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CUMULATIVE OFFENSE

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One which can be committed only by a repetition of acts of the same kind but committed on different days. The offense of being a "common seller" of intoxicating liquors is an example. Wells v. Com.12 Gray (Mass.) 328. … [Read more...]

CULTIVATED

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A field on which a crop of wheat is growing is a cultivated field, although not a stroke of labor may have been done in it since the seed was put in the ground, and it is a cultivated field after the crop is removed. It is, strictly, a cultivated piece of ground.. State v. Allen, 35 N. C. 30. … [Read more...]

CULTURA

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A parcel of arable land. Blount … [Read more...]

CUMULATIVE VOTING

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A system of voting in corporations to provide greater fairness for minority shareholders and enable them to have a better chance at electing a director on the board of directors. Typically a minority shareholder will be given a multiple number of votes per the amount of shares they have, e.g. a minority shareholder with 100 votes who is voting on 4 directors will be given 400 … [Read more...]

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