Legal
Meanings and phrases
legal
- established by or founded upon law or official or accepted rules
- of or relating to jurisprudence
- having legal efficacy or force; sound; effectual
- relating to or characteristic of the profession of law
- allowed by official rules
n.
- a judicial proceeding brought by one party against another; one party prosecutes another for a wrong done or for protection of a right or for prevention of a wrong; action; action at law
- Fearing legal action, DC ordered the story scrapped.
- In response, both announced legal action against him.
- The expansion module prompted legal action from Atari.
n.
- the age at which persons are considered competent to manage their own affairs; majority
- The legal age for marriage is 16.
- The legal age to purchase tobacco products varies with each province.
- (He had to wait for two years because the legal age of marriage for women was twelve.)
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- vision that is 20/200 or worse in both eyes (20/200 vision is the ability to see at 20 feet what a normal eye can see at 200 feet)
n.
- a code of laws adopted by a state or nation
- In addition, the basement was dug out to legal code ceiling height.
- Hindu legal code is based on the religious texts known as the "dharmasatras."
- Muggleton might have put the emphasis differently – with one eye on the legal code.
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- the body of individuals qualified to practice law in a particular jurisdiction; legal profession; bar
n.
- (law) a document that states some contractual relationship or grants some right; legal instrument; official document; instrument
- No Canadian legal document states that the name of the country is anything other than "Canada".
- A covenant is a legal document binding two parties to take on certain obligations towards each other.
- He appears on a legal document that mentions also the Hathor temple at Gebelein and he is known from a statue.
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- comprises all acts or omissions or concealments involving breach of equitable or legal duty or trust or confidence; constructive fraud
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- a person (or institution) to whom legal title to property is entrusted to use for another's benefit; trustee
- MacSwiney was a legal guardian of her brother's daughter Máire.
- 1737) as her legal guardian.
- Barstow rides back to his ranch, where Jarvis is attempting to claim that he is Bud's legal guardian.
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- authorized by law and limiting work or official business; national holiday; public holiday
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- (law) a document that states some contractual relationship or grants some right; legal document; official document; instrument
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- (law) an estate secured to a prospective wife as a marriage settlement in lieu of a dower; jointure
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- the legal document stating the reasons for a judicial decision; opinion; judgment; judgement
- A legal opinion is not a guarantee that a court will reach any particular result.
- Where the opinion is given by a foreign lawyer or foreign law firm it is usually referred to as a 'foreign legal opinion'.
- When the subject company is from a foreign jurisdiction, the opinion will often be referred to as a foreign legal opinion.
n.
- the expulsion of someone (such as a tenant) from the possession of land by process of law; eviction; dispossession
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- the branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do; jurisprudence; law
n.
- (law) a principle underlying the formulation of jurisprudence; judicial principle; judicial doctrine
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- (law) the institution of a sequence of steps by which legal judgments are invoked; proceeding; proceedings
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- the body of individuals qualified to practice law in a particular jurisdiction; bar; legal community
- Mookerjee entered the legal profession on November 1953.
- After retirement, he entered the legal profession full-time.
- After leaving office, King reverted to his legal profession.
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- a professional relation that is regulated by law (as between a lawyer and a client)
n.
- personal representation that has legal status
- Since his arrest, Lim had refused legal representation.
- It does not provide legal representation.
- They do not need legal representation.
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- a personal representative with legal standing (as by power of attorney or the executor of a will)
- The form is completed by the appellant or by the appellant's legal representative.
- The Council appoints a Director who is the legal representative and chief executive of EGO.
- It may also be required to designate an agent or other legal representative of the corporation.
n.
- (law) the residence where you have your permanent home or principal establishment and to where, whenever you are absent, you intend to return; every person is compelled to have one and only one domicile at a time; domicile
n.
- a right based in law
- "There was no legal right to search," she said.
- They have no legal right to enter a house until they win the house at auction.
- However, until a husband was found, the king had the legal right to Eleanor's lands.
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- a judicial decree regulating the rights and responsibilities of a married couple living apart; judicial separation
- (law) the cessation of cohabitation of man and wife (either by mutual agreement or under a court order); separation
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- a status defined by law
- Their legal status – slave or free – is uncertain.
- It does not have the legal status as an EU-regulated market.
