What is CUMULATIVE? Definition of CUMULATIVE in Black's Law Dictionary - Legal dictionary - Glossary of legal terms.
Additional; heaping up; increasing; forming an aggregate. The word signifies that two things are to be added together, instead of one being a repetition or in substitution of the other. People v. Superior Court, 10 Wend., N.Y., 285; Regina v. Eastern Archipelago, Co., 18 Eng. Law & Eq. 183.
As to cumulative "Dividend," "Legacy," "Punishment" and "Sentences," see those titles.
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