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Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution (24,761 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

amendments, it addresses citizenship rights and equal protection under the law and was proposed in response to issues related to formerly enslaved Americans
Denis Law (5,690 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Denis Law (24 February 1940 – 17 January 2025) was a Scottish footballer who played as a forward. His career as a football player began at Second Division
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (11,358 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (often shortened to Law & Order: SVU or SVU) is an American police procedural crime drama television series created
Executive order (3,521 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
enforcement authority to use their discretion to determine how to enforce the law or to otherwise manage the resources and staff of the federal government's
Supreme Court of the United States (31,440 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
state court cases that turn on questions of U.S. constitutional or federal law. It also has original jurisdiction over a narrow range of cases, specifically
Constitution of the United States (20,965 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
The Constitution of the United States is the supreme law of the United States of America. It superseded the Articles of Confederation, the nation's first
John Roberts (13,191 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
with highest distinction, then attended Harvard Law School, where he was an editor of the Harvard Law Review. Before holding positions in the Reagan and
Jim Crow laws (8,614 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
The Jim Crow laws were state and local laws introduced in the Southern United States in the late 19th and early 20th centuries that enforced racial segregation
Public domain (5,934 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
term having expired. Some works are not covered by a country's copyright laws, and are therefore in the public domain; for example, in the United States
Benford's law (7,419 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Benford's law, also known as the Newcomb–Benford law, the law of anomalous numbers, or the first-digit law, is an observation that in many real-life sets
Law & Order (9,037 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Law & Order is an American police procedural and legal drama television series created by Dick Wolf and produced by Wolf Entertainment and Universal Television
Pardon (8,945 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
may be granted before or after conviction for the crime, depending on the laws of the jurisdiction. Pardons can be viewed as a tool to overcome miscarriage
Naturalization (9,208 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
country but typically include a promise to obey and uphold that country's laws and taking and subscribing to an oath of allegiance, and may specify other
Sharia (31,636 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
or Shariah (Arabic: شريعة, lit. 'path (to water)') is a body of religious law that forms a part of the Islamic tradition based on scriptures of Islam,
Roe v. Wade (28,550 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
the point of fetal viability. The decision struck down many State abortion laws, and it sparked an ongoing abortion debate in the United States about whether
Federal Bureau of Investigation (12,625 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
intelligence and security service of the United States and its principal federal law enforcement agency. An agency of the United States Department of Justice
Constitution of India (10,833 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
criminal law, unions, social security, and education. In general, when the Union and State laws on a Concurrent List item conflict, the Union-level laws prevail
Jus soli (8,795 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
state to nationality or citizenship. Jus soli was part of the English common law, in contrast to jus sanguinis ('right of blood') associated with the French
Yale University (21,369 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
undergraduate college, the Yale Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, and Yale Law School. While the university is governed by the Yale Corporation, each school's
Civil Rights Act of 1964 (10,771 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
78 Stat. 241, enacted July 2, 1964) is a landmark civil rights and labor law in the United States that outlaws discrimination based on race, color, religion
Jude Law (7,405 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
David Jude Heyworth Law (born 29 December 1972) is an English actor. He began his career in theatre before landing small roles in various British television
Occam's razor (10,860 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
possible set of elements. It is also known as the principle of parsimony or the law of parsimony (Latin: lex parsimoniae). Attributed to William of Ockham, a
Newton's laws of motion (15,808 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Newton's laws of motion are three physical laws that describe the relationship between the motion of an object and the forces acting on it. These laws, which
Ruth Bader Ginsburg (19,461 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
received attention for passionate dissents that reflected liberal views of the law. She was popularly dubbed "the Notorious R.B.G.", a moniker she later embraced
Brett Kavanaugh (18,531 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Kappa Epsilon fraternity. He then attended Yale Law School, after which he began his career as a law clerk working under Judge Ken Starr. After Starr
United States v. Wong Kim Ark (15,496 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
the United States after a trip abroad, under the Chinese Exclusion Act, a law banning virtually all Chinese immigration and prohibiting Chinese immigrants
Free content (4,327 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
time period after which the works then enter the public domain. Copyright laws are a balance between the rights of creators of intellectual and artistic
Martial law (9,149 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Martial law Martial law is the replacement of civilian government by military rule and the suspension of civilian legal processes for military powers
Murder (10,150 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
or valid excuse committed with the necessary intention as defined by the law in a specific jurisdiction. This state of mind may, depending upon the jurisdiction
Fair use (10,094 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Fair use is a doctrine in United States law that permits limited use of copyrighted material without having to first acquire permission from the copyright
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (8,668 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE; /aɪs/) is a federal law enforcement agency under the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Created by U
De facto (3,566 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
a de facto law (also known as a de facto regulation) is a law or regulation that is followed but "is not specifically enumerated by a law." By definition
Enabling Act of 1933 (3,832 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
zur Behebung der Not von Volk und Reich (lit. 'Law to Remedy the Distress of People and Reich'), was a law that gave the German Cabinet – most importantly
Ten Commandments (13,376 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
scholars drawing comparisons between the Decalogue and Hittite and Mesopotamian laws and treaties. The Ten Commandments, called עֲשֶׂרֶת הַדְּבָרִים‎ (transliterated
Jared Kushner (17,882 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
son-in-law of the president of the United States Donald Trump through his marriage to Ivanka Trump, and served as a senior advisor in his father-in-law's first
Jennifer Lawrence (11,595 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
board member of RepresentUs, a nonprofit seeking to pass anti-corruption laws in the United States. In 2018, she collaborated with 300 women in Hollywood
