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actual notice
Actual awareness or direct notification of a specific fact or proceeding. Actual notice occurs when an individual is directly told about something -- for example, when a tenant notifies the landlord that a window is broken, the landlord has actual notice of the broken window. "Personal service" of court documents is another common method of delivering actual notice. Also called "express notice." (Compare: constructive notice)
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