means of knowledge
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 84 U.S. 1 - Cordova v. Hood · 1872Most cited · 108 citing opinions
Wherever inquiry is a duty, the party bound to make it is affected with knowledge of all which he would have discovered had he performed the duty. Means of knowledge with the duty of using them are, in equity, equivalent to knowledge itself.
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