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n

  1. An altering or moving of a person or thing from one location to another.
  2. The taking of an action from a state court and transferring it to a federal court.
  3. A petition made by a defendant to have a case moved from one court to another, usually as in the second definition.

Webster's New World Law Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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