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excess

Defined in 6 dictionaries — Case Law, Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Black's (1891)

Definitions from Case Law

From 439 U.S. 180 - United California Bank v. United States · 1978Most cited · 31 citing opinions

the amount by which, in any year, the taxpayer's "net long-term capital gain exceeds the net short-term capital loss." The Government takes the straightforward position that "excess" means exactly what the statute says—the difference between the taxpayer's net long-term capital gain and his net short-term capital loss—and that this meaning is exactly the same in both the normal and the alternative tax computations.

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The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

In pleading. A replication to the plea molliter rnanus imposuit, that defendant used more force than was necessary. EXCESSIVUIVI IN JURE REPROBATUR; excessus in re qualibet jure reprobatur communi. Excess in law is reprehended; excess in anjrthing is reprehended at common law, Co. Litt. 44,

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

Same as excessive force.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

When a defendant pleaded to an action of assault that the plaintiff trespassed on his land, and he would not depart when ordered, whereupon he molliter manus imposuit, gently laid hands on him, the replication of excess was to the effect that the defendant used more force than necessary. Wharton.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

When a defendant pleaded to an action of assault that the plaintiff trespassed on hls land, and he would not depart when ordered, whereupon he, molliter manus imposuit, gently laid hands on him, the replication of excess was to the effect that the defendant used more force than necessary. Wharton.

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

When a defendant pleaded to an action of assault that the plaintiff trespassed on his land, and he would not depart when ordered, whereupon he, molliter manus imposuit, gently laid hands on him, the replication of excess was to the effect that the defendant used more force than necessary. Wharton.