- "Note:" Provinces no longer hold any legal status in Greece.
n.
- a system for interpreting and enforcing the laws
- The Scots resisted changes to their legal system.
- 1985, c. C-46) or by today's Canadian legal system.
- The Aruban legal system is based on the Dutch model.
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- something that can be used as an official medium of payment; tender; stamp
- The next day, the dollar ceased to be legal tender.
- Cryptocurrencies are generally not legal tender.
- These coins are legal tender throughout the eurozone.
n.
- the voluntary transfer of something (title or possession) from one party to another; delivery; livery
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- "There was no legal right to search," she said.
- However, no legal proceedings were brought against AFD.
- It has no legal personality and operates self-financing.
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- The company closed in 2013 due to legal issues.
- There were several technical and legal issues.
- Bernard has written articles on gender and legal issues.
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- A long legal battle ensued for control of the TULF.
- This sparked a six-month-long legal battle.
- A legal battle ensued, eventually settled in August 1942.
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- He later left legal practice to become a priest.
- He commenced a legal practice in Milledgeville.
- He moved to Tombstone and opened a private legal practice.
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- The code covers three separate legal proceedings.
- However, no legal proceedings were brought against AFD.
- Current law covers three legal proceedings.
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- He later opposed expanded legal rights for renters.
- England has a complex history of legal rights for women.
- The inhabitants of are French citizens with full political and legal rights.
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- In response, both announced legal action against him.
- In 2012, OHL brought legal action against the Government.
- 20th Century Fox brought legal action against the company.
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- In 1956, Innes was named legal counsel to the Senate.
- His legal counsel is from Legal Aid Ontario.
- In 1943, he replaced Wendell Willkie as chief legal counsel.
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- Nonetheless, Peyton continued his legal career.
- Lydon began her legal career at Nexsen Pruet Jacobs and Pollard.
- Jackvony pursued a legal career concentrating in estate litigation.
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- legal advice).
- When adopting a European strategy it is important that a franchisor takes expert legal advice.
- After receiving legal advice Ernst & Young declined to appear before a parliamentary committee.
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- The Privacy Act 1988 provides the legal framework for privacy in Australia.
- Yet Asian countries have different legal framework towards intercountry adoption.
- The NI Act provided a legal framework for non-cash paper payment instruments in India.
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- The prison administration offers vocational courses and legal services to the prisoners.
- In April 2018, Axos Bank purchased the Chapter 7 business of the legal services company Epiq Systems Inc.
- Most large law firms in Quebec offer the full range of legal services of law firms in common-law provinces.
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- But it still keeps its legal entity as a village.
- Ericsson Mobile Platform ceased being a legal entity early 2009.
- Until 2010, the legal entity of the DLM Forum was the DLM Network EEIG.
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- The tradition has no legal basis in the FA's regulations.
- There is as yet no legal basis for e-voting in Austrian elections.
- Its legal basis was the "corpus iuris canonica" (body of canon law).
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- Yates legal fees were reportedly paid by the Met.
- The couple reportedly spent £150,000 in legal fees.
- Younghusband won the case, but legal fees cost him £165.
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- Prisoners are entitled to receive legal aid when needed.
- This law marked an important change in legal aid in Indonesia.
- In Contempt is set in the world of a New York City legal aid office.
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- Trump and Nunberg settled their legal dispute in August 2016.
- There is a legal dispute over the ownership of those paintings.
- Logue died in 1865; his will would be the subject of a legal dispute.
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- Canada has separate federal and provincial legal systems.
- Scots law is one of the few legal systems that require corroboration.
- In addition, Muslim states today utilize a spectrum of legal systems.
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- These also controlled legal education.
- He lectured at law schools and continuing legal education programs.
- An example of this is his role in reforming legal education in Germany.
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- We have that legal protection now.
- The Choctaw were non-white, landless, and had minimal legal protection.
- The South African government has stepped up legal protection for the blue crane.
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- A name change on legal documents is not necessary.
- A law library was set up at some point, where inmates could type legal documents.
- Corsican has also left a trail of legal documents ending in the late 12th century.
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- At this time he began his career as an important legal scholar.
- One of the guests, legal scholar Alexander Bickel, sided with Cavett.
- Steven G. Calabresi Steven G. Calabresi is an American legal scholar.
