(law) the removal or termination or destruction of something that has been found to be a nuisance
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a writ ordering the release of goods that have been unlawfully detained
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(law) compensation for losses that can readily be proven to have occurred and for which the injured party has the right to be compensa…
Used in the same subject area: Law, General law.(law) immediate and direct physical control over property
Used in the same subject area: Law, General law.(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…
Used in the same subject area: Law, General law.(law) a person who attests to the genuineness of a document or signature by adding their own signature
Used in the same subject area: Law, General law.(law) a person who attests to the genuineness of a document or signature by adding their own signature
Used in the same subject area: Law, General law.(law) a judicial remedy issued in order to prohibit a party from doing or continuing to do a certain activity; "injunctions were forme…
Used in the same subject area: Law, General law.(law) any wrongdoing for which an action for damages may be brought
Used in the same subject area: Law, General law.(law) any monopoly or contract or combination or conspiracy intended to restrain commerce (which are illegal according to antitrust la…
Used in the same subject area: Law, General law.(law) negligence allocated between the plaintiff and the defendant with a corresponding reduction in damages paid to the plaintiff
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Used in the same subject area: Law, General law.(law) negligence of two of more persons acting independently; the plaintiff may sue both together or separately
Used in the same subject area: Law, General law.(law) having the power and intention to have and control property but without direct control or actual presence upon it
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A second or further writ which is issued after a first writ has expired without effect.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: writ, ordering, release, goods, been.To take by legal authority: (a) To arrest by writ, and bring before a court, as to answer for a debt, or a contempt; -- applied to a t…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: writ, ordering, release, goods, been.A paper containing the substance of a legal instrument, as a deed, release, writ, or execution, with spaces left to be filled with nam…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: writ, ordering, release, goods, been.the practice of organizing and or ordering of broadcast media programs (Internet, television, radio, etc.) in a daily, weekly, monthly…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: writ, ordering, release, goods, been.the practice of organizing and or ordering of broadcast media programs (Internet, television, radio, etc.) in a daily, weekly, monthly…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: writ, ordering, release, goods, been.A writ or process commanding the officer to take the body of the person named in it, that is, to arrest him; -- also called writ of ca…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: writ, ordering, release, goods, been.To have power or influence of the nature of authority over; to obtain as if by ordering; to receive as a due; to challenge; to claim;…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: writ, ordering, release, goods, been.(biology) release of material by splitting open of an organ or tissue; the natural bursting open at maturity of a fruit or other repro…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: writ, ordering, release, goods, been.To restrain from proceeding; to stay or stop; to delay; as, we were detained by an accident.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: writ, ordering, release, goods, been.The state of being detained (stopped or hindered); delay from necessity.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: writ, ordering, release, goods, been.A person or thing detained
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: writ, ordering, release, goods, been.The act of directing, of aiming, regulating, guiding, or ordering; guidance; management; superintendence; administration; as, the dire…
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