hornbook law

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hornbook law n. lawyer lingo for a fundamental and well-accepted legal principle that does not require any further explanation, since a hornbook is a primer of basics.

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hornbook			1984) ("It is basic hornbook law that a contract which is not mutually enforceable is an illusory contract. When reliance is detrimental: economic, moral, and policy arguments ... by Page, Bruce D., Jr. / Air Force Law Review The fiction theory became hornbook law in 1963 when Professor Wright adopted it, citing and quoting Davis. Ex parte Young by Harrison, John / Stanford Law Review 306) The hornbook law is "[e]very unauthorized entry upon another's realty is a trespass, regardless of the degree of force used or the amount of damage. "One man's ceilin' is another man's floor": property rights as the ... by Cutting, Robert H. / Environmental Law			honorifical honoring hood hoodlum hoodwink hook Hooks, Benjamin Lawson hooligan hoot Hoover, Herbert Clark Hoover, John Edgar hope hope for hoped for hopeful hopeless hopeless failure hopelessly lost hopelessness horde horizon horizontality horn in Hornblower, William Butler hornbook hornbook law horrendous horrible horrid horrific horrify horrifying horror hors de combat Hors de son fee Horse hortans hortation hortative hortatory hospes hospitable hospitableness hospital case hospitality hospitalized person hospitio excipere host hostage Hostages hostel			Hornbeck, Stanley K. hornbill hornbill Hornbill Golf & Jungle Club Hornbills Hornbills Hornblend Hornblend Hornblend schist Hornblend schist hornblende hornblende Hornblende granite Hornblende schist Hornblende schist Hornblende slate hornblendes hornblendes Hornblendic Hornblendite Hornblower Hornblower's Sign Hornblower, Captain Horatio Hornblower, Horatio Hornblower, Jonathan Carter Hornblower, Josiah Hornblower, William Butler hornbook hornbook hornbook hornbook law hornbooks hornbooks hornbooks Hornbostel, Erich von Hornbug Hornby Hornby Hornby Area Ratepayers Hornby Bay Exploration Ltd Hornby Zeller Associates Hornby, North Yorkshire Hornby, North Yorkshire Hornchurch Drum & Trumpet Corps Horne Horne Horne Horne Islands Horne Islands Horne Tooke, John Horne, Lena Horne, Lena Horne, Marilyn Horne, Marilyn Horne, Richard Henry horneblende horned horned horned horned horned asp

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