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- Meanwhile, a number of other legal developments occurred.
- Some other legal scholars have disputed the idea that Israel still occupies Gaza.
- The Law society says Treaty cases should be funded separately from other legal aid work.
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- The most recent legal case in that work was dated 196 BC.
- In 1958-9 he was involved in a legal case against John Lee.
- A long £13m legal case followed which was settled out of court.
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- Instead, each parent chose a name, hence his legal name Christopher Robin.
- The corporate legal name is the rather anonymous "TTI Floor Care North America".
- Fox Kids Europe N.V. changed its legal name to Jetix Europe N.V. on July 14, 2004.
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- Sneed's well-paid legal team managed to secure a mistrial.
- Lever's legal team were in no doubt of the outcome; as F.E.
- Hussein's legal team was given two weeks to appeal the sentence.
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- The state Republican Party threatened a legal challenge.
- The first legal challenge came in 1970.
- On 8 March 2018 the legal challenge was formally withdrawn due to Lee's death.
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- The council has no official municipal role or legal authority.
- In issuing a war declaration, the Senate deprived Antony of any legal authority.
- For the next two years territorial auditors paid accounts without explicit legal authority.
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- The court has withstood legal challenges.
- Several months of legal challenges followed the appointment.
- While the legal challenges were going on, the game continued.
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- She also worked as a legal adviser for Caracol TV.
- The firm acted as legal adviser for the 2014 games.
- He was a legal adviser to former prime minister Taavi Rõivas.
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- When she learns of Ashade's family's legal problems, she imposes upon him further.
- By 1984 they were using the name v. Spy v. Spy to avoid legal problems with "Mad" magazine.
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- He was also a legal advisor to Marcus Aurelius.
- Sen was the legal advisor of Cossimbazar Royal Estate.
- Mirah Amiria Arismunandar previously worked as a legal advisor.
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- The efforts of the church for legal recognition were unsuccessful until 1939.
- Riparian rights received legal recognition after California gained statehood.
- There is no legal recognition for transgender or gender non-conforming people.
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- The fine was reduced to £1,400 and legal costs to £5,000.
- The defendants are fundraising towards their legal costs.
- The suit asked for $165,000 in back payments plus legal costs.
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- Constitutional law is a major focus of legal studies and research.
- He continued his legal studies while imprisoned, and was also an amateur actor.
- with additional legal studies at London School of Economics and University of Salzburg.
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- These add up to 'patent failings and abuses in the legal process.'
- Violation of the law was specified as subject to a secular legal process.
- Nonetheless, according to the legal process, they were "vandalistic actions".
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- With legal matters subsided, the 2005–06 season began.
- Support in financial and legal matters is often needed.
- In legal matters, Alexander did much to aid the rights of his soldiers.
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- He had much interest in historical legal cases.
- He also worked a number of famous legal cases.
- There were at least 7 legal cases still under way at the end of 2016.
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- Other legal scholars disagreed.
- Nevertheless, legal scholars dispute the for-profit school's mission.
- This belief has garnered criticism from legal scholars, particularly Robert Bork.
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- MJF does not provide direct legal assistance.
- Victims receive psychological, medical, and legal assistance.
- Under-18s without the means to pay for a lawyer are often left without legal assistance.
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- For Westville's relatively short history, it has had several prominent legal battles.
- The Cologne newspaper war and legal battles were not the only problems free papers encountered.
- As recently as 2004, Westville faced two legal battles, both pertaining to violations of freedoms.
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- Both the drawer and payee may be natural persons or legal entities.
- In 2000, the National and American Leagues were dissolved as legal entities.
- The bank served 786 thousand private individuals and over 8 thousand legal entities.
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- Family discord and legal actions ensued.
- Many people saw the legal actions as bad for technology in general.
- This led to many legal actions.
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- For a legal history of the latter see sampling.
- Dr Jones runs the legal history course at the University.
- In 1879, he was appointed professor of law and legal history.
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- The military legal drama was ordered to series on May 11, 2018 by CBS.
- Justice in the City Justice In The City (庭外和解) is ntv7’s first legal drama.
- In 1998, he guest-starred on three episodes of the legal drama "The Practice".
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- Historically, there was a court where all legal investigations passed through.
- In November, the Compiègne armistice with Germany removed all legal value of the Bucharest Treaty.
