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Legal Process When The Case Collapses

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noun

• a reversion to the state (as the ultimate owner of property) in the absence of legal heirs

• the property that reverts to the state

32%9Case collapses on what's hot and what's not
noun

• a sea in northern Europe; stronghold of the Russian navy

29%9Legal judgment that ends a case because the plaintiff failed to establish their case
verb

• To dismiss (a suit or plaintiff) on the grounds of his or her lawsuit having been brought without cause, prior to an adjudication on the merits.

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