The phrase merger doctrine or doctrine of merger may refer to one of several legal doctrines:
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Merger doctrine (antitrust law)
In the United States, antitrust law is a collection of mostly federal laws that govern the conduct and organization of businesses in order to promote economic competition and prevent unjustified monopolies. The three main U.S. antitrust statutes ...
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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) The phrase merger doctrine or doctrine of merger may refer to one of several legal doctrines:
* Merger doctrine (antitrust law)
* Merger doctrine (civil procedure)
* Merger doctrine (copyright law)
* Merger doctrine (criminal law)
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Merger doctrine (criminal law)
In criminal law, a lesser included offense is a crime for which all of the elements necessary to impose liability are also elements found in a more serious crime. It is also used in non-criminal violations of law, such as certain classes of tra ...
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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 sue ...
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Merger doctrine (property law)
In the law of real property, the merger doctrine stands for the proposition that the contract for the conveyance of property merges into the deed of conveyance; therefore, any guarantees made in the contract that are not reflected in the deed are ...
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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