definition
Example Sentences
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Circuit Courts of Appeals argue that since I-220 recipients were released, by definition they received humanitarian parole.
This definition typically leads us to technology, consumer, and healthcare companies, and certain types of industrials.
From Barron's
The law as written is extremely broad, and many of the terms it uses don’t have concrete definitions, said Laura Dickinson, a professor at George Washington University’s law school.
“People have feelings; we have anxiety. And by definition, anxiety doesn’t have a specific object. It’s just: “I feel anxious.”
From Salon
The courts have expanded their definition of concepts like conflict, independence, and control beyond the traditional legal anchors in ownership, voting power, or contractual rights.
From Barron's
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