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long-arm statute

long-arm statute is the alternative spelling of long arm statute.

Meaning of long arm statute

Noun

long arm statute (plural long arm statutes)

  1. (US) 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.

Forms of long-arm statute

plurallong-arm statutes

Questions about long-arm statute

What is long-arm statute the alternative spelling of?
Long-arm statute is the alternative spelling of long arm statute.

Words near long-arm statute in the dictionary

  1. long, long lost
  2. Long-a-Coming
  3. long-acting
  4. long-acuminate
  5. long-ago
  6. long-arm statute
  7. long-arm statutes
  8. long-armed squid
  9. long-armed squids
  10. long-awaited
  11. long-barrelled

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