Copyright (11,174 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
can be granted by public law and are in that case considered "territorial rights". This means that copyrights granted by the law of a certain state do not
API (5,232 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
would provide a specification of classes and its class methods. Hyrum's law states that "With a sufficient number of users of an API, it does not matter
Sovereign state (5,972 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
the implementation of relations. Thus, the foundation for international law, diplomacy between officially recognized sovereign states, their organizations
Godwin's law (1,311 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Godwin's law (or Godwin's rule), short for Godwin's law of Nazi analogies, is an Internet adage asserting: "As an online discussion grows longer, the probability
Magna Carta (17,188 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
a king was above the law. Many contemporary writers believed that monarchs should rule in accordance with the custom and the law, with the counsel of
West Bank (20,323 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
been under Israeli occupation, which has been regarded illegal under the law of the international community. The territory first emerged in the wake of
Clarence Thomas (21,768 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
of the Holy Cross in 1971 and earned his Juris Doctor in 1974 from Yale Law School. Upon graduating, he was appointed as an assistant attorney general
Magna Carta (17,188 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
a king was above the law. Many contemporary writers believed that monarchs should rule in accordance with the custom and the law, with the counsel of
Sovereign state (5,972 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
the implementation of relations. Thus, the foundation for international law, diplomacy between officially recognized sovereign states, their organizations
Tiffany Trump (1,494 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
with a concentration in law and society, and was a member of Kappa Alpha Theta sorority. She then entered Georgetown University Law Center in Washington
Clarence Thomas (21,768 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
of the Holy Cross in 1971 and earned his Juris Doctor in 1974 from Yale Law School. Upon graduating, he was appointed as an assistant attorney general
Sonia Sotomayor (19,621 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
1976 and received her Juris Doctor from Yale Law School in 1979, where she was an editor of the Yale Law Journal. She worked as an assistant district
Bachelor of Laws (5,726 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Bachelor of Laws (Latin: Legum Baccalaureus; LL.B) is an undergraduate law degree offered in most common law countries as the primary law degree and serves
United States Department of Justice (3,047 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
of the U.S. government that oversees the domestic enforcement of federal laws and the administration of justice. It is equivalent to the justice or interior
Jerry Springer (5,421 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
in Queens, New York City. He attended Northwestern University School of Law, qualified as a lawyer, and first became actively involved in politics working
First Amendment to the United States Constitution (26,495 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
(Amendment I) to the United States Constitution prevents Congress from making laws respecting an establishment of religion; prohibiting the free exercise of
Elizabeth Warren (15,942 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Warren (née Herring; born June 22, 1949) is an American politician and former law professor who is the senior United States senator from Massachusetts, serving
Dred Scott v. Sandford (10,155 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
still a slave under its law. He then sued in U.S. federal court, which ruled against him by deciding that it had to apply Missouri law to the case. He then
War crime (5,917 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
A war crime is a violation of the laws of war that gives rise to individual criminal responsibility for actions by combatants in action, such as intentionally
Latin honors (3,646 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Reed College, Yale Law School, and Stanford Law School) do not use honors at all. These honors, when they are
Torah (8,852 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
or /ˈtoʊrə/; Biblical Hebrew: תּוֹרָה Tōrā, "Instruction", "Teaching" or "Law") is the compilation of the first five books of the Hebrew Bible, namely
Trademark (11,018 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
and provides legal remedies against unauthorized use by others. Trademark laws vary by jurisdiction but generally allow owners to enforce their rights against
Alien and Sedition Acts (4,713 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
The Alien and Sedition Acts were a set of four laws enacted in 1798 that applied restrictions to immigration and speech in the United States. The Naturalization
Habeas corpus (9,432 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
law in Mindanao". Philadelphia Star. Retrieved 23 May 2017. See Full text of the Act. This law was given its current short title by the Statute Law Revision
Holy See (5,285 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
of the worldwide Catholic Church and the city-state. Under international law, the Holy See holds the status of a sovereign juridical entity. According
Mariska Hargitay (4,382 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
producer, and philanthropist. Hargitay has played Olivia Benson on NBC's Law & Order: Special Victims Unit since 1999, which is the longest-running character
Nuremberg trials (9,054 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
responsible for violations of international law is considered "the true beginning of international criminal law". Between 1939 and 1945, Nazi Germany invaded
Business (5,415 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Commercial law spans general corporate law, employment and labor law, health-care law, securities law, mergers and acquisitions, tax law, employee benefit
United States Coast Guard (14,558 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
States Coast Guard (USCG) is the maritime security, search and rescue, and law enforcement service branch of the United States Armed Forces. It is one the
Chester A. Arthur (13,739 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
was born in Fairfield, Vermont, grew up in upstate New York and practiced law in New York City. He served as quartermaster general of the New York Militia
Newton's law of universal gravitation (3,754 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Newton's law of universal gravitation states that every particle attracts every other particle in the universe with a force that is proportional to the
Stephen Breyer (10,301 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Harvard Law School in 1964. After a clerkship with Associate Justice Arthur Goldberg in 1964–65, Breyer was a law professor and lecturer at Harvard Law School
Equal Rights Amendment (15,781 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
submission by the Congress: "ARTICLE — "Section 1. Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account
Country (4,631 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
International Law: Theoretical Observations". The American Journal of International Law. 35 (4). American Society of International Law: 605–617. doi:10
Ketanji Brown Jackson (9,537 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
education at Harvard University, where she served as an editor of the Harvard Law Review, and clerked for Justice Stephen Breyer, whose seat she later assumed
Greg Abbott (15,116 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
abortion such as the Texas Heartbeat Act, lenient gun laws, opposition to illegal immigration, support for law enforcement funding, and election reform. In response
Birthright citizenship in the United States (13,901 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
the law of the land: that all those born to parents beholden to U.S. law ("even of aliens") were guaranteed citizenship. Nonetheless, contrary laws in
