The phrase merger doctrine or doctrine of merger may refer to one of several legal doctrines:
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Merger doctrine (antitrust law)
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Merger doctrine (civil procedure) The merger doctrine in civil procedure stands for the proposition that when litigants agree to a settlement, and then seek to have their settlement incorporated into a court order, the court order actually extinguishes the settlement and replaces it ...
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Merger doctrine (copyright law)
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Merger doctrine (criminal law)
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Merger doctrine (family law)
Historically, the merger doctrine (a.k.a. "doctrine of merger") was the notion that marriage caused a woman's legal identity to merge with that of her husband.
Thus, a woman could not sue or testify against her husband any more than he could ...
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Merger doctrine (property law)
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Merger doctrine (trust law) In trust law the term "doctrine of merger" refers to the fusing of legal and equitable title in the event the same person becomes both the sole trustee and the sole beneficiary of a trust. In such a case, the trust is sometimes deemed to have termin ...
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Legal doctrines and principles