed [special proceedings created exclusively by statute where a special procedure is appropriate and

prejudice

injury or detriment to one's legal rights or claims (as from the action of another): as a : substantial impairment of a defendant's ability to defend [the court found no to the defendant by the lengthy delay

pleading

under the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and in a majority of states, although complex cases often require substantial detail in the pleading.

patent

: the writing securing such a right [received his in the mail] c : a patented invention [all substantial rights to a "Internal Revenue Code"] 3 : an instrument making a conveyance of public lands [to issue

overbreadth

part of its reach may be struck down as unconstitutional if the threat to protected activity is a substantial effect and if it cannot be clearly removed ;also : a doctrine allowing a defendant accused of unprotected

Model Penal Code test

Model Penal Code test : substantial capacity test

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