Also known as: extensions · extend · extended · extending · prolongation · renewal
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2 senses
A grant of additional time to complete an action.
The broadening of the reach of a legal principle or power.
A grant of additional time to complete an action.
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The broadening of the reach of a legal principle or power.
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Elite Dynamics remained in leased space after its term ended. The landlord elected to treat the tenant as holding over for another full term. The court granted the tenant a short extension to vacate after finding equitable considerations supported the request.
An extension continues the same contract for an additional period while a renewal creates a new contract. The distinction matters when parties dispute whether original terms carry forward unchanged.
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A court may grant the extension when equitable considerations justify additional time and the tenant vacates before the extended period ends. The landlord or incoming tenant otherwise may elect to bind the tenant to another term.
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Elena Estrada and Elliot Edmonds agreed to block a public road to pressure a developer into abandoning a project. The agreement targeted an objective the law viewed as contrary to public welfare even though the conduct itself was not criminal. Prosecutors charged conspiracy on that basis.
Evelyn Ellison sued a state official in federal court claiming a treaty violation. The complaint asserted that Article III authorized the court to hear the dispute because the claim arose under federal authority. The court accepted jurisdiction on that ground.
Erika Echevarria filed a motion urging the court to adopt a novel reading of a statute. The filing certified that the contention rested on a nonfrivolous argument for extending existing precedent. Opposing counsel moved for sanctions but the court found the certification adequate.
Emanuel Escobar defended a client by arguing for reversal of a settled procedural rule. The ethics complaint alleged the argument lacked any basis in law or fact. The disciplinary panel dismissed the complaint after finding the position constituted a good-faith request for extension of doctrine.
Edith Eberhardt objected when the prosecutor struck several jurors of one race. The trial judge required the prosecutor to supply race-neutral reasons. After hearing the explanations the court ruled that purposeful discrimination had not been shown.
Yes. Rule 11(b)(2) expressly permits contentions warranted by a nonfrivolous argument for extending, modifying, or reversing existing law.
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The burden shifts to the prosecutor to articulate a race-neutral explanation. The trial court then determines whether the defendant has proven purposeful discrimination.
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