J.R. Simplot, Inc. v. Knight’s Empirical Analysis

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3 state decisions

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1. “If an instrument is payable to two or more persons alternatively, it is payable to any of them and may be negotiated, discharged, or enforced by any or all of them in possession of the instrument. If an instrument is payable to two or more persons not alternatively, it is payable to all of them and may be negotiated, discharged, or enforced only by all of them. If an instrument payable to two or more persons is ambiguous as to whether it is payable to the persons alternatively, the instrument is payable to the persons alternatively.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. JR Simplot, Inc. v. Knight · J.R. Simplot, Inc. v. Knight

2. “1. hy phen hi-fen n, -s [LL & Gk; LL, a diacritical mark (-) used to indicate that two words are to be read as a compound, fr. Gk, fr. hypn' hen under one, fr. hypo under + hen (neut. of heis one) — more at UP, SAME] 1: the punctuation mark — used to divide or to compound words or word elements: a: a mark used for division esp. at the end of a line terminating with a syllable of a word that is completed in the next line, between letters or syllables repeated to give the effect of stuttering, sobbing, or halting expression (as in s-s-sorry ), or between the letters of a word spelled out letter by letter (as in p-r-o-b-a-t-i-o-n-a-r-y ) b: a mark used for compounding esp. in a compound containing a prepositional phrase (as in mother-in-law ), in a compound adjective (as in first-rate ), in a compound whose first element is self (as in self-pity ), in a compound whose second element is capitalized (as in pro-British ), in a compound containing reduplication (as in bang-bang ), in a spelled-out compound numeral (as in twenty-five ), in a compound whose meaning differs from that of an otherwise identical word (as in re-formation ), in a compound containing a vowel otherwise confusingly doubled (as in co-opt ), or in a compound containing the same letter three successive times (as in bell-less ) 2: Something resembling a hyphen 2 hyphen "vt hyphened; hyphened; hyphening -f (e) nin hyphens: to connect (as two words or the parts of a word) with a hyphen: mark with a hyphen.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. JR Simplot, Inc. v. Knight

3. “vt hyphened; hyphened; hyphening -f (e) nin hyphens: to connect (as two words or the parts of a word) with a hyphen: mark with a hyphen. J.R. Simplot, Inc., 93 Wash.App. at 372 , 973 P.2d 472 . The court then paraphrased the definition: "A hyphen is an indicator that words are to be read as a compound or together. Unlike a virgule which separates, a hyphen joins.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. JR Simplot, Inc. v. Knight