Moore's law (10,703 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Moore's law is the observation that the number of transistors in an integrated circuit (IC) doubles about every two years. Moore's law is an observation
Feudalism (6,575 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Empire, India until the Mughal dynasty and the Antebellum South and Jim Crow laws in the American South. The term feudalism has also been applied—often pejoratively—to
Thurgood Marshall (8,079 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
School of Law. At Howard, he was mentored by Charles Hamilton Houston, who taught his students to be "social engineers" willing to use the law to fight
Simony (1,392 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Catholic canon law. In the Code of Canon Law, Canon 149.3 notes that "Provision of an office made as a result of simony is invalid by the law itself." The
Nuremberg Laws (5,447 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
The Nuremberg Laws (German: Nürnberger Gesetze, pronounced [ˈnʏʁnbɛʁɡɐ ɡəˈzɛtsə] ) were antisemitic and racist laws that were enacted in Nazi Germany
Corporation (5,866 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
recognized by private and public law as "born out of statute"; a legal person in a legal context) and recognized as such in law for certain purposes.: 10  Early
Critical race theory (13,136 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
and ethnicity, social and political laws, and mass media. CRT also considers racism to be systemic in various laws and rules, not based only on individuals'
Amy Coney Barrett (14,099 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Dame Law School, becoming a professor in 2010. While serving on the federal bench, she has continued to teach civil procedure, constitutional law, and
Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution (15,416 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Professor of Law, University of San Francisco School of Law, and Joshua R. Drexler, J.D. Candidate, May 2008, University of San Francisco School of Law (July
Falun Gong (21,474 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
practitioners are required to maintain regular jobs and family lives, to observe the laws of their respective governments, and are instructed not to distance themselves
Kimberly Guilfoyle (4,050 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
University of California, Davis, and the University of San Francisco School of Law, where she earned a J.D. degree. She became a prosecuting attorney in San
William Rehnquist (12,621 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
and Harvard University, then attended Stanford Law School, where he was an editor of the Stanford Law Review and graduated first in his class. Rehnquist
William Rehnquist (12,621 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
and Harvard University, then attended Stanford Law School, where he was an editor of the Stanford Law Review and graduated first in his class. Rehnquist
Delaware (13,245 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
century, Delaware has become an onshore corporate haven whose corporate laws are deemed appealing to corporations; over half of all New York Stock Exchange-listed
Rape (16,021 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
off". In Roman law, the carrying off of a woman by force, with or without intercourse, constituted "raptus". In Medieval English law the same term could
Sedition (6,461 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
any commotion, though not aimed at direct and open violence against the laws. Seditious words in writing are seditious libel. A seditionist is one who
Company (1,821 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
defined as an "artificial person", invisible, intangible, created by or under law, with a discrete legal capacity (or "personality"), perpetual succession
Antonin Scalia (15,964 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Scalia went on to graduate from Harvard Law School and spent six years at Jones Day before becoming a law professor at the University of Virginia. In
Ferdinand Marcos (27,186 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Philippines, ruling from 1965 to 1986. Marcos ruled the country under martial law from 1972 to 1981. He enjoyed expanded powers under the 1973 Constitution
Universal Declaration of Human Rights (9,311 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
customary international law, there is also a consensus in most countries that many of its provisions are part of customary law, although courts in some
Sovereign citizen movement (16,530 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
scammers, and conspiracy theorists found mainly in English-speaking common law countries—the United States, Canada, Australia, and the United Kingdom. Sovereign
LGBTQ rights in the United States (39,372 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Court, which invalidated state laws banning protected class recognition based upon homosexuality, struck down sodomy laws nationwide, struck down Section
United States Secret Service (9,624 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
The United States Secret Service (USSS or Secret Service) is a federal law enforcement agency under the Department of Homeland Security tasked with conducting
Merrick Garland (12,194 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
attended Harvard University and Harvard Law School, where he was an editor of the Harvard Law Review. He served as a law clerk to Judge Henry Friendly of the
Elena Kagan (9,925 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
graduating from Princeton University, Worcester College, Oxford, and Harvard Law School, she clerked for a federal Court of Appeals judge and for Supreme
Maxwell's equations (7,964 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
coupled partial differential equations that, together with the Lorentz force law, form the foundation of classical electromagnetism, classical optics, electric
Geneva Conventions (7,426 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
The Geneva Conventions are international humanitarian laws consisting of four treaties and three additional protocols that establish international legal
Senior status (1,360 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
office and chambers, including a secretary and their normal complement of law clerks, and they continue to receive annual cost-of-living increases. The
Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution (9,710 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
century, common law in England provided that coerced confessions were inadmissible. The common law rule was incorporated into American law by the courts
Freedom of speech (10,254 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Declaration of Human Rights and international human rights law. Many countries have constitutional law that protects free speech. Terms like free speech, freedom
Copyright law of the United States (9,994 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
The copyright law of the United States grants monopoly protection for "original works of authorship". With the stated purpose to promote art and culture
Energy (7,384 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
work and in the form of heat and light. Energy is a conserved quantity—the law of conservation of energy states that energy can be converted in form, but
Bankruptcy (8,997 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
significantly harsher conditions. An exception to this rule was Athens, which by the laws of Solon forbade enslavement for debt; as a consequence, most Athenian slaves
Gravity (7,538 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
However, for most applications, gravity is well approximated by Newton's law of universal gravitation, which describes gravity as a force causing any
Qadi (5,013 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
and the Islamic law (sharīʿa), the qadi remained the key person ensuring the establishment of justice on the basis of these very laws and rules. Thus
Bayes' theorem (7,695 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
has a function related to this topic. Bayes' theorem (alternatively Bayes' law or Bayes' rule, after Thomas Bayes) gives a mathematical rule for inverting
Ron DeSantis (16,022 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
