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The American Law Institute and National Conference of Commissioners of Uniform State Law for permission to reproduce extracts from the Uniform Commercial Code©1999.

The American Institute of Appraisersfor the definitions of 'appraisal' taken from their Code of Professional Ethics and 'overall capitalization rate' from The Appraisal of Real Estate (11th ed. 1996).

The Appraisal Foundation for extracts from its Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice ©1998.

The Building Owners and Managers Associationfor the extracts from its Standard Method for Measuring Floor Area in Office Buildings ©1996 in respect of 'gross building area' and 'rentable area'.

Butterworths for the use of extracts from: The All England Law Reports; Cheshire and Burn's Modern Law of Real Property (15th ed. 1994); Cheshire, Fifoot & Furmston's Law of Contract (13th ed. 1996); Halsbury's Law of England (4th ed.); James Crossley Vaines, Personal Property, 5th ed. (1973); Lord Denning's The Discipline of Law (1979) and K.J. Gray and P.D. Symes, Real Property and Real People (1981); Ivamy, E. R. Hardy, General Principles of Insurance Law (6th ed. 1993); Maudsley & Burn's Land Law: Cases and Materials (7th ed. 1998).

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The International Council of Shopping Centers for the definitions of 'gross leasable area', 'merchants' association', 'neighborhood center' and 'shopping center'.

Lexis Publishing for extracts from Nichols on Eminent Domain (3rd rev. ed.) and Thompson on Real Property ©1994.

Merriam-Webster, Incorporated, for extracts from the definitions of 'abut', 'appropriation', 'assent', 'basement', bench mark', 'boiler plate', 'estimate', 'exterior', 'forest', 'grant', 'garden apartment', 'indemnity', 'meadow', 'obligation', 'occupant', 'parish', 'power', 'shopping center' contained in Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged ©1993.

Oxford University Press for extracts from the definitions of 'azimuth' and 'contiguous' contained in The Oxford English Dictionary (2nd ed. ©1989) and for the use of extracts from Amos & Walton's Introduction to French Law (2nd ed. 1967); Barry Nicholas' French Law of Contract and Introduction to Roman Law; and David Walker's The Oxford Companion to the Law .

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The Scottish Universities Law Institutefor extracts from David Walker's The Law of Delict in Scotland (2nd ed. 1981).

Sweet & Maxwell for extracts from: Benjamin's Sale of Goods (5th ed 1997); Chitty on Contract (28th ed. 1999); Gale on Easement(16th ed. 1996); Megarry & Wade's Law of Property (5th ed. 1984); David Yates,Exclusion Clauses in Contracts (2nd ed. 1985), Williams' Contract for the Sale of Land and Title to Land (4th ed. 1975); Woodfall's Landlord & Tenant (28th ed. ©1978); the requisites of 'possession' from Jowitt's Dictionary of English Law (2nd ed. 1977); and the definition of 'contractor' from Stroud's Judicial Dictionary (5th ed. 1986).

West Group for extracts from the definitions of 'charge', 'date', 'trust company', 'vacant possession', 'writing' contained in Black's Law Dictionary (6th ed 1990); and for extracts from American Jurisprudence, 2d. ©1962-1999; Anderson's American Law of Zoning ©1996; Corpus Juris Secundum ©1985-1999; Corbin on Contracts ©1960-1999; and Williston on Contracts ©1957-1999, as well as quotations from the National Reporters, all of which are reproduced with permission.

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