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Fraud that is substantial enough to have had a measured affect. … [Read more...] about MATERIAL FRAUD

The rule that an employer is responsible and liable for the acts of an employee who is performing within the scope of his or her duty for the employer. … [Read more...] about MASTER SERVANT RULE

A question that is in dispute between the parties and to be decided in a court of law. … [Read more...] about MATERIAL ISSUE

Marriage, as distinguished from the agreement to marry and from the act of becoming married, is the civil status of one man and one woman united in law for life, for the discharge to each other and the community of the duties legally incumbent on those whose association is founded on the distinction of sex. A contract, according to the form prescribed by law, by which a man and … [Read more...] about MARRIAGE

In old Scotch law. A maire; an officer or executor of summons. Otherwise called "prceco regis." Skene. … [Read more...] about MARUS