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  • 71holder in due course — Broadly, a bona fide holder for value without notice. 11 Am J2d B & N § 397. A holder of a negotiable instrument or document of title who has taken the instrument under the following conditions: that it is complete and regular upon its face; that …

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  • 72illegitimate — Broadly, contrary to law. Usually understood in the narrower sense of being born out of wedlock. See illegitimate child …

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  • 73impleader — Broadly, the joining of a person as a party to an action. As known under modern code or rules practice, the bringing into an action as a party of a person liable over to or liable with the defendant. 39 Am J1st Parties § 90. The bringing into an… …

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  • 74informer's action — Broadly, any action brought by an informer. Technically, a qui tam action. See informer; qui tam action …

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  • 75institution of learning — Broadly, an educational institution, any school. In a narrower sense of the term, as it appears in a tax exemption statute, an enterprise conducted for educational purposes which includes a grade or grades higher than are included in the public… …

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  • 76land grant — Broadly, a transfer of title to real estate. In the accepted sense of the term, a grant of public lands by the United States or a state. A grant of land in the public domain made by Congress from time to time for the support of education in the… …

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  • 77legislature — Broadly, any body having legislative power. One of the three branches of state government, the law making branch, usually consisting of two bodies, a senate and a house of representatives made up of members representing districts and elected… …

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  • 78mineral — Broadly, a natural inorganic substance forming a part of the soil or crust of the earth. 36 Am J1st Min & M § 4. Any natural substance having sufficient value to be mined, quarried, or extracted for its own sake or its own specific use. 36 Am… …

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  • 79mitigation of damages — Broadly, every fact tending to decrease the damages allowable in an action. 22 Am J2d Damg § 200. More precisely, those facts which tend to show that the conceded or assumed cause of action does not entitle the plaintiff to as large an amount of… …

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  • 80monopoly — Broadly, the sole power of dealing in an article or doing a specified thing, either generally or in a particular place. 36 Am J1st Monop etc. § 2. A means of suppressing competition by the unification of interest or management or through… …

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