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  • 81moron — Broadly, a person so retarded mentally as to be stupid. Technically, one whose mental performance is not above that of a child between the ages of seven and twelve. State v Driver, 88 W Va 479, 107 SE 189, 15 ALR 917, 921 …

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  • 82order of court — Broadly defined, the judgment or conclusion of a court on any motion or proceeding by which affirmative relief is granted or denied. 37 Am J1st Motions § 23. Precisely, a direction of a court or judge made in writing and not included in a… …

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  • 83personal tax — Broadly, the burden imposed by government on its own citizens for the benefits which that government affords by its protection and its laws. United States v Erie Railroad Co. (US) 16 Otto 327, 333, 27 L Ed 151, 155, 1 S Ct 223. In a narrower… …

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  • 84physical interference — Broadly, any physical obstruction of movement. In a technical sense, an injury to or a disturbance of land from a physical aspect, as distinguished from a disturbance constituting annoyance or other discomfort of a mental nature and personal to… …

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  • 85physician — Broadly, one who practices the art of healing disease and preserving health. 41 Am J1st Phys & S § 2. A person skilled in the art of healing. State v Borah, 51 Ariz 318, 76 P2d 757, 115 ALR 254. One who is proficient in the art of healing by… …

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  • 86professional employee — Broadly, any employee whose duties call for the practice of a profession. For the purposes of the Fair Labor Standards Act, an employee whose primary duties consist of the performance of work requiring knowledge of an advanced type in the field… …

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  • 87railroad hazard — Broadly, any danger in connection with the operation of a railroad. A term of art for the hazard in the employment of railroading by reason of which workers in such employment are exempted from the application of the fellow servant rule by… …

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  • 88railroad system — Broadly, the aggregation or network of railroads of the United States physically connected for the interchange of business. Texas & Pacific R. Co. v Gulf, C. & S. F. R. Co. 270 US 266, 70 L Ed 578, 46 S Ct 263. In another sense, an operating… …

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  • 89reserved option — Broadly, any option provided a party under the terms of a contract. In common usage, an option contained in the terms of a contract permitting a party to rescind or cancel. 17 Am J2d Contr §§ 495 498 …

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  • 90restraining order — Broadly, any injunction other than a mandatory injunction, In common legal usage, an order granted without notice to the adverse party, intended only as a restraint on him until the propriety of gr anting a temporary injunction can be determined …

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