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  • 101bargain — bar·gain 1 n often attrib [Old French bargaigne negotiation, haggling, from bargaignier to haggle] 1: an agreement between parties that settles what each gives or receives (as a promise or performance) in a transaction between them compare… …

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  • 102check — n 1: something that limits or restrains see also checks and balances 2: a written order signed by its maker directing a bank to pay a specified sum to a named person or to that person s order on demand see also negotiable instrument compa …

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  • 103settle — set·tle vb set·tled, set·tling vt 1: to resolve conclusively settle a question of law 2: to establish or secure permanently a settled legal principle 3 …

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  • 104maxims — n.    a collection of legal truisms which are used as rules of thumb by both judges and lawyers. They are listed in the codified statutes of most states, and include: When the reason of a rule ceases, so should the rule itself. He who consents to …

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  • 105conveyance — con·vey·ance /kən vā əns/ n 1: an act of conveying a conveyance of land 2: an instrument (as a deed) that conveys property rights (as title) lack of delivery of a conveyance J. D. Calamari and J. M. Perillo Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of L …

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  • 106corroborating evidence — see evidence Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. corroborating evidence …

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  • 107subscribe — sub·scribe /səb skrīb/ vb sub·scribed, sub·scrib·ing [Latin subscribere, literally, to write beneath, from sub under + scribere to write] vt 1: to write (one s name) underneath or at the end of a document we now subscribe our names as witnesses W …

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  • 108judicial discretion — n: discretion(a) Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. judicial discretion …

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  • 109permit — per·mit / pər ˌmit, pər mit/ n: a written warrant or license granted by one having authority a building permit Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. permit …

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  • 110accord — ac·cord 1 /ə kȯrd/ vt 1: to bring into agreement 2: to grant or give esp. as appropriate, due, or earned vi: to be consistent or in harmony ◇ Accord in this sense is often used to introduce a case or an authority that accords with the case or… …

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