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REAPPORTIONMENT

a term used when new district boundaries are created for a better representation of the areas population.

MENTAL RESERVATION

having thoughts about the contract but not expressing them and may be used as an excuse not to carry out all of the contract.

PRIVILEGED INFORMATION

the term that is given to certain information that is only given to some people and not to other people.

IMPUTED KNOWLEDGE

the term used when a person should have all of the facts because he knows of them.

AGAINST THE EVIDENCE

contrary to the evidence given. The verdict will not be supported by any evidence given.

COOPERATIVE APARTMENT

This term applies to an apartment where the tenant has interest in owning the building and he has a lease that entitles him to occupancy of his apartment.

HARMONIZE EVIDENCE

The instruction given to a jury that urges it to weight all of the evidence to determine its validity.

POSSESSION DERIVATIVE

the occupying of a property not by ownership but with the arrangement and the consent of the owner.

FREEDOM OF RELIGION

a guarantee of the1st and 14th amendment where a person can worship as they please.

ROBERT

These are the rules that control and supervise the orderly procedures of a legislative or deliberative organisation that were compiled by General Robert in 1876.

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