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	<title>TransLegal Digest</title>
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	<pubDate>Fri, 26 Dec 2008 10:40:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>LexMail - damages</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Dec 2008 10:40:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Randy Sklaver</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[damages
(noun) monetary compensation awarded by a court for a loss which has been suffered.
&#8220;The damages sought were in excess of one million dollars.&#8221;
Common phrases
seek damages -  to ask a court to award damages. &#8220;The plaintiff filed a lawsuit seeking damages for breach of contract.&#8221;
award damages - the act whereby a court orders a party to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>LexMail - gross</title>
		<link>http://www.translegal.com/tldigest/2008/12/19/lexmail-gross/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Dec 2008 12:24:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Randy Sklaver</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[gross
(adjective) flagrant, shameful, beyond all measure.

&#8220;When the lawyer failed to appear at trial, she committed a gross dereliction of her duties to her client.&#8221;
Synonym
blatant: &#8220;The failure to notify the buyer of the delay in delivery constituted a blatant breach of contract.&#8221;
Antonym
negligible: &#8220;Neither party is entitled to terminate the contract due to a negligible breach of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>LexMail - preclusion</title>
		<link>http://www.translegal.com/tldigest/2008/11/21/lexmail-preclusion/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Nov 2008 12:23:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Randy Sklaver</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[preclusion
(noun) the act of preventing or excluding something. 

&#8220;The preclusion of spousal testimony resulted in the charges being dropped.&#8221;
Synonym
prevention: &#8220;One of the purposes of international recognition of judgments is the prevention of repetitive litigation in several jurisdictions.&#8221;
Antonyms
admission: &#8220;The admission of the testimony led to a conviction.&#8221;
inclusion: &#8220;The law requires inclusion of students with disabilities in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Eats, Shoots &#038; Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2008 13:31:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>TransLegal</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Eats, Shoots &#38; Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation by Lynne Truss. A book for people who love punctuation, this book takes a humorous approach to the English system of punctuation, particularly commas and semicolons.
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