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subject matter definition - legal

n

Whatever is in dispute; the actual cause of the law suit; the issue about which a right or obligation has been asserted or denied.

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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