COMPRINT

comprint. (kom-print).Copyright. Hist. The surreptitious and supposedly illegal printing of another bookseller’s copy of a work. • Despite the word’s appearance as a legal term in dictionaries since 1706, no such offense ever existed. The term, which is properly a verb meaning “to share in printing (a book),” was first given this erroneous definition by…

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COMPREHENSIVE ZONING PLAN

comprehensive zoning plan.A general plan to control and direct the use and development of a large piece of property. See ZONING. [Cases: Zoning and Planning  30. C.J.S. Zoning and Land Planning §§ 2, 5, 12, 39.] [Blacks Law 8th]

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COMPOUND LARCENY

compound larceny.1. See mixed larceny under LARCENY. 2. See aggravated larceny under LARCENY. [Blacks Law 8th]

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