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  2. Henry Campbell Black - Wikipedia

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    Henry Campbell Black (October 17, 1860 – March 19, 1927) was the founder of Black's Law Dictionary, the definitive legal dictionary first published in 1891.. Born in Ossining, New York, went to school at Trinity College in Connecticut, receiving a bachelor’s degree in 1880, a master’s degree in 1887, and a Doctor of Laws (LLD) degree in 1916.

  3. Black's Law Dictionary - Wikipedia

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    An online version of the tenth edition can be accessed through the paid Westlaw legal information service, and is available as an application for iOS devices. [5]The second edition of Black's Law Dictionary, published in 1910, is now in the public domain and is widely reproduced online.

  4. Freeman (Thirteen Colonies) - Wikipedia

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    Black's Law Dictionary (9th edition) defines freeman as follows: 1. A person who possesses and enjoys all the civil and political rights belonging to the people under a free government. 2. A person who is not a slave. 3. Hist. A member of a municipal corporation (a city or a borough) who possesses full civic rights, esp. the right to vote. 4. Hist.

  5. Duress in American law - Wikipedia

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    Duress is a threat of harm made to compel someone to do something against their will or judgment; especially a wrongful threat made by one person to compel a manifestation of seeming assent by another person to a transaction without real volition. - Black's Law Dictionary (8th ed. 2004) Duress in contract law falls into two broad categories: [6]

  6. Leading question - Wikipedia

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    According to Black's Law Dictionary, a leading question is a "question that suggests the answer to the person being interrogated; esp., a question that may be answered by a mere 'yes' or 'no'." [4] [failed verification]

  7. Black Codes (United States) - Wikipedia

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    The Black Codes, sometimes called the Black Laws, were laws which governed the conduct of African Americans (both free and freedmen).In 1832, James Kent wrote that "in most of the United States, there is a distinction in respect to political privileges, between free white persons and free colored persons of African blood; and in no part of the country do the latter, in point of fact ...

  8. I’m the Only Black Person in My Office, Here’s What ... - AOL

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    For a week, the environment grew hostile. Here is what other Black professionals, who like me were also the only Black people in their offices, wish they could have told their colleagues. In a ...

  9. Willful violation - Wikipedia

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    Omission (law) – Failure to act; Plausible deniability – Ability to deny responsibility; Punitive damages – Damages assessed in order to punish the defendant for outrageous conduct; Reasonable person – Hypothetical person of legal fiction; Recklessness (law) – In law, state of mind where one disregards risks in pursuing an action