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  • 51material injury — An injury resulting in damages of a substantial nature as distinguished from merely nominal damages. Anno: 16 ALR 633. To the freehold:–the term as used in the provisions of a conditional sales act making severability without material injury to… …

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  • 52taking for public use — Entering upon private property for more than a momentary period and, under the warrant or color of legal authority, devoting it to a public use, or otherwise informally appropriating or injuriously affecting it in such a way as substantially to… …

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  • 53Dilution — Diminution in the proportion of income to which each share is entitled. The New York Times Financial Glossary * * * dilute di‧lute [daɪˈluːt] verb [transitive] FINANCE if a company dilutes its shares or the earnings on its shares, it increases… …

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  • 54India — /in dee euh/, n. 1. Hindi, Bharat. a republic in S Asia: a union comprising 25 states and 7 union territories; formerly a British colony; gained independence Aug. 15, 1947; became a republic within the Commonwealth of Nations Jan. 26, 1950.… …

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  • 55Kimball Laundry Co. v. United States — SCOTUSCase Litigants=Kimball Laundry Co. v. United States ArgueDate=December 7 ArgueYear=1948 DecideDate=June 27 DecideYear=1949 FullName=Kimball Laundry Co. v. United States USVol=338 USPage=1 Citation=338 U.S. 1 (1949); 69 S.Ct. 1434; 7… …

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  • 56Pennsylvania Coal Co. v. Mahon — SCOTUSCase Litigants=Pennsylvania Coal Company v. Mahon ArgueDate=November 14 ArgueYear=1922 DecideDate=December 11 DecideYear=1922 FullName=Pennsylvania Coal Co. v. Mahon USVol=260 USPage=393 Citation= Prior=On appeal from Pennsylvania Supreme… …

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  • 57japan — japanner, n. /jeuh pan /, n., adj., v., japanned, japanning. n. 1. any of various hard, durable, black varnishes, originally from Japan, for coating wood, metal, or other surfaces. 2. work varnished and figured in the Japanese manner. 3. Japans,… …

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  • 58Japan — /jeuh pan /, n. 1. a constitutional monarchy on a chain of islands off the E coast of Asia: main islands, Hokkaido, Honshu, Kyushu, and Shikoku. 125,716,637; 141,529 sq. mi. (366,560 sq. km). Cap.: Tokyo. Japanese, Nihon, Nippon. 2. Sea of, the… …

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  • 59Sacrifice of the Mass — • The word Mass (missa) first established itself as the general designation for the Eucharistic Sacrifice in the West after the time of Pope Gregory the Great, the early Church having used the expression the breaking of bread (fractio panis) or… …

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  • 60valeur — [ valɶr ] n. f. • 1080; lat. valor I ♦ 1 ♦ Ce en quoi une personne est digne d estime (quant aux qualités que l on souhaite à l homme dans le domaine moral, intellectuel, professionnel). ⇒ mérite. Haute valeur morale. ⇒ distinction, moralité. «… …

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