What is an absorption of one estate, or one contract, in another, or of a minor offense in a greater called?
merger — (Law) An absorption of one estate, or one contract, in another, or of a minor offense in a greater. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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