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101incorporate — in·cor·po·rate /in kȯr pə ˌrāt/ vb rat·ed, rat·ing vt 1: to unite with something else to form a whole incorporate the agreement into the divorce 2: to form (as a business) into a legal corporation 3: to include (rights guaranteed by the Bill …
102register — reg·is·ter 1 / re jə stər/ n [Anglo French registre, from Medieval Latin registrum, alteration of Late Latin regesta, pl., register, from Latin, neuter plural of regestus, past participle of regerere to bring back, pile up, collect] 1: a written… …
103compilation — com·pi·la·tion /ˌkäm pə lā shən/ n: a collection of preexisting materials and data so arranged to form a new original work under the law of copyright Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. compilation …
104abridge — /ə brij/ vt abridged, abridg·ing: to diminish or reduce in scope no State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges and immunities of the citizens of the United States U.S. Constitution amend. XIV abridg·ment or… …
105general average — that part of the law merchant that provides that a loss incurred to save a vessel or cargo is distributed between all those benefiting thereby as parties to the maritime adventure. This encourages the jettisoning of cargo for the safety of all.… …
106appreciate — ap·pre·ci·ate /ə prē shē ˌāt, pri , sē / vb at·ed, at·ing vt 1: to judge or understand the significance of incapable of appreciating the difference between right and wrong B. N. Cardozo 2: to raise the market value of compa …
107report — re·port 1 n: a usu. detailed account or statement: as a: an account or statement of the facts of a case heard and of the decision and opinion of the court or of a quasi judicial tribunal determining the case b: a written submission of a question… …
108consolidation — I noun affiliation, aggregation, amalgamation, assemblage, association, centralization, coadunation, combination, compact, confederation, conjunction, conjuncture, consortium, federation, fusion, incorporation, integration, junction, league,… …
109lex Aquilia — an ancient Roman statute, probably passed in the 3rd century BC. Two provisions of it, the first and third chapters, formed the essence of the delict known as damnum injuria datum, loss wrongfully caused . The third chapter provided that if a man …
110nemo debet lucupletari ex aliena jactura — no one may gain from the loss (sacrifice) of another, a maxim from the Digest in the Corpus Juris Civilis often encountered in the law of restitution of civilian systems. It forms the basis of the branch of the law of restitution in Scotland… …
