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sim·ple adj1: oral or written but not under seal or of record2: not extreme, aggravated, or complicatedsimple kidnapping3: having no limitations or restrictions see also fee simplesim·ply adv
Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam-Webster. 1996.
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artless, bare, basal, basic, clear, crude, downright, elemental, elementary, frank, free of duplicity, fundamental, guileless, homespun, homogeneous, inartificial, incomplex, inconditus, ingenuous, inornate, intelligible, irreducible, mere, natural, open, plain, primary, pure, rudimentary, rustic, simple-minded, simplex, simplified, sincere, sincerus, single, straightforward, unadorned, unadulterated, unaffected, unalloyed, unblended, uncombined, uncomplicated, uncompounded, unconstrained, undecorated, understandable, undesigning, unembellished, uninvolved, unmingled, unmixed, unpretentious, unsophisticated, unstudied, unvarnished, without confusion
associated concepts: simple assault, simple battery, simple contract, simple larceny, simple will
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coherent (clear), comprehensible, credulous, elementary, facile, fatuous, genuine, household (familiar), ingenuous, innocuous, lucid, mere, mundane, naive, naked (lacking embellishment), narrow, nominal, obtuse, only (no more than), opaque, ordinary, pellucid, puerile, pure, rudimentary, stark, unadulterated, unaffected (sincere), unobtrusive, unpretentious, unsuspecting
Burton's Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006
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adj.Pure; uncomplicated; used to describe a crime that is not aggravated or compounded. See also aggravate
The Essential Law Dictionary. — Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. Amy Hackney Blackwell. 2008.
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adj.1 In criminal law, uncomplicated by aggravating circumstances.See also aggravated, mitigating circumstance.2 In property law, inheritable by the heirs of the owner without reservation; in contract law, not under seal.See also sealed instrument.
Webster's New World Law Dictionary. Susan Ellis Wild. 2000.
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Unmixed; not aggravated or compounded.
Dictionary from West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005.
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Unmixed; not aggravated or compounded.
Short Dictionary of (mostly American) Legal Terms and Abbreviations.