FISHING BILL

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FISHING BILLmain
Black's Law Dictionary • 1891
A term descriptive of a bill in equity which seeks a discovery upon general, loose, and vague allegations. Story, Eq. Pl. § 325; 32 Fed. Rep. 263.
FISHING BILLmain
Black's Law Dictionary (2nd Ed.) • 1910
A term descriptive of a bill in equity which seeks a discovery upon general, loose. and vague allegations. Story, Eq. Pl. § 325; In re Pacific Ry. Com’n (Cc. C.) 32 Fed. 268; Hurricane Tel. Co. v. Mohler, 51 W. Va. 1, 41 S. E. 421; Carroll vy. Carroll, 11 Barb. (N. Y.) 298.

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