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face n1 a: outward appearanceb: the surface or superficial reading or meaning of something (as a document or statute) that does not take into account outside informationthe face of [the] deed reveals that she had two purposes in mind — State v. Rand, 366 A.2d 183 (1976)— often used in the phrases on its face and on the face ofis...neutral on its face but has a discriminatory effect on women — Marcia Coyledid not see on the face of the amendment that it was precisely directed at public as distinguished from private destruction — O'Brien v. United States, 376 F.2d 538 (1967)2: the inscribed or printed side of something (as a document); broadly: the front side of something inscribed or printed on both sidesthe face of a stock certificate3: face value
Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam-Webster. 1996.
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n. The front part of a document or thing, or the part with writing on it; the appearance or tendency of a thing, for example, the face of the evidence.
Webster's New World Law Dictionary. Susan Ellis Wild. 2000.
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The external appearance or surface of anything; that which is readily observable by a spectator.The words contained in a document in their plain or obvious meaning without regard to external evidence or facts.
Dictionary from West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005.
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Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act of 1994
Short Dictionary of (mostly American) Legal Terms and Abbreviations.