- This also means that this child, therefore, is cut off from all legal benefits (property, inheritance, etc.)
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- The company closed in 2013 due to legal issues.
- The change of the "u" to a "v" was due to legal issues with Greñas.
- There were also claims that the live EP was canceled due to legal issues.
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- The first legal challenge came in 1970.
- The first legal marijuana store opened in Valdez in October 2016.
- Justice in the City Justice In The City (庭外和解) is ntv7’s first legal drama.
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- It is New Jersey's only legal clothing-optional beach.
- By 1960, Touré had declared the PDG the only legal party.
- Draken, Gothenburg's only legal graffiti wall is inaugurated.
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- Techniques such as pixelisation are used to satisfy legal requirements.
- From 1968 to 1978 upon meeting the legal requirements for retirement, Professor.
- The department also checks that schools are meeting necessary legal requirements.
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- By legal definition, all semi-highways are expressways.
- The legal definition of Cook Islands Māori includes Pukapukan.
- On the contrary, the legal definition is strikingly technology neutral.
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- However, legal disputes made the amount of any payment uncertain.
- However, their aspirations have been thwarted by a succession of legal disputes.
- The resulting bidding war for players led to widespread contract-breaking and legal disputes.
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- However, legal and political debates delayed the trial opening for four years.
- Bingham then returned to Cadiz, Ohio, to begin his legal and political career.
- The introduced words were primarily nouns and were employed for cultural, legal and political concepts.
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- He wrote another legal work to order, for the government.
- In parallel with his legal work, he actively acquired country estates.
- He researched and wrote on religion and history in addition to his legal work.
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- Councillors were told not to respond "for legal reasons".
- Isuzu had to destroy the vehicles for legal reasons in 2017.
- Some of the names in the series were changed for legal reasons.
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- Cryptocurrencies are generally not legal tender.
- Since 2009, kreteks are not legal for sale in the United States.
- However, same-sex marriage is not legal in its other dependency, Sark.
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- The purpose is to train candidates aiming for positions in business and international legal practice.
- An online supplement (developed for the third edition) is available for the citation of international legal cases, not covered in the main guide.
- In court she argued that Australia's participation in the Vietnam War violated its international legal obligations as a member of the United Nations.
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- The anarchist and pseudonymous writer Juan Montseny led Ferrer's legal defense.
- These legal defense funds can have large membership counts where members contribute to the fund.
- Because of the costs of mounting a legal defense, almost all defendants in these cases tend to settle.
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- This was his third bail request, and the first by his new legal team under Hironaka.
- He launched three new legal research centers and two academic specialization programs.
- The "new legal order" did not depend on the Constitution, thus requiring a "reappointment" of the Head of State.
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- The code covers three separate legal proceedings.
- However, KXMA-DT2 airs separate legal identifications and commercial inserts.
- The estate of a Free Judge was a separate legal entity with "dominium" rights.
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- Therefore, CE mark is a legal requirement for trade within the EU.
- Anonymous donation was permitted in Belgium and is a legal requirement in Spain.
- Electrics have been fitted as it is a legal requirement to have navigation lights.
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- He also said that the government would take legal action.
- He threatens to take legal action against her if she abandons the child.
- Some of the dismissed staffers planned to take legal action against the station.
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- In the 1930s, legal restrictions on condoms began to be relaxed.
- Advertising, however was one area that continued to have legal restrictions.
- Official suspicion and legal restrictions continued well into the 19th century.
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- Both sides justified their views on political and legal grounds.
- This fortuitous discovery gave Ward his political and legal contacts.
- The inhabitants of are French citizens with full political and legal rights.
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- President Trump said that "virtually all" "top legal experts" believed that DACA was unconstitutional.
- Similarly, the Roman Empire recognized midwives, handwriting experts and land surveyors as legal experts.
- As a result, legal experts considered it likely that some of the rollbacks may be reversed in the courts.
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- Know your limits and know the legal limit.
- A blood test showed five times the legal limit of alcohol.
- His blood alcohol level was at least twice the legal limit of 0.08.
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- This legal theory is termed the "unfairness doctrine."
- Historical practice sometimes diverged from legal theory.
- legal theory) and from public and private international law.
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- The request was denied, and he took legal measures to re-appeal.
