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long arm statute

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.77 in modern English

Syllables
long ar-m s-tatute
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
3
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

In the law of civil procedure, a statute which establishes the activities by a potential defendant which will give the courts of a state personal jurisdiction over that defendant.

American usage

Usage

Inflected Forms

long arm statutes (plural) long-arm statute (alternative)

Questions

What does long arm statute mean?
In the law of civil procedure, a statute which establishes the activities by a potential defendant which will give the courts of a state personal jurisdiction over that defendant.

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