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REPRESENT Definition & Legal Meaning

Definition & Citations:

To exhibit; to expose before the eyes. To represent a thing is to produce it publicly. Dig. 10, 4, 2, 3. To represent a person is to stand in his place ; to supply his place; to act as his sub- stitute. Plummer v. Brown, 04 Cal. 429, 1 Pac. 703; Solon v. Williamsburgh Sav. Bank, 35 Dun (N. Y.) 7.

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