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Hunanese (iou) and Bifurcate (law)


Hunanese (iou)



Hunanese adjective & noun. M20.
[from Hunan (see below) + -ESE.]
A. adjective. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the southern Chinese province of Hunan or the form of Chinese spoken there. M20.
b. noun. Pl. same.
A native or inhabitant of Hunan. M20.
The form of Chinese spoken in Hunan. M20.

Bifurcate (law)




A trial that is divided into two stages definition: one to decide guilt or innocence, and another to decide the amount of damages.









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To separate Legal Issues for decision. The judge usually issues one final order that decides all of the issues in a case. For example, in a Divorce case, the final decree ends the Marriage, divides the marital property and Debt, and provides for a Parenting.html">Parenting plan if there are children. Sometimes, however, the judge will find it necessary to separate or bifurcate the issues. The court could, for example, Divorce the parties (i.e. end the Marriage), but bifurcate the property division issues, which are decided later.