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EXPOSITION DE PART

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French law. The abandonment of a child, unable to take care of itself, either in a public or private place. 2. If the child thus exposed should be killed in consequence of such exposure; as, if it should be devoured by animals, the person thus exposing it would be guilty of murder. Rose. Cr. Ev. 591. … [Read more...]

EXPLANATION OF BENEFITS

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A statement that explains the charges of the medical services that one has received, amounts that have been paid and those that remain outstanding. … [Read more...]

EXPOSITORY STATUTE

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One the office of which is to declare what shall be taken to be the true meaning and intent of a statute previously enacted. … [Read more...]

EXPOSURE

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The act or state of exposing or being exposed. See EXPOSE. Exposure of child. Placing it (with the intention of wholly abandoning it) in such a place or position as to leave it unprotected against danger and jeopard its health or life or subject it to the peril of severe suffering or serious bodily harm. Shannon v. People, 5 Mich. 90. Exposure of person. In criminal law. Such … [Read more...]

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