candidacy in January 2024. After graduating from Yale University and Harvard Law School, DeSantis joined the U.S. Navy in 2004 and was promoted to lieutenant
Harvard Law School (6,237 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Harvard Law School (HLS) is the law school of Harvard University, a private research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1817, Harvard Law School
Life imprisonment (6,510 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
burglary, robbery, theft, piracy, aircraft hijacking, and genocide. Common law murder is one of the only crimes in which life imprisonment is mandatory;
Affordable Care Act (32,987 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
federal statute enacted by the 111th United States Congress and signed into law by President Barack Obama on March 23, 2010. Together with the Health Care
Master of Laws (4,695 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
A Master of Laws (M.L. or LL.M.; Latin: Magister Legum or Legum Magister) is an postgraduate academic degree, pursued by those either holding an undergraduate
Marriage (26,301 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
between them and their children (if any), and between them and their in-laws. It is nearly a cultural universal, but the definition of marriage varies
Copyright infringement (10,018 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
copyright-protected content online,[citation needed] and more on expanding copyright law to recognize and penalize, as indirect infringers, the service providers
Cousin (2,237 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
ancestors any number of generations in the past; for example, in medicine and in law, a first cousin is a type of third-degree relative.[citation needed] People
Early life and career of Barack Obama (7,346 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Harvard Law School. In Chicago, Obama worked at various times as a community organizer, lawyer, lecturer and senior Lecturer of constitutional law at the
Affirmative action (11,073 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
access, positive discrimination or positive action in various countries' laws and policies) refers to a set of policies and practices within a government
Thelema (8,864 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
transcends ordinary desires. Crowley's system begins with The Book of the Law, a text he maintained was dictated to him by a non-corporeal entity named
King's Counsel (9,626 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
representative) of some Commonwealth realms as a "Counsel learned in the law". When the reigning monarch is a woman, the title is Queen's Counsel (QC)
Incest (12,392 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
taboos, both in present and in past societies. Most modern societies have laws regarding incest or social restrictions on closely consanguineous marriages
Laura Ingraham (7,370 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
University of Virginia in 1991 and was a law clerk to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas. She then worked for the law firm Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher
Plessy v. Ferguson (4,793 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
was a landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision ruling that racial segregation laws did not violate the U.S. Constitution as long as the facilities for each
Suits (American TV series) (6,798 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
USA Network on June 23, 2011. Set in a fictional New York City corporate law firm, the series follows Mike Ross (Patrick J. Adams), a college dropout
Second law of thermodynamics (15,615 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
The second law of thermodynamics is a physical law based on universal empirical observation concerning heat and energy interconversions. A simple statement
Neil Gorsuch (13,569 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
became an established writer, Gorsuch received his legal education at Harvard Law School and earned a doctorate in jurisprudence from Oxford University in
United States Marshals Service (9,059 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
The United States Marshals Service (USMS) is a federal law enforcement agency in the United States. The Marshals Service serves as the enforcement and
Lynching (8,463 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
originated during the American Revolution. The verb comes from the phrase Lynch Law, a term for a punishment without trial. Two Americans during this era are
International Court of Justice (9,721 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
world". This has been interpreted to include common law, civil law, socialist law, and Islamic law, while the precise meaning of "main forms of civilization"
Kepler's laws of planetary motion (8,841 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
In astronomy, Kepler's laws of planetary motion, published by Johannes Kepler in 1609 (except the third law, which was fully published in 1619), describe
Temperature (12,994 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
approached very closely but not actually reached, as recognized in the third law of thermodynamics. It would be impossible to extract energy as heat from
Ohm's law (6,044 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Ohm's law states that the electric current through a conductor between two points is directly proportional to the voltage across the two points. Introducing
Second Amendment to the United States Constitution (31,596 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
was based partially on the right to keep and bear arms in English common law and was influenced by the English Bill of Rights of 1689. Sir William Blackstone
Parole (4,834 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
prisoners who had served half of their prison term (the so-called "Deri Law"). The law was originally intended to help ease overcrowding in prisons. Libertà
United States nationality law (10,207 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
United States nationality law details the conditions in which a person holds United States nationality. In the United States, nationality is typically
Statutory rape (4,152 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
In common law jurisdictions, statutory rape is nonforcible sexual activity in which one of the individuals is below the age of consent (the age required
Brandon Sanderson (5,823 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
One. A New York Times best-selling author, Sanderson created Sanderson's Laws of Magic and popularized the idea of "hard magic" and "soft magic" systems
Genocide (6,578 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
many scholarly definitions of genocide, almost all international bodies of law officially adjudicate the crime of genocide pursuant to the Genocide Convention
United States Bill of Rights (11,569 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
within any county, the trial may by law be in such county as the laws shall have prescribed. In suits at common law, between man and man, the trial by
Thermodynamics (5,837 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
and radiation. The behavior of these quantities is governed by the four laws of thermodynamics, which convey a quantitative description using measurable
Code of Hammurabi (9,944 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
the laws. In the prologue, Hammurabi claims to have been granted his rule by the gods "to prevent the strong from oppressing the weak". The laws are casuistic
Coulomb's law (6,645 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Coulomb's inverse-square law, or simply Coulomb's law, is an experimental law of physics that calculates the amount of force between two electrically charged
Bernard Montgomery (20,416 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein KG, GCB, DSO, PC, DL (/məntˈɡʌməri ... ˈæləmeɪn/; 17 November 1887 – 24 March
List of counties in California (992 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
likewise can reassume any delegated duties. California counties are general law counties by default. Still, they may be chartered as provided in Article
Commonwealth realm (10,646 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
