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Labor saving
Saving labor adapted to supersede or diminish the labor of men designed to replace or conserve human and especially manual labor as labor
preemption
of law: when a superior government (as of a state) has undertaken to regulate a subject its laws supersede those of an inferior government (as of a municipality) NOTE: According to the doctrine of preemption, federal law
preempt
geographical markets "Mesa Springs Enterprises v. Cutco Indus., 736 P.2d 1251 (1986)"] 2 a : to replace or supersede (a law) by preemption [such state laws are not ed by the federal Energy Reorganization Act of 1974
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Frye test
v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, 509 U.S. 579 (1993), the Supreme Court held that the Federal Rules of Evidence supersede the Frye test, and as a result scientific evidence (as expert testimony) needs to meet only the requirements
Railway and Canal Commission
Railway and Canal Commission, a body established by the Railway and Canal Traffic Act, 1888, to supersede the Railway Commissioners, who had been appointed under the (English) Regulation of Railways Act, 1873 (36 & 37
Mensa et thoro, Divorce a
Mensa et thoro, Divorce a. superseded by a judicial separation. See a MENSA ET THORO, and MARRIAGE.
Latin
Words of art, known only to the sages of the law, and not to grammarians; called lawyers'Latin. English superseded Latin as the courts' language by virtue of 4 Geo. 2, c. 26.
Levari facias
from the issues and profits of the land, and from the sale of the chattels. This writ, long superseded by the writ of elegit, was formally abolished by the (English) Bankruptcy Act, 1883, s. 146, sub-s. 2.
Livery
Livery [fr. livrer, Fr.,], the act of giving possession, now superseded by the Real Property Act, 1845 (8 & 9 Vict. c.106), s. 2. 'Livery of seisin simply means
Oral pleading
presence of the judges. This was the original mode of pleading; it was, however, except in criminal cases, superseded by written pleadings in the reign of Edward III. see Odgers on Pleading.
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