- He took legal efforts to help the victims testify to the investigation of the Commission.
- The adoption was opposed by the state of California, which took legal means to prevent the adoption.
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- It does not provide legal representation.
- He provide legal support to the defence team in the Agartala Conspiracy Case.
- The regulation was targeted to provide legal rights to slaves and boost their morale.
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- Although retired, O’Dunne was said to have remained active in legal affairs.
- He was announced as shadow minister of legal affairs in Al Wafd's shadow cabinet.
- These were men suited to dealing with petitions, requests, correspondence, legal affairs, and foreign embassies.
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- Barratry (common law) Barratry ( ) is a legal term with several meanings.
- Legal fake is not a legal term and should not be confused with counterfeit.
- He continued to win re-election until reaching his legal term limit in 2013.
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- He also said that the government would take legal action.
- He threatens to take legal action against her if she abandons the child.
- Some of the dismissed staffers planned to take legal action against the station.
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- In this role he acted as official secretary and also assisted the custom house's legal department.
- These experiences with the UFW were influential, "working with the legal department as a volunteer .
- He met his wife Susan at the "Star", where she worked in the legal department, and married her in 1980.
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- In the 1977 reform, all municipalities were given fully equal legal standing.
- In this act, he also had some legal standing to claim a superior ownership to anyone else.
- One interesting view into the legal standing of women is the practice of crime and punishment.
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- Under-18s without the means to pay for a lawyer are often left without legal assistance.
- For alliance, states would see their allies as absolute gain and their enemies as relative gains without legal obligation.
- Weeks and Holmes also identified that there could be damage without legal remedy based on some doctrines that limited liability.
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- In 1995 it became legal to produce a Chianti with 100% Sangiovese.
- In 1833 they separated acrimoniously and in 1836 the separation became legal.
- He practiced law privately until 1867, when he became legal advisor to the Colonial Office.
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- He wrote legal opinions, free legal advising, and was actively involved in local politics.
- These included municipal ownership of utilities, urban renewal programs, and free legal, medical and educational services.
- He publicly criticized slavery and gave free legal representation to some slaves seeking freedom, but he also represented owners of runaway slaves.
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- Pearlman's legal troubles led to a foreclosure lawsuit.
- Clay's legal troubles began in .
- Acts ends abruptly without recording the outcome of Paul's legal troubles.
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- His legal training was reflected in many of his works.
- Many cases are prosecuted by police officers with little or no legal training.
- Houstoun received a liberal education, which included legal training at Inner Temple in London.
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- He also threatened legal action after his exit from the show.
- The BCP threatened legal action against the Independent Electoral Commission.
- Turner then contacted the Embassy of Norway in Washington, D.C. and threatened legal action.
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- An affirmation, however, has exactly the same legal effect as an oath.
- PDS and private sector legal aid lawyers are still paid from the same legal aid budget.
- The person who inherits the copyright is not the author, but enjoys the same legal benefits.
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- Erika Kajbová who carries out various legal activities.
- These works were collections of terse, precise judgments on various legal issues.
- He later held various legal positions including Recorder of Coventry, Worcester, Ludlow, and Shrewsbury.
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- But beyond the fulfillment of a legal obligation, children’s rights education has value for children.
- This legal obligation only comes into effect if the widowed wife has no other means of providing for herself.
- For alliance, states would see their allies as absolute gain and their enemies as relative gains without legal obligation.
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- The Project says they are hoping to achieve these goals through legal action and litigation.
- He was not much known before he went through legal proceedings for anti-Spanish state remarks..
- BCI received a licence and copyright through legal agreements with Charles K. Bliss in 1975 and 1982.
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- His later victory over servitude became the legal precedent in Massachusetts.
- Some observers said it could set a legal precedent that criminalizes the practice.
- 130 feminist associations demanded that the sentence set legal precedent for the future.
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- He also threatened legal action after his exit from the show.
- The BCP threatened legal action against the Independent Electoral Commission.
- Turner then contacted the Embassy of Norway in Washington, D.C. and threatened legal action.
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- The digital environment poses challenges to traditional legal protections for journalists' sources.
- Women began to see that legal protections were doing very little to change the reality of their lives.
- She no longer has access to the legal protections and religious spaces that are governed by the Parsi trusts.