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ASSESSMENT

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In a general sense, denotes the process of ascertaining and adjusting the shares respectively to be contributed by several persons towards a common beneficial object according to the benefit received. In taxation. The listing and valuation of property for the purpose of apportioning a tax upon it, either according to value alone or in proportion to benefit received. Also … [Read more...]

ASSAULT WEAPON

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A military weapon, typically rapid fire to provide automatic and heavy gunfire. … [Read more...]

ARTIFICIAL PERSON

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In a figurative sense, a body of men or company are sometimes called an artificial person, because the law associates them as one, and gives them various powers possessed by natural persons. Corporations are such artificial persons. 1 Bouv. Inst. n. 177. AS. A word purely Latin. It has two significations. First, it signifies weight, and in this sense, the Roman as, is the same … [Read more...]

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