What is the meaning of the word "certain" in Webster's International Dictionary?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Anderson v. Hearst Pub. Co., 120 F. Supp. 850 (S.D. Cal. 1954):
The word "certain" is defined in Webster's International Dictionary, Second Edition, in several ways: (1) fixed or stated; precise, exact; (2) one or some among possible others. As used in the demand for retraction, the words "certain statements" were used by the plaintiff with the latter meaning. See Wilhite v. Armstrong, 328 Mo. 1064, 43 S.W.2d 422, 423.
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