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The external appearance or surface of anything; that which is readily observable by a spectator. The words contained in a document in their plain or obvious meaning without regard to external evidence or facts.

The term is applied most frequently in business law to mean the apparent meaning of a contract, paper, bill, bond, record, or other such legal document. A document might appear to be valid on its face, but circumstances may modify or explain it, and its meaning or validity can be altered.


See also: appearance, confront, endure, look, suffer, withstand


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PULLING FACES I'LL follow my own questions, and the answers I get, They'll lead me to a place without worry and fret, When I follow you to the place where we met, You give me ambiguity and threat.
Atkinson, who plays Fagin, went down a storm with the audience, often pulling faces with visual humour reminiscent of his character Mr Bean.
The previously unseen film shows the Fab Four chatting, laughing and pulling faces during a three-day stay in Newquay, Cornwall, during the famous tour in 1967.
 
 
 
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