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  • 61poorly — [adj] not well ailing, below par, failing, ill, indisposed, low, mean, out of sorts*, rotten*, sick, sickly, under the weather*, unwell; concept 314 Ant. healthy, well poorly [adv] unsatisfactorily badly, crudely, defectively, inadequately,… …

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  • 62corporation — An artificial person or legal entity created by or under the authority of the laws of a state. An association of persons created by statute as a legal entity. The law treats the corporation itself as a person which can sue and be sued. The… …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 63cure by verdict — In common law pleading, the rectification or rendering nugatory of a defect in the pleadings by the rendition of a verdict; the court presuming after a verdict, that the particular thing omitted or defectively stated in the pleadings was duly… …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 64dedication — The appropriation of land, or an easement therein, by the owner, for the use of the public, and accepted for such use by or on behalf of the public. Such dedication may be express where the appropriation is formally declared, or by implication… …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 65corporation — An artificial person or legal entity created by or under the authority of the laws of a state. An association of persons created by statute as a legal entity. The law treats the corporation itself as a person which can sue and be sued. The… …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 66cure by verdict — In common law pleading, the rectification or rendering nugatory of a defect in the pleadings by the rendition of a verdict; the court presuming after a verdict, that the particular thing omitted or defectively stated in the pleadings was duly… …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 67dedication — The appropriation of land, or an easement therein, by the owner, for the use of the public, and accepted for such use by or on behalf of the public. Such dedication may be express where the appropriation is formally declared, or by implication… …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 68aider by verdict — The cure of defects in a pleading by verdict, under the rule that any defect, imperfection, or omission in any pleading, whether in substance or form, is cured by verdict if the issue joined is such as necessarily requires proof on the trial of… …

    Ballentine's law dictionary

  • 69cloud on title — An outstanding instrument, record. claim unreleased encumbrance, or defectively executed deed in the chain of title, which superficially renders the title doubtful but is actually illegal or unenforceable for want of equity in enforcement and of… …

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  • 70equitable chattel mortgage — Any contract so convincingly established as to show that there was a clear intention to give a lien on specified chattels of, and in the possession of, the lienee, and that the contract ought, in good conscience and equity, to be enforced… …

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