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  • 41representative action — class or representative action A class action provides a means by which, where a large group of persons are interested in a matter, one or more may sue or be sued as representatives of the class without needing to join every member of the class.… …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 42representative action — class or representative action A class action provides a means by which, where a large group of persons are interested in a matter, one or more may sue or be sued as representatives of the class without needing to join every member of the class.… …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 43representative — An agent, an officer of a corporation or association, a trustee, executor, or administrator of an estate, or any other person empowered to act for another. UCC § 1 201(35). A member of the House of Representatives in Congress or a state… …

    Ballentine's law dictionary

  • 44representative — adj. & n. adj. 1 typical of a class or category. 2 containing typical specimens of all or many classes (a representative sample). 3 a consisting of elected deputies etc. b based on the representation of a nation etc. by such deputies… …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 45representative — representatively, adv. representativeness, n. /rep ri zen teuh tiv/, n. 1. a person or thing that represents another or others. 2. an agent or deputy: a legal representative. 3. a person who represents a constituency or community in a legislative …

    Universalium

  • 46representative — 1. adjective Typical; having the same properties of interest as a larger group. Are you sure this paper is representative of your childs writing? 2. noun a) One who may speak for another in a particular capacity, especially in negotiation. I will …

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  • 47Representative Sample — A subset of a statistical population that accurately reflects the members of the entire population. A representative sample should be an unbiased indication of what the population is like. In a classroom of 30 students in which half the students… …

    Investment dictionary

  • 48representative government —    A political system is representative if it is one in which representatives of the people share, to a significant degree, in the making of decisions. For this to apply there must be a good number of representatives meeting in some kind of free… …

    Glossary of UK Government and Politics

  • 49representative — /rɛprəˈzɛntətɪv / (say repruh zentuhtiv) adjective 1. serving to represent; representing. 2. standing or acting for another or others. 3. exemplifying a class; typical: a representative selection of Australian verse. 4. representing a… …

  • 50Representative elementary volume — In hydrogeology, the representative elementary volume (REV) is the smallest volume over which a measurement can be made that will yield a value representative of the whole. Below REV, the parameter is not defined and the material can not be… …

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