The phrase Commonwealth realm is an informal description not used in any law. As of 2024[update], there are 15 Commonwealth realms: Antigua and Barbuda
List of trigonometric identities (12,421 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
formula Hyperbolic function Laws for solution of triangles: Law of cosines Spherical law of cosines Law of sines Law of tangents Law of cotangents Mollweide's
Election Commission of India (2,682 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
India and the process would be in place until a new law is enacted with regards to the same. The new law enacted in 2023, replaced the chief justice with
Yoon Suk Yeol (16,359 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
High School [ko], he studied law at Seoul National University where he earned a Bachelor of Laws in 1983 and a Master of Laws in 1988. Shortly after the
Patriot Act (19,013 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Patriot Act) was a landmark Act of the United States Congress, signed into law by President George W. Bush. The formal name of the statute is the Uniting
Georgetown University (15,191 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
in international law, fifth in criminal law, seventh in health care law, ninth in constitutional law, and tenth in environmental law. The undergraduate
British nationality law (7,841 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
The primary law governing nationality in the United Kingdom is the British Nationality Act 1981, which came into force on 1 January 1983. Regulations
Crimes against humanity (7,746 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
one of the core crimes of international criminal law and, like other crimes against international law, have no temporal or jurisdictional limitations on
Kashrut (9,264 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
of dietary laws dealing with the foods that Jewish people are permitted to eat and how those foods must be prepared according to Jewish law. Food that
Hanlon's razor (788 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
in a compilation of various jokes related to Murphy's law published in Arthur Bloch's Murphy's Law Book Two: More Reasons Why Things Go Wrong! (1980). A
Patent (11,562 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
disclosure of the invention. In most countries, patent rights fall under private law and the patent holder must sue someone infringing the patent in order to
Bar (473 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
text Underbar, a line under a formula or segment of text Vertical bar Bar (law), the legal profession Bar association Bar examination Bar (Croatian TV series)
Southern Poverty Law Center (14,677 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) is an American 501(c)(3) nonprofit legal advocacy organization specializing in civil rights and public interest
Zoophilia (6,274 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
In many parts of the world, bestiality is illegal under animal abuse laws or laws dealing with sodomy or crimes against nature. Three key terms commonly
Legality of cannabis by U.S. jurisdiction (6,063 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
prohibiting its use for any purpose. Despite this prohibition, federal law is generally not enforced against the possession, cultivation, or intrastate
Manslaughter (3,372 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Manslaughter is a common law legal term for homicide considered by law as less culpable than murder. The distinction between murder and manslaughter is
Samuel Alito (9,895 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Township, New Jersey, and graduated from Princeton University and Yale Law School. After law school, he worked as an assistant attorney general for the Office
Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution (12,887 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
persons or things to be seized (important or not). Fourth Amendment case law deals with three main issues: what government activities are "searches" and
British nationality law (7,841 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
The primary law governing nationality in the United Kingdom is the British Nationality Act 1981, which came into force on 1 January 1983. Regulations
Polygamy (16,130 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
regardless of whether a state recognizes the relationship. In many countries, the law only recognises monogamous marriages (a person can only have one spouse,
Entropy (13,975 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
transmission of information in telecommunication. Entropy is central to the second law of thermodynamics, which states that the entropy of an isolated system left
Unitary executive theory (9,034 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
In American law, the unitary executive theory is a Constitutional law theory according to which the President of the United States has sole authority
Law enforcement agency (4,514 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
A law enforcement agency (LEA) is any government agency responsible for law enforcement within a specific jurisdiction through the employment and deployment
Thomson Reuters (5,297 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Practical Law Company, the London-based provider of practical legal know-how and workflow tools to law firms and corporate law departments. Practical Law Company
State of emergency (21,037 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
medical pandemic or epidemic or other biosecurity risk. Under international law, rights and freedoms may be suspended during a state of emergency, depending
Voting Rights Act of 1965 (19,974 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
States that prohibits racial discrimination in voting. It was signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson during the height of the civil rights movement
Brown v. Board of Education (11,340 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
a landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court that ruled that U.S. state laws establishing racial segregation in public schools are unconstitutional, even
Bernoulli's principle (10,206 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Bernoulli's principle can also be derived directly from Isaac Newton's second Law of Motion. When fluid is flowing horizontally from a region of high pressure
Electric current (4,338 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
whom the unit of electric current is named, in formulating Ampère's force law (1820). The notation travelled from France to Great Britain, where it became
Hierarchy of the Catholic Church (8,546 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Canon Law Canon 492 1983 Code of Canon Law Canon 537, 1983 Code of Canon Law Code of Canon Law, canon 607 Code of Canon Law, canon 710 Code of Canon Law, canon
Ideal gas law (4,571 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
combination of the empirical Boyle's law, Charles's law, Avogadro's law, and Gay-Lussac's law. The ideal gas law is often written in an empirical form:
Murphy's law (3,517 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Murphy's law is an adage or epigram that is typically stated as: "Anything that can go wrong will go wrong.". Though similar statements and concepts have
Title IX (9,550 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Title IX is a landmark federal civil rights law in the United States that was enacted as part (Title IX) of the Education Amendments of 1972. It prohibits
Manslaughter (3,372 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Manslaughter is a common law legal term for homicide considered by law as less culpable than murder. The distinction between murder and manslaughter is
Adultery (13,649 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
to caning and even capital punishment. Since the 20th century, criminal laws against adultery have become controversial, with most Western countries decriminalising
General Data Protection Regulation (12,945 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Economic Area (EEA). The GDPR is an important component of EU privacy law and human rights law, in particular Article 8(1) of the Charter of Fundamental Rights
Posse Comitatus Act (3,251 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
The Posse Comitatus Act is a United States federal law (18 U.S.C. § 1385, original at 20 Stat. 152) signed on June 18, 1878, by President Rutherford B
