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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. |
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He suggests that because his brother was just a teenager when he volunteered for the SS, his sense of obedience made him a victim as well as an instrument of the Nazis: "Cheated of his own story, of a chance to experience his own feelings, he was reduced to putting a brave face on things. |
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