Restatement of the Law

Restatement of the Law
A statement of rules of law in certain subjects, adopted and promulgated by the American Law Institute, the statement of a rule being entitled to weight as a product of expert opinion and as the expression of the law by the legal profession. Poretta v Superior Dowel Co. 153 Mo 308, 137 A2d 361, 71 ALR2d 898.

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