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PASSIVE Definition & Legal Meaning

Definition & Citations:

As used in law, this term means inactive; permissive; consisting in endurance or submission, rather than action; and iu some connections it carries the implication of being subjected to a burden or charge. As to passive “Debt,” “Title,” “Trust,” and “Use,” see those titles.

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