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Preemption

The act or right of purchasing before others.

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Appropriation 76% connected

The act of setting apart or assigning to a particular use or person, or of taking to one's self, in exclusion of all others; application to a special…

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Right 76% connected

Straight; direct; not crooked; as, a right line.

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Abatement of a nuisance noun · 78% connection

(law) the removal or termination or destruction of something that has been found to be a nuisance

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Actual damages noun · 78% connection

(law) compensation for losses that can readily be proven to have occurred and for which the injured party has the right to be compensa…

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Assumed name noun · 78% connection

(law) a name under which a corporation conducts business that is not the legal name of the corporation as shown in its articles of inc…

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Attestant noun · 78% connection

(law) a person who attests to the genuineness of a document or signature by adding their own signature

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Attestator noun · 78% connection

(law) a person who attests to the genuineness of a document or signature by adding their own signature

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Cease and desist order noun · 78% connection

(law) a judicial remedy issued in order to prohibit a party from doing or continuing to do a certain activity; "injunctions were forme…

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Civil wrong noun · 78% connection

(law) any wrongdoing for which an action for damages may be brought

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Combination in restraint of trade noun · 78% connection

(law) any monopoly or contract or combination or conspiracy intended to restrain commerce (which are illegal according to antitrust la…

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Comparative negligence noun · 78% connection

(law) negligence allocated between the plaintiff and the defendant with a corresponding reduction in damages paid to the plaintiff

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Compensatory damages noun · 78% connection

(law) compensation for losses that can readily be proven to have occurred and for which the injured party has the right to be compensa…

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Concurrent negligence noun · 78% connection

(law) negligence of two of more persons acting independently; the plaintiff may sue both together or separately

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Constructive possession noun · 78% connection

(law) having the power and intention to have and control property but without direct control or actual presence upon it

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Contributory negligence noun · 78% connection

(law) behavior by the plaintiff that contributes to the harm resulting from the defendant's negligence; "in common law any degree of c…

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Criminal negligence noun · 78% connection

(law) recklessly acting without reasonable caution and putting another person at risk of injury or death (or failing to do something w…

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Criminal possession noun · 78% connection

(law) possession for which criminal sanctions are provided because the property may not lawfully be possessed or may not be possessed…

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Culpable negligence noun · 78% connection

(law) recklessly acting without reasonable caution and putting another person at risk of injury or death (or failing to do something w…

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DBA noun · 78% connection

(law) a name under which a corporation conducts business that is not the legal name of the corporation as shown in its articles of inc…

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Ad- unknown · 78% connection

As a prefix ad- assumes the forms ac-, af-, ag-, al-, an-, ap-, ar-, as-, at-, assimilating the d with the first letter of the word to…

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Advance adjective · 78% connection

Before in place, or beforehand in time; -- used for advanced; as, an advance guard, or that before the main guard or body of an army;…

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Claim v./. · 78% connection

To ask for, or seek to obtain, by virtue of authority, right, or supposed right; to challenge as a right; to demand as due.

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Com- unknown · 78% connection

A prefix from the Latin preposition cum, signifying with, together, in conjunction, very, etc. It is used in the form com- before b, m…

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Common noun · 78% connection

The right of taking a profit in the land of another, in common either with the owner or with other persons; -- so called from the comm…

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Commonage noun · 78% connection

The right of pasturing on a common; the right of using anything in common with others.

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Cone noun · 78% connection

A solid of the form described by the revolution of a right-angled triangle about one of the sides adjacent to the right angle; -- call…

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Decentering noun · 78% connection

Jean Piaget's theory of cognitive development where a child slowly moves away from an egocentric world to a world shared with others.;…

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Decentration noun · 78% connection

Jean Piaget's theory of cognitive development where a child slowly moves away from an egocentric world to a world shared with others.;…

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Dextrality noun · 78% connection

The state of being on the right-hand side; also, the quality of being right-handed; right-handedness.

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Dis- unknown · 78% connection

A prefix from the Latin, whence F. des, or sometimes de-, dis-. The Latin dis-appears as di-before b, d, g, l, m, n, r, v, becomes dif…

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Discount verb · 78% connection

A deduction made for interest, in advancing money upon, or purchasing, a bill or note not due; payment in advance of interest upon mon…

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