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What does Repudation mean?
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Rejecting or disowning or disclaiming as invalid, refute the validity of a statement or contract.
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What is Statute?
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Formal written enactment of a legislative authority that governs a state, city, or county
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Define Estoppel....
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A legal doctrine at common law, where a party is barred from claiming or denying an argument on an equitable ground. Estoppel complements the requirement of consideration in contract law. A legal principle in the law of equity that prevents a party from asserting otherwise valid legal rights against another party because conduct by the first party makes, or circumstances to which the first party has knowingly contributed, make it unjust for those rights to be asserted
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What does Equitable mean?
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Dealing fairly and equally
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What is Ratification?
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To give formal consent to; make officially valid, a formal declaration of agreement to a treaty
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What is Judicial Precedent?
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A judgment of a court of law cited as an authority for deciding a similar set of facts; a case which serves as authority for the legal principle embodied in its decision. The common law has developed by broadening down from precedent to precedent
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What is Ratio Decidendi?
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The reasons the Judge will give for the Judicial precedent
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