Treaty (8,005 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
international law. International organizations can also be party to an international treaty. A treaty is binding under international law. A treaty may
Basic Law: Israel as the Nation-State of the Jewish People (5,029 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. Basic Law: Israel as the Nation-State of the Jewish People (Hebrew: חוֹק יְסוֹד: יִשְׂרָאֵל—מְדִינַת
Anthony Kennedy (8,841 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
practice in Sacramento after graduating from Stanford University and Harvard Law School. Kennedy became a U.S. federal judge in 1975 when President Gerald
Age of consent in the United States (29,020 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
state and territory sets the age of consent either by statute or the common law applies, and there are several federal statutes related to protecting minors
Law and Justice (10,592 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Law and Justice (Polish: Prawo i Sprawiedliwość [ˈpravɔ i ˌspravjɛˈdlivɔɕt͡ɕ] , PiS) is a right-wing populist and national-conservative political party
Indian nationality law (5,985 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Indian nationality law details the conditions by which a person holds Indian nationality. The two primary pieces of legislation governing these requirements
Treason (10,000 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
of state. A person who commits treason is known in law as a traitor. Historically, in common law countries, treason also covered the murder of specific
Jus sanguinis (1,913 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
[juːs ˈsaŋɡwɪnɪs]), meaning 'right of blood', is a principle of nationality law by which nationality is determined or acquired by the nationality of one
Supreme Court of India (11,395 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
president of India. Under judicial review, the court invalidates both normal laws as well as constitutional amendments as per the Basic structure doctrine
Law & Order: Criminal Intent (5,330 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Law & Order: Criminal Intent is an American police procedural drama television series set in New York City, where it was also primarily produced. Created
Espionage (7,200 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
circumstances, it may be a legal tool of law enforcement and in others, it may be illegal and punishable by law. Espionage is often part of an institutional
Population growth (3,979 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article
Population growth is the increase in the number of people in a population or dispersed group. The global population has grown from 1 billion in 1800 to
Conservation of energy (6,238 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
The law of conservation of energy states that the total energy of an isolated system remains constant; it is said to be conserved over time. In the case
New York City Police Department (6,999 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
(NYPD), officially the City of New York Police Department, is the primary law enforcement agency within New York City. Established on May 23, 1845, the
Fourteen Words (4,444 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
notably in his "88 Precepts" manifesto. According to the Southern Poverty Law Center, inspiration for the Fourteen Words "are derived from a passage in
Obergefell v. Hodges (13,404 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
born on November 9, 2009, and adopted by Rowse in October 2011. Michigan law allowed adoption only by single people or married couples. Consequently,
Bar and bat mitzvah (4,706 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
mitzvah (fem.) is a coming of age ritual in Judaism. According to Jewish law, before children reach a certain age, the parents are responsible for their
Divorce (16,446 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
dissolving the bonds of matrimony between a married couple under the rule of law of the particular country or state. It can be said to be a legal dissolution
Rodrigo Duterte (29,671 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Philippines University, graduating in 1968, before obtaining a law degree from San Beda College of Law in 1972. He then worked as a lawyer and was a prosecutor
Hanged, drawn and quartered (7,571 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Anon (1870), "The Law Times", Office of the Law Times, vol. 49, London Anon 2 (1870), The Solicitors' journal & reporter, London: Law Newspaper{{citation}}:
Board of directors (8,571 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
regulations (including the jurisdiction's corporate law) and the organization's own constitution and by-laws. These authorities may specify the number of members
Sandra Day O'Connor (10,740 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
economics in 1950. She continued at Stanford Law School for her law degree in 1952. There, she served on the Stanford Law Review whose then presiding editor-in-chief
Hanged, drawn and quartered (7,571 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Anon (1870), "The Law Times", Office of the Law Times, vol. 49, London Anon 2 (1870), The Solicitors' journal & reporter, London: Law Newspaper{{citation}}:
Arson (3,551 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Common Law defines arson as "the malicious burning of the dwelling of another." This definition has four elements: Malicious For purposes of common law arson
Rodrigo Duterte (29,671 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Philippines University, graduating in 1968, before obtaining a law degree from San Beda College of Law in 1972. He then worked as a lawyer and was a prosecutor
Divorce (16,446 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
dissolving the bonds of matrimony between a married couple under the rule of law of the particular country or state. It can be said to be a legal dissolution
Plagiarism (9,588 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
copyright infringement functionally overlap, depending on the copyright law protection in force, but they are not equivalent concepts, and although many
District attorney (2,234 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
commonwealth's attorney, or solicitor is the chief prosecutor or chief law enforcement officer representing a U.S. state in a local government area
Magnetic field (12,947 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
when used in the Lorentz force law, correctly predicts the force on a charged particle at that point:: 204  Lorentz force law (vector form, SI units) F =
Mendelian inheritance (4,038 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Vries may not have acknowledged truthfully how much of his knowledge of the laws came from his own work and how much came only after reading Mendel's paper
Star Wars: Skeleton Crew (4,222 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
planet, get lost in the galaxy, and go on an adventure to get back home. Jude Law stars in the series with Ravi Cabot-Conyers, Ryan Kiera Armstrong, Kyriana
Israeli settlement (28,371 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
community considers Israeli settlements to be illegal under international law, but Israel disputes this. In 2024, the International Court of Justice (ICJ)
Anarcho-capitalism (15,545 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Iceland, the American Old West, Gaelic Ireland, and merchant law, admiralty law, and early common law. Anarcho-capitalism is distinguished from minarchism, which
Jurisdiction (4,879 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Jurisdiction (from Latin juris 'law' + dictio 'speech' or 'declaration') is the legal term for the legal authority granted to a legal entity to enact
University of Paris (7,564 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
of the church. Students followed the rules and laws of the Church and were not subject to the king's laws or courts. This presented problems for the city
Act of Congress (913 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
may apply only to individual entities (called private laws), or to the general public (public laws). For a bill to become an act, the text must pass through
Citizenship Clause (5,704 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
