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SERIOUS Definition & Legal Meaning

Definition & Citations:

Important; weighty; moment- ‘ ous, and not trifling; as in the phrases “serious bodily harm,” “serious personal injury,” etc. Lawlor v. People, 74 111. 231; Union Mut. L. Ins. Co. v. Wilkinson, 13 Wall. 230, 20 L. Ed. 617.

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