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The measure of care that a reasonable person should exercise under the circumstances. A person who does not meet the standard of care is potentially liable for an act of negligence. … [Read more...] about STANDARD OF CARE

An impression made by public authority, in pursuance of law, upon paper or parchment, upon which certain legal proceedings, conveyances, or contracts are required to be written, and for which a tax or duty is exacted. A small label or strip of paper, hearing a particular device, printed and sold by the government, and required to be attached to mall-matter, and to some other … [Read more...] about STAMP

The burden of proof required to win a case. … [Read more...] about STANDARD OF PROOF

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A weight or measure fixed and prescribed by law, to which all other weights and measures are required to correspond. … [Read more...] about STANDARD OF WEIGHT, OR MEASURE