Friday, May 24, 2019
Dear Subscribers,
We apologize for out failure to send out a Legal Term of the Day yesterday. Please accept whichever of the following excuses puts us in the best light:
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- a disgruntled former employee sabotaged our servers, thence preventing us from sending out an LTOTD
We assure* you that we have adequately dealt with the matter you selected above and that this will not happen in the future. That being said, in order to respect the work/life balance of out staff, LTOTD will be observing Memorial Day and as such will not be sending out an LTOTD on Monday. We appreciate your understanding in this matter.
In other news, the voting for the tagline contest has been closed, the votes will be counted and the results will be shared on Tuesday. Enjoy the long weekend!
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sabotage (sab-ə-tahzh), n. 1. The destruction, damage, or knowingly defective production of materials, premises, or utilities used for national defense or for war. 18 USCA §§ 2151 et seq. [Cases: War and National Emergency 🔑︎53. C.J.S. War and National Defense § 67.] 2. The willful and malicious destruction of an employer's normal operations, esp. during a labor dispute. – sabotage, vb.
"Black's Law Dictionary, 8th edition" by Bryan A. Garner
thence, adv. 1. From that place; from that time. ● In surveying, and in describing land by courses and distances, this word, preceding each course given, implies that the following course is continuous with the one before it <south 240 feet to an iron post, thence west 59 feet> 2. On that account; therefore.
"Black's Law Dictionary, 8th edition" by Bryan A. Garner
E.g. "Yo bro, back in the day MTV totally censored parts of the music video for "Sabotage" by the Beastie Boys, some say this itself was an attempt to sabotage the enormous influence the group had on the music industry in the early 90's...some say"
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Wednesday, May 22, 2019
repugnant (ri-pəg-nənt), adj. Inconsistent or irreconcilable with; contrary or contradictory to <the court's interpretation was repugnant to the express wording of the statute>.
"Black's Law Dictionary, 8th edition" by Bryan A. Garner
E.g. "Yo bro, your recollection of that night is totally repugnant to mine, I wasn't 'that' drunk!"
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Tuesday, May 21, 2019
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We apologize for the delay in today's LTOTD, apparently our email servers were located on land considered to be extra commercium and had to be moved. We assure you that we are not making this up and do not anticipate any future issues related to this. Thank you for your understanding.
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quartering, n. Hist. 1. The dividing of a criminal's body into quarters after execution, esp. as part of the punishment for a crime such as high treason. See HANGED, DRAWN, AND QUARTERED. 2. The furnishing of living quarters to members of the military. ● The Third Amendment generally protects people from being forced to use their homes to quarter soldiers. U.S. Const. amend. III. 3. The dividing of a shield into four parts to show four different coats of arms. – quarter, vb.
"Black's Law Dictionary, 8th edition" by Bryan A. Garner
E.g. "Yo bro, I've been quartering these soldiers in my house for since 1970! According to them, my house got "grandfathered in" before the 3rd amendment so they just come and go as they please."
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Monday, May 20, 2019
Dear subscribers,
Votes for the new website tagline are coming in! There is still time to get your vote in before the deadline if you haven't already, see last Friday's LTOTD for more info. We also have a user submission to add to the list:
- Yo bro, we’re like your favorite legal dictionary but cooler! 😎
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Parratt-Hudson doctrine. The principle that a state actor's random, unauthorized deprivation of someone's property does not amount to a due-process violation if the state provides adequate postdeprivation remedy. Parratt v. Taylor, 451 U.S. 527, 101 S.Ct. 3194 (1984). [Cases: Constitutional Law 🔑︎278(1). C.J.S. Constitutional Law §§ 982-984, 987-990, 1211-1215, 1269, 1420-1421, 1424; Zoning and Land Planning § 23.]
"Black's Law Dictionary, 8th edition" by Bryan A. Garner
E.g. "Yo bro, I tried to file a lawsuit against the state for $23.50, which is the cost of the mail-order hobby kit that the mail room staff here at the state prison 'lost', but the court dismissed it saying it didn't amount to a violation of due-process according to the Parratt-Hudson doctrine."
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Friday, May 17, 2019
Dear subscribers,
We are happy to announce that our new website
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objective theory of contract. The doctrine that a contract is not an agreement in the sense of a subjective meeting of the minds but is instead a series of external acts giving the objective semblance of agreement. – Often shortened to objective theory. Cf. SUBJECTIVE THEORY OF CONTRACT; MEETING OF THE MINDS. [Cases: Contracts 🔑︎15, 147(1). C.J.S. Contracts §§ 35-36, 38, 308; Parent and Child § 178.]
"Black's Law Dictionary, 8th edition" by Bryan A. Garner
E.g. “Yo bro, according to the objective theory of contract, it doesn’t matter that there is no physical contract between farmer John and farmer Bill for the 40 kilograms of corn. Any reasonable person would judge the acts and behaviors of those two enough to objectively construe agreement! The real issue here is that the bundle of corn doesn’t look anywhere near 40 kilograms, as farmer John claims it to be, so I don’t think he is using mensura domini regis!”
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