hypothetical

  • 71hypothetical yearly tenancy — The basis, in England, of rating lands and hereditaments to the poor rate, and to other rates and taxes that are expressed to be leviable or assessable in like manner as the poor rate …

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  • 72hypothetical case — A case, the facts of which are assumed for the purpose of explaining and discussing the law applicable …

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  • 73hypothetical question — A question addressed to an expert witness, based upon assumed facts stated. 23 Am J2d Dep § 103. A question addressed to an expert witness which assumes or hypothesizes the existence of a certain state of facts and asks for the opinion of the… …

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  • 74hypothetical creature — noun a creature that has not been observed but is hypothesized to exist • Hypernyms: ↑imaginary being, ↑imaginary creature • Hyponyms: ↑extraterrestrial being, ↑extraterrestrial, ↑alien …

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  • 75hypothetical imperative — noun a principle stating the action required to attain a desired goal • Hypernyms: ↑principle, ↑precept * * * noun Etymology: translation of German hypothetischer imperativ : an imperative of conduct that springs from expediency or practical… …

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  • 76Nemesis (hypothetical star) — Not to be confused with the hypothetical planet Tyche. Artist s conception of Nemesis as a red dwarf seen from a nearby debris field with the Sun visible in the center. Nemesis is a hypothetical hard to detect red dwarf star,[1] white dwarf star …

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  • 77Fifth planet (hypothetical) — In the history of astronomy, a handful of solar system bodies have been counted as the fifth planet from the Sun. Under the present definition of a planet, this celestial body is Jupiter. Contents 1 Previous fifth planets 1.1 Asteroids 1.2 Th …

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  • 78Phaeton (hypothetical planet) — Heinrich Wilhelm Matthäus Olbers, who formulated the planet Phaeton hypothesis Phaeton (or Phaëton, less often Phaethon) is the name of a hypothetical planet posited to once have existed between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter whose destruction… …

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  • 79Alan Moore's Hypothetical Lizard — Supercbbox title = Alan Moore s Hypothetical Lizard caption = schedule = format = limited=y publisher = Avatar Press (USA) date = 2004, 2005 issues = 4 main char team = Som Som, Rawra Chin past current color=background:#ff9275 writers = Alan… …

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  • 80Vulcan (hypothetical planet) — Vulcan was a small planet proposed to exist in an orbit between Mercury and the Sun in a 19th century hypothesis. This hypothesis has now been rendered obsolete by Albert Einstein s theory of general relativity.Argument for Vulcan s existenceIn… …

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