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EXPRESS Definition & Legal Meaning

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Made known distinctly and explicitly, and not left to inference or implication.Declared in terms; set forth in words. Manifested by direct and appropriatelanguage, as distinguished from that which is inferred from conduct. The word isusually contrasted with “implied.” State v. Denny, 118 Ind. 449, 21 N. E. 274, 4 L R. A.65.

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