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Reasonable certainty

Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court

Definitions from Case Law

From 14 U.S. 130 - Matson v. Hord · 1816Most cited · 7 citing opinions

location rule, Kentucky

By these rules, a certainty to a common intent, a description which will not mislead a subsequent locator, which will conduct him, if he uses reasonable care and diligence, to the place where the objects are to be found, will satisfy the law, and sustain the entry; but such a certainty must exist, or the entry cannot be sustained.

How often courts cite the case defining “Reasonable certainty”

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Court decisions citing the opinion that defined “Reasonable certainty” — 7 in all, by decade. Counts are citations to the defining case as a whole, not verified uses of the term. The dip in the most recent years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the latest years.