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ASP

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ARTIFICIALLY

TheLaw.com Law Dictionary & Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed.

Technically; scientifically; using terms of art. A will or contract is described as "artificially" drawn if it is couched in apt and technical phrases and exhibits a scientific arrangement … [Read more...]

ASPECT

TheLaw.com Law Dictionary & Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed.

View; object; possibility. Implies the existence of alternatives. Used in the phrases "bill with a double aspect" and "contingency with a double aspect." … [Read more...]

ARTISAN

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One skilled in some kind of mechanical craft or art; a skilled mechanic. O'Clair v. Hale, 25 Misc. Rep. 31, 54 N. Y. Supp. 386; Amazon Irr. Co. v. Briesen, 1 Kan. App. 758, 41 Pac. 1116. … [Read more...]

ASPHYXIA

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In medical jurisprudence. A morbid condition of swooning, suffocation, or suspended" animation, resulting in death if not relieved, produced by any serious interference with normal respiration (as, the inhalation of poisonous gases or too rarified air, choking, drowning, obstruction of the air passages, or paralysis of the respiratory muscles) with a consequent deficiency of … [Read more...]

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