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take-it-or-leave-it contract.See adhesion contract under CONTRACT. take-nothing judgment.See JUDGMENT. [Blacks Law 8th]

take-home pay.Gross wages or salary reduced by deductions such as income taxes, social-security taxes, voluntary contributions, and union dues; the net amount of a paycheck [Blacks Law 8th]

take from the table.Parliamentary law. To resume consideration of (business previously tabled). — Also termed resume consideration. [Blacks Law 8th]

take effect,vb.1. To become operative or executed. 2. To be in force; to go into operation. [Blacks Law 8th]

take delivery.To receive something purchased or ordered; esp., to receive a commodity under a futures contract or spot-market contract, or to receive securities recently purchased. [Blacks Law 8th]

take care of. 1. To support or look after (a person).2. To pay (a debt).3. To attend to (some matter). [Blacks Law 8th]

take by stealth.To steal (personal property); to pilfer or filch. [Cases: Larceny 1, 12. C.J.S. Larceny §§ 1(1, 2), 4–7, 9, 33–35, 50.] [Blacks Law 8th]

take back,vb. To revoke; to retract. [Blacks Law 8th]

take away,vb. Hist. To entice or persuade (a female under the age of 18) to leave her family for purposes of marriage, prostitution, or illicit sex. See ABDUCTION(2). [Blacks Law 8th]

take a deposition.To obtain the testimony of a witness by deposition. See DEPOSITION(1). [Blacks Law 8th]