LEGAL WORD
Bare Act
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Bare Act
- Type: Legal term
- Area of law: Legal research
1 What it means
The text of a statute as enacted, without commentary.
2 Use it in a sentence
Always start with the Bare Act, not a summary.
3 Make it stick
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