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  2. Mere evidence rule - Wikipedia

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    The mere evidence rule was drawn from the opinion of the United States Supreme Court in the case Boyd v. United States . [ 1 ] In Boyd , the Court ruled that a statute that compelled the production of documents as part of an investigation into the payment of duties was a violation of the Fourth and Fifth Amendments.

  3. List of legal abbreviations - Wikipedia

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    A Law Reference Collection, 2011, ISBN 1624680003 and ISBN 978-1-62468-000-7 Trinxet, Salvador. Trinxet Reverse Dictionary of Legal Abbreviations and Acronyms , 2011, ISBN 1624680011 and ISBN 978-1-62468-001-4 .

  4. Law firm - Wikipedia

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    Law firms are organized in a variety of ways, depending on the jurisdiction in which the firm practices. Common arrangements include: Sole proprietorship, in which the attorney is the law firm and is responsible for all profit, loss and liability;

  5. Glossary of law - Wikipedia

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    At common law, this was the name of a mixed action (springing from the earlier personal action of ejectione firmae) which lay for the recovery of the possession of land, and for damages for the unlawful detention of its possession. The action was highly fictitious, being in theory only for the recovery of a term for years, and brought by a ...

  6. Imminent peril - Wikipedia

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    The 2012 Florida Statutes lay measurable conditions to determine if the "fear of imminent peril" is reasonable under the law. [7] Both the International Court of Justice (ICJ) and the International Law Commission (ILC) have recognized the profound motivations of one's lawful fear of imminent peril and have adopted measures to define ...

  7. List of Latin legal terms - Wikipedia

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    the law of the country in which an action is brought out lex lata: the carried law The law as it has been enacted. lex loci: the law of the place The law of the country, state, or locality where the matter under litigation took place. Usually used in contract law, to determine which laws govern the contract. / ˈ l ɛ k s ˈ l oʊ s aɪ / lex ...

  8. Mistake (contract law) - Wikipedia

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    Mistake of law is when a party enters into a contract without the knowledge of the law in the country. The contract is affected by such mistakes, but it is not void. The reason here is that ignorance of law is not an excuse. However, if a party is induced to enter into a contract by the mistake of law then such a contract is not valid. [3]

  9. Offer and acceptance - Wikipedia

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    Manchester City Council, [15] the court held that an agreement was completed by the tenant's signing and returning the agreement to purchase, as the language of the agreement had been sufficiently explicit and the signature on behalf of the council a mere formality to be completed. Statements of invitation are only intended to solicit offers ...