A statement in a pleading or indictment which expresses or charges a thing alternatively, with the conjunction “or;” for instance, an averment that defendant “murdered or caused to be murdered,” etc., would be of this character.
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A statement in a pleading or indictment which expresses or charges a thing alternatively, with the conjunction “or;” for instance, an averment that defendant “murdered or caused to be murdered,” etc., would be of this character.
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