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AUTOMATIC WEAPON

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A weapon that fires automatically and repeatedly while the trigger is held down so long as it still has ammunition. … [Read more...]

AVAILS

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Profits, or proceeds. This word seems to have been construed only In reference to wills, and in them it means the corpus or proceeds of the estate after the payment of the debts. 1 Amer. & Eng. Enc. Law, 1039. See Allen v. De Witt, 3 N. T. 279; McNaughton t. McNaughton, 34 N. T. 201. … [Read more...]

AUTOMATISM

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In medical jurisprudence, this term is applied to actions or conduct of an individual apparently occurring without will, purpose, or reasoned intention on his part; a condition sometimes observed in persons who, without being actually insane, suffer from an obscuration of the mental faculties, loss of volition or of memory, or kindred affections. "Ambulatory automatism" … [Read more...]

AVAL

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In French law. The guaranty of a bill of exchange; so called because usually placed at the foot or bottom {aval) of the bill. Story, Bills, … [Read more...]

AUTONOMY

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Complete independence, running on its own. An unencumbered government. Law Dictionary - Alternative Legal Definition The political independence of a nation; the right (and condition) of self government. … [Read more...]

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