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  2. Well-defined expression - Wikipedia

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    Questions regarding the well-definedness of a function often arise when the defining equation of a function refers not only to the arguments themselves, but also to elements of the arguments, serving as representatives. This is sometimes unavoidable when the arguments are cosets and when the equation refers to coset representatives. The result ...

  3. Casebook method - Wikipedia

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    Treatises designed for practicing lawyers as well as textbooks for students earning non-legal degrees (i.e., business law courses for business administration students) concisely state the famous rules announced in that case that (1) consequential damages for breach of contract are limited to those foreseen by the parties at the time of ...

  4. Cauchy principal value - Wikipedia

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    The result of the procedure for principal value is the same as the ordinary integral; since it no longer matches the definition, it is technically not a "principal value". The Cauchy principal value can also be defined in terms of contour integrals of a complex-valued function f ( z ) : z = x + i y , {\displaystyle f(z):z=x+i\,y\;,} with x , y ...

  5. Performance test (bar exam) - Wikipedia

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    The performance test or "PT" is a section of bar examinations in the United States that is intended to mimic a real-life legal task that future lawyers may face. Of the three parts of most states' bar exams -- MBE, essay, and performance test—the performance test is supposed to be the most reflective of how well a candidate will perform outside of an academic setting.

  6. Knowledge (legal construct) - Wikipedia

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    In law, knowledge is one of the degrees of mens rea that constitute part of a crime.For example, in English law, the offence of knowingly being a passenger in a vehicle taken without consent requires that the prosecution prove not only that the defendant was a passenger in a vehicle and that it was taken by the driver without consent, but also that the defendant knew that it was taken without ...

  7. Legal research - Wikipedia

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    Legal research is "the process of identifying and retrieving information necessary to support legal decision-making. In its broadest sense, legal research includes each step of a course of action that begins with an analysis of the facts of a problem and concludes with the application and communication of the results of the investigation."

  8. Legal formalism - Wikipedia

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    Legal formalism is both a descriptive and normative theory of how judges should decide cases. [1] In its descriptive sense, formalists maintain that judges reach their decisions by applying uncontroversial principles to the facts; formalists believe that there is an underlying logic to the many legal principles that may be applied in different cases.

  9. Law and Corpus Linguistics - Wikipedia

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    A 2005 law review article by Lawrence Solan noted in passing that corpus linguistics had potential for its application to interpreting legal texts. [1] But the first systematic exploration and advocacy of applying the tools and methodologies of corpus linguistics to legal interpretive questions of law and corpus linguistics came in the fall of 2010, when the BYU Law Review published a note by ...