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Key number system
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Key number systemA research aid developed by West Publishing Company which classifies digests of cases in to various law topics and subtopics which are given paragraph numbers called "Key Numbers." Each key number for a given topic helps the researcher quickly find all references to the legal matter being researched.
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Research
A careful hunting for facts or truth about a subject; inquiry; investigation.
Company
An association of a number of individuals for the purpose of carrying on some legitimate business.
Cases
General term for an action, cause, suit, or controversy, at law or in equity; questions contested before a court of justice.
Each
Every one of the two or more composing the whole.
Legal
That which is according to law. It is used in opposition to equitable, as the legal estate is, in the trustee, the equitable estate in the cestui que trust.
Matter
Some substantial or essential thing, opposed to form; facts.
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Keelage
The right of demanding money for the bottom of ships resting in a port or harbor. The money so paid is also called keelage.
Keels
This word is applied, in England, to vessels employed in the carriage of coals.
Keep the peace
To avoid disturbing the peace; to prevent others from breaking the peace.
Kentucky
The name of one of the new states of the United States of America.This state was formerly a part of Virginia, and the latter state, by an act of the legislature, passed December 18, 1789, "consented that the district of Kentucky, within the jurisdiction of the said commonwealth, and according to its actual boundaries at the time of passing the act aforesaid, should be formed into a new state."
Key
1) An instrument made for shutting and opening a lock. 2) Estates. A wharf at which to land goods from, or to load them in a vessel. This word is now generally spelled Quay, from the French, quai.
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Keyage
A toll paid for loading and unloading merchandise at a key or wharf.
Kickback
A payment by a vendor to an employee at the request of the employee in order for the vendor to receive favorable treatment.
Kidnapping
The forcible and unlawful abduction and conveying away of a man, woman, or child, from his or her home, without his or her will or consent, and sending such person away, with an intent to deprive him or her of some right. This is an offence at common law.
Kilderkin
A measure of capacity equal to eighteen gallons.
Kill fee
Kill Fee/ Rejection fee. Partial compensation given to a writer for work that the publisher does not use, or on an assignment that is terminated before completion.
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Research
A careful hunting for facts or truth about a subject; inquiry; investigation.
Company
An association of a number of individuals for the purpose of carrying on some legitimate business.
Cases
General term for an action, cause, suit, or controversy, at law or in equity; questions contested before a court of justice.
Each
Every one of the two or more composing the whole.
Legal
That which is according to law. It is used in opposition to equitable, as the legal estate is, in the trustee, the equitable estate in the cestui que trust.
Matter
Some substantial or essential thing, opposed to form; facts.
SIMILAR TERMS--------------------------------------
PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS--------------------------------------
Keelage
The right of demanding money for the bottom of ships resting in a port or harbor. The money so paid is also called keelage.
Keels
This word is applied, in England, to vessels employed in the carriage of coals.
Keep the peace
To avoid disturbing the peace; to prevent others from breaking the peace.
Kentucky
The name of one of the new states of the United States of America.This state was formerly a part of Virginia, and the latter state, by an act of the legislature, passed December 18, 1789, "consented that the district of Kentucky, within the jurisdiction of the said commonwealth, and according to its actual boundaries at the time of passing the act aforesaid, should be formed into a new state."
Key
1) An instrument made for shutting and opening a lock. 2) Estates. A wharf at which to land goods from, or to load them in a vessel. This word is now generally spelled Quay, from the French, quai.
Key number system
Keyage
A toll paid for loading and unloading merchandise at a key or wharf.
Kickback
A payment by a vendor to an employee at the request of the employee in order for the vendor to receive favorable treatment.
Kidnapping
The forcible and unlawful abduction and conveying away of a man, woman, or child, from his or her home, without his or her will or consent, and sending such person away, with an intent to deprive him or her of some right. This is an offence at common law.
Kilderkin
A measure of capacity equal to eighteen gallons.
Kill fee
Kill Fee/ Rejection fee. Partial compensation given to a writer for work that the publisher does not use, or on an assignment that is terminated before completion.
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