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Simple English definitions for legal terms

railroad

Read a random definition: quasi contract (or quasi-contract)

A quick definition of railroad:

Railroad: To transport goods or people by train. It can also mean to rush a decision through without enough time for discussion or to wrongly convict someone without enough evidence.

A more thorough explanation:

Railroad means:

  1. To transport something or someone by train.
  2. To pass a law or measure quickly without proper consideration or debate.
  3. To convict someone quickly and unfairly, often with false charges or insufficient evidence.
  • She decided to railroad her belongings to her new home by train.
  • The government tried to railroad the new tax bill through Congress without giving lawmakers enough time to read it.
  • The police railroaded the suspect by planting evidence and forcing a false confession.

The first example shows the use of "railroad" to mean transporting something by train. The second example illustrates the use of "railroad" to mean passing a law quickly without proper consideration. The third example shows the use of "railroad" to mean convicting someone unfairly with false charges or insufficient evidence.

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HopefullyInLawSchool
16:06
it means you will not be rejected today and may be accepted or WL in the future
Just got my Michigan rejection
BookwormBroker
16:10
same
RoaldDahl
16:10
@HopefullyInLawSchool: what if i already got rejected. does it mean anything
HopefullyInLawSchool
16:12
@RoaldDahl: Likely not however it could mean nothing
RoaldDahl
16:15
So if it means nothing does that mean something?
HopefullyInLawSchool
16:17
Possibly
RoaldDahl
16:26
Cool
RoaldDahl
16:26
thank you!!!! i hope it means something
pinkandblue
16:31
fart
IrishDinosaur
16:36
Mich R gang lesgooo
Did anyone else get that random get to know nova email?
HopefullyInLawSchool
17:21
Ya it was sent to all YM applicants
starfishies
17:37
Anyone get the NDLS email inviting you to apply for something even though they haven’t made a decision on your app yet
17:38
Better yet I got the email and I was rejected last month
starfishies
17:38
Wtf
starfishies
17:39
and the deadline is in like a week what is this
any cardozo movement?
BatmanBeyond
18:01
Sent a LOCI via portal, but I'm wondering if email would have gotten me a swifter response
BatmanBeyond
18:02
This whole hold/wait-list/reserve system is a headache
loci already?
BatmanBeyond
18:09
If the odds are like 1-2% I don't think it matters much by the numbers
12:11
I got the same NDLS email
OrangeThing
12:18
I think the user profiles are broken
19:29
Any word out of Notre Dame?
19:29
Only the invitation to apply for LSE
19:29
Anyone received a decision from NDLS?
19:50
when did u guys apply that just heard from umich? they havent even glanced at my app yet
0:30
how am i supposed to spy on people when profile links are broken?
Right. Broken links smh
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