Also known as: associate with · associates with · associating with · connected with · linked to
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A connection or link between persons, things, or concepts that is sufficiently close to satisfy a specific legal standard or trigger a rule consequence. The required closeness varies by doctrine and may be shown by blood, marriage, professional overlap, physical attachment, or transactional purpose.
Isabella offers a recording of her late grandmother Greg describing how family land passed through successive generations. Greg spoke at a family reunion where relatives could correct errors. The court admits the recording because Greg was intimately associated with the family, making her information likely accurate under the hearsay exception.
Judge Ramirez previously practiced at the firm representing the defendant in the current case. The judge's former partner handled the matter while the judge was still at the firm. The judge must recuse because she was associated with a lawyer who participated substantially in the controversy.
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Agent Torres negotiates a supply contract for principal Summit Manufacturing. Torres secretly owns the supplier and stands to profit personally. The principal may void the deal because the agent failed to act solely for the principal's benefit in matters connected with the agency.
Customer Patel enters a retail store to inspect merchandise for a potential bulk purchase. While examining goods, Patel slips on a wet floor. The store owes Patel the duty of reasonable care because Patel qualifies as a business visitor invited for a purpose connected with business dealings.
Senior mortgagee First Bank and junior mortgagee Second Bank both seek a receiver for the same mortgaged office building. First Bank's mortgage contains no rents clause or receivership authorization, while Second Bank's does. The court appoints Second Bank's receiver first because the senior request lacks priority under the stated conditions.
Atlas Ventures finances the purchase of industrial robots. Each robot contains a control program embedded so that ownership of the robot carries the right to use the program. The program qualifies as goods because it is associated with the robot in the manner customarily considered part of the goods.
The exception applies when the declarant is unavailable and the statement concerns ancestry, marriage, or similar facts about another person. It is admissible if the declarant was related by blood, adoption, or marriage or was so intimately associated with the family that the information is likely accurate.
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Recusal is required when the judge was associated with a lawyer who participated substantially in the matter during the association. The rule focuses on the substantial participation of the associated lawyer rather than the judge's own involvement.
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Embedded software is goods when it is associated with the goods so that it is customarily considered part of them or when ownership of the goods carries a right to use the program. Software embedded solely in the medium itself is excluded.
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