wherein they reside, according to the various applicable state and federal laws and court decisions. The Civil Rights Act of 1866 granted U.S. citizenship
Citizens United v. FEC (8,217 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
campaign finance laws and free speech under the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. In this case, the Supreme Court ruled that any laws that try to restrict
Waco siege (20,453 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
the Waco massacre, was the siege by US federal government and Texas state law enforcement officials of a compound belonging to the religious cult known
List of law enforcement agencies in the United Kingdom, Crown Dependencies and British Overseas Territories (6,528 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
There are a number of agencies that participate in law enforcement in the United Kingdom which can be grouped into three general types: Territorial police
She-Hulk: Attorney at Law (15,275 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
She-Hulk: Attorney at Law is an American television miniseries created by Jessica Gao for the streaming service Disney+, based on Marvel Comics featuring
Paramilitary (678 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
being part of them. Under the law of war, a state may incorporate a paramilitary organization or armed agency (such as a law enforcement agency or a private
Consumer protection (3,044 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
marketplace. Consumer protection measures are often established by law. Such laws are intended to prevent businesses from engaging in fraud or specified
Gestalt psychology (6,194 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
the fundamental principle of perceptual grouping is the law of Prägnanz, also known as the law of good Gestalt. Prägnanz is a German word that directly
Dharmachakra (3,040 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
"Dharma", a complex and multivalent term which refers to the eternal cosmic law, universal moral order and in Buddhism, the very teaching and path expounded
Pythagorean theorem (12,704 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
c^{2}=a^{2}+b^{2}.} This theorem may have more known proofs than any other (the law of quadratic reciprocity being another contender for that distinction); the
Ateneo de Manila University (3,933 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
School of Government, the School of Medicine and Public Health, and Ateneo Law School. It follows a Jesuit tradition of liberal arts education, emphasizing
Women's rights (22,305 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
centuries. In some countries, these rights are institutionalized or supported by law, local custom, and behavior, whereas in others, they are ignored and suppressed
Chinese Exclusion Act (8,698 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
States federal law signed by President Chester A. Arthur on May 6, 1882, prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers for 10 years. The law made exceptions
Hubble's law (12,942 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Hubble's law, also known as the Hubble–Lemaître law, is the observation in physical cosmology that galaxies are moving away from Earth at speeds proportional
Statute of limitations (5,870 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
A statute of limitations, known in civil law systems as a prescriptive period, is a law passed by a legislative body to set the maximum time after an event
Communist state (13,344 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
The socialist law is subordinate and reflects changes to the economic order (the absorption of private law by public law). The socialist law has a religious
Yale Law School (3,485 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Yale Law School (YLS) is the law school of Yale University, a private research university in New Haven, Connecticut. It was established in 1824. The 2020–21
LexisNexis (5,072 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
comparative hospital law at the University of Pittsburgh Health Law Center. Horty was surprised to discover the extent to which the laws governing hospital
War on drugs (27,435 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
state law not federal law. A third argument states that the reverse burden of proof in drug-possession cases is incompatible with the rule of law, in that
Sanctuary city (11,886 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
denies its cooperation with the national government in enforcing immigration law. A city's council and mayor will usually declare itself a sanctuary city
United States Code (4,706 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
The United States Code (formally The Code of Laws of the United States of America) is the official codification of the general and permanent federal statutes
Mass murder (1,621 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
authority for federal law enforcement agencies, including those in the Departments of Justice and Homeland Security, to assist state law enforcement agencies
Prenuptial agreement (6,571 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
supersede many of the default marital laws that would otherwise apply in the event of divorce, such as the laws that govern the division of property,
Scientific law (5,669 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Scientific laws or laws of science are statements, based on repeated experiments or observations, that describe or predict a range of natural phenomena
Law of war (5,725 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
The law of war is a component of international law that regulates the conditions for initiating war (jus ad bellum) and the conduct of hostilities (jus
Communist state (13,344 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
The socialist law is subordinate and reflects changes to the economic order (the absorption of private law by public law). The socialist law has a religious
War on drugs (27,435 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
state law not federal law. A third argument states that the reverse burden of proof in drug-possession cases is incompatible with the rule of law, in that
United States Forest Service (5,617 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Center. U.S. Forest Service Law Enforcement & Investigations (LEI), headquartered in Washington, D.C., is a federal law enforcement agency of the U.S
Government of China (5,008 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
to, and have no separate powers than those granted to them by the NPC. By law, all elections at all levels must adhere to the leadership of the CCP. The
Robbery (3,365 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
value by force, threat of force, or by use of fear. According to common law, robbery is defined as taking the property of another, with the intent to
Doug Emhoff (3,026 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
He is also a distinguished visiting professor at Georgetown University Law Center. Douglas Craig Emhoff was born on October 13, 1964, in the Brooklyn
Pennsylvania State University (8,997 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
(AAU). The university has two law schools: Penn State Law on the school's University Park campus and Penn State Dickinson Law in Carlisle. The College of
Eminent domain (4,620 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
domain" was taken from the legal treatise De jure belli ac pacis (On the Law of War and Peace), written by the Dutch jurist Hugo Grotius in 1625, which
Primogeniture (7,409 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
free dictionary. Primogeniture (/ˌpraɪməˈdʒɛnɪtʃər, -oʊ-/) is the right, by law or custom, of the firstborn legitimate child to inherit the parent's entire
Alan Dershowitz (11,884 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
lawyer and law professor known for his work in U.S. constitutional law and American criminal law. From 1964 to 2013, he taught at Harvard Law School, where
Drug Enforcement Administration (8,495 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) is a United States federal law enforcement agency under the U.S. Department of Justice tasked with combating
Fiqh (5,404 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
practices of the sharia; that is, human understanding of the divine Islamic law as revealed in the Quran and the sunnah (the teachings and practices of the
Josh Hawley (19,936 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Hawley graduated from Stanford University in 2002 and Yale Law School in 2006. After being a law clerk to Judge Michael W. McConnell and Chief Justice John
Federative units of Brazil (1,851 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
the state. The judiciary in each of the states is composed of judges of law, who constitute the courts of first instance, and a Court of Justice, which
National Assembly (France) (3,955 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
indifferent order, except for financial laws which must go through the Assembly first, or territorial organisational laws or laws for French citizens living in
International organization (3,583 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
established by a treaty or other type of instrument governed by international law and possesses its own legal personality, such as the United Nations, the
Solicitor (3,193 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Chancery, attorneys practised in the common law courts, and proctors practised in the "civil law" (based on Roman law) of the ecclesiastical courts. The monopoly
L.A. Law (4,928 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
L.A. Law is an American legal drama television series created by Steven Bochco and Terry Louise Fisher for NBC. It ran for eight seasons and 172 episodes
Police officer (2,106 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
(female), a cop, an officer, or less commonly a constable) is a warranted law employee of a police force. In most countries, "police officer" is a generic
Software license (3,565 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
copyright law that vests the owner with the exclusive right to copy the code. The underlying ideas or algorithms are not protected by copyright law, but are
Laws of thermodynamics (2,860 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
The laws of thermodynamics are a set of scientific laws which define a group of physical quantities, such as temperature, energy, and entropy, that characterize
Alcohol intoxication (4,953 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
blood test for alcohol, usually performed as part of a toxicology screen. Law enforcement officers in the United States and other countries often use breathalyzer
Momentum (9,797 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
which is dimensionally equivalent to the newton-second. Newton's second law of motion states that the rate of change of a body's momentum is equal to
Exclusive economic zone (6,130 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
economic zone (EEZ), as prescribed by the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, is an area of the sea in which a sovereign state has exclusive
Injunction (3,226 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
developed by the English courts of equity but its origins go back to Roman law and the equitable remedy of the "interdict". "When a court employs the extraordinary
Law of large numbers (6,294 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
In probability theory, the law of large numbers (LLN) is a mathematical law that states that the average of the results obtained from a large number of
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (4,658 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
via the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to administer and enforce civil rights laws against workplace discrimination.: 12, 21  The EEOC investigates discrimination
Pareto principle (2,729 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
The Pareto principle (also known as the 80/20 rule, the law of the vital few and the principle of factor sparsity) states that for many outcomes, roughly
Indictment (1,502 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Australia provides that "the trial on indictment of any offence against any law of the Commonwealth shall be by jury". The High Court of Australia has consistently
Principality of Sealand (4,145 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Sealand in International Law" (Archived 14 July 2014 at the Wayback Machine) (2012) 18 (3) Journal of International Maritime Law 227–250 Connelly, Charlie
2019–2020 Hong Kong protests (33,416 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
national security law. More than a hundred people, including several prominent activists, have been arrested since the imposition of the law. The resulting
Maryanne Trump Barry (3,018 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
public law and government from Columbia University in 1962. She later attended law school, earning her JD from Hofstra University School of Law in 1974
Judicial review (2,465 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
review by the judiciary.: 79  In a judicial review, a court may invalidate laws, acts, or governmental actions that are incompatible with a higher authority
Miranda warning (12,490 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
is, their right to refuse to answer questions or provide information to law enforcement or other officials. Named for the U.S. Supreme Court's 1966 decision
Trade name (1,577 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
the owner's intent to operate under an assumed name. The intention of the law is to protect the public from fraud, by compelling the business owner to
Electromagnetic induction (2,911 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
mathematically described it as Faraday's law of induction. Lenz's law describes the direction of the induced field. Faraday's law was later generalized to become
Obscenity (5,430 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
protected by the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Federal obscenity law in the U.S. is unusual in that there is no uniform national standard. Former
Force (11,788 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
classical mechanics. The concept of force is central to all three of Newton's laws of motion. Types of forces often encountered in classical mechanics include
Miranda warning (12,490 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
is, their right to refuse to answer questions or provide information to law enforcement or other officials. Named for the U.S. Supreme Court's 1966 decision
1996 United States House of Representatives elections (1,247 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
elected as an Independent caucusing with Republicans due to Missouri state law. She later switched to the Republican Party a few days after the start of
Equal Protection Clause (11,555 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws." It mandates that individuals in similar situations be treated equally by the law. A primary motivation for this
2019–2020 Hong Kong protests (33,416 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
national security law. More than a hundred people, including several prominent activists, have been arrested since the imposition of the law. The resulting
Indictment (1,502 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Australia provides that "the trial on indictment of any offence against any law of the Commonwealth shall be by jury". The High Court of Australia has consistently
Domestic partnership (4,460 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
In 1989, a domestic partnership law was adopted in San Francisco. However, voters repealed the domestic partnership law by initiative; a modified version
Extradition (6,833 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
another jurisdiction, into the custody of the other's law enforcement. It is a cooperative law enforcement procedure between the two jurisdictions, and
Blasphemy (6,318 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Christianity. It was also a crime under English common law, and it is still a crime under Italian law (Art. 724 del Codice Penale). In the early history of
The Crown (6,014 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
the office of the monarch or the monarchy as institutions; to the rule of law; or to the functions of executive (the Crown-in-council), legislative (the
Gleichschaltung (5,696 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Jews of their citizenship (see Nuremberg Laws). The tenets of Gleichschaltung, including the Nuremberