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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...]

EXPRESS

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Made known distinctly and explicitly, and not left to inference or implication. Declared in terms; set forth in words. Manifested by direct and appropriate language, as distinguished from that which is inferred from conduct. The word is usually contrasted with "implied." State Y. Denny, 118 Ind. 449, 21 N. E. 274, 4 L. R. A. 65. Express abrogation. Abrogation by express … [Read more...]

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