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SHALL

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Indicating that one will as opposed to being permissible (will vs. may.) Law Dictionary - Alternative Legal Definition As used in statutes and similar instruments, this word is generally imperative or mandatory; but it may be construed as merely permissive or directory, (as equivalent to "may,") to carry out the legislative intention and in cases where no right or benefit to … [Read more...] about SHALL

SHACK

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In English law. The straying and escaping of cattle out of the lands of their owners into other uninclosed land; an intercommoning of cattle. 2 H. Bl. 416. It sometimes happens that a number of adjacent fields, though held in severalty, i.e., by separate owners, and cultivated separately, are, after the crop on each parcel has been carried in, thrown open as pasture to the … [Read more...] about SHACK

SG&A

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Sales, General, and Administrative expenses … [Read more...] about SG&A

SEXUAL INTERCOURSE

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Carnal copulation of male and female, Implying actual penetration of the organs of the latter, State v. Frazier, 54 Kan. 719, 39 Pac. 822. … [Read more...] about SEXUAL INTERCOURSE

SEXUAL INSTINCT, INVERSION AND PERVERSION OF

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See INSANITY; PEDERASTY; SODOMY. … [Read more...] about SEXUAL INSTINCT, INVERSION AND PERVERSION OF

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