What is AS SOON AS? Definition of AS SOON AS in Black's Law Dictionary
This term has a relative meaning according to the thing which is to be done. Eichelbaum & Smith v. Bishop, 75 Pa.Super.Ct. 528, 529. It often denotes merely a reasonable time; Childers v. Brown, 81 Or. 1, 158 P. 166, 168, Ann. Cas.1918D, 170; and it may be the equivalent of "whenever"; People v. Merhige, 180 N.W. 418, 422, 212 Mich. 601. Sometimes it means immediately. Columbia Digger Co. v. Rector, D.C.S.D., 215 F. 618, 630.
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