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The Four Corners Rule is a legal doctrine that courts use to determine the meaning of a written instrument such as a contract, will, or deed as represented solely by its textual content. The doctrine states that where there is an ambiguity of terms, the Court must rely on the written instrument solely and cannot consider extraneous evidence.
The Four Corners of Law is a term commonly used to refer to the intersection of Meeting and Broad Streets in Charleston, South Carolina. [1] It was coined in the 1930s by Robert Ripley, creator of Ripley's Believe it or Not! [2] and refers to the buildings occupying the four corners of the intersection:
The parol evidence rule is a rule in common law jurisdictions limiting the kinds of evidence parties to a contract dispute can introduce when trying to determine the specific terms of a contract [1] and precluding parties who have reduced their agreement to a final written document from later introducing other evidence, such as the content of oral discussions from earlier in the negotiation ...
The US law market is largely off-bounds to Big Four firms due to ethical rules on legal independence. KPMG is close to changing that by securing a unique license in Arizona to practice law.
It is historically known as "the Four Corners of Law" because the intersection hosted buildings from each level of government: the Courthouse (state law), City Hall (municipal law), the Federal Building and U.S. Post Office (federal law), and Saint Michael's Episcopal Church (canon law).
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Four Corners of Law, an intersection in Charleston, South Carolina; Four Corners, Texas, a census-designated place in suburban Houston; Four Corners, Wisconsin (disambiguation), unincorporated communities; Four Corners, Wyoming, an unincorporated town located in the Black Hills of northeastern Wyoming
Four-way stops are an effective way to keep drivers safe on the road. According to the N.C. Department of Transportation, on average, converting intersections into four-way stops — also called ...