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  • 11claim — /kleɪm/ noun 1. an act of asking for something that you feel you have a right to ♦ the union put in a 6% wage claim the union asked for a 6% increase in wages for its members 2. an act of stating that something is a fact ● Her claim that she had… …

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  • 12claim — 1 /kleIm/ verb 1 (T) to state that something is true, even though it has not been proved: claim (that): Gascoigne claimed he d been dining with friends at the time of the murder. | claim to be: She claims to be a descendant of Charles Dickens. |… …

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  • 13claim — [[t]kle͟ɪm[/t]] ♦ claims, claiming, claimed 1) VERB If you say that someone claims that something is true, you mean they say that it is true but you are not sure whether or not they are telling the truth. [V that] He claimed that it was all a… …

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  • 14Claim (legal) — A claim is a legal action to obtain money, property, or the enforcement of a right against another party. The legal document which carries a claim is called a Statement of Claim. It can be any communication notifying the addressee of alleged… …

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  • 15claim — 1. verb 1) Davies claimed that she was lying Syn: assert, declare, profess, maintain, state, hold, affirm, avow; argue, contend, allege; formal aver 2) no one claimed the items Syn …

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  • 16Non-economic damages caps — are controversial tort reforms to limit (i.e., cap ) damages for intangible harms such as severe pain, physical and emotional distress, disfigurement, loss of the enjoyment of life that an injury has caused, including sterility, physical… …

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  • 17Wrongful death claim — Wrongful death is a claim in common law jurisdictions against a person who can be held liable for a death. The claim is brought in a civil action, usually by close relatives, as enumerated by statute. Under common law, a dead person cannot bring… …

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  • 18Narragansett land claim — Narragansett territory c. 1600 The Narragansett land claim was one of the first litigations of aboriginal title in the United States in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court s landmark Oneida I (1974) decision.[1] The Narragansett claimed a few… …

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  • 19cross-claim — n. A claim brought by a party to a lawsuit against a co party, out of an occurrence that is part of the subject matter of the original action. See also counterclaim The Essential Law Dictionary. Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc.… …

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  • 20Regulatory taking — refers to a situation in which a government regulates a property to such a degree that the regulation effectively amounts to an exercise of the government s eminent domain power without actually divesting the property s owner of title to the… …

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