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  • 18determination of adverse claims — A statutory remedy for the determination of adverse claims to real property which is an enlargement upon the equitable remedies of quieting title and removing a cloud on title; designed to afford an easy and expeditious mode of quieting title to… …

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  • 19nervine — erv ine (n[ e]rv [i^]n; 277) a. [L. nervinus made of sinews: cf.F. nervin. See {Nerve}.] (Med.) Having the quality of acting upon or affecting the nerves; quieting nervous excitement. n. A nervine agent. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 20Quiet — Qui et, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Quieted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Quieting}.] 1. To stop motion in; to still; to reduce to a state of rest, or of silence. [1913 Webster] 2. To calm; to appease; to pacify; to lull; to allay; to tranquillize; as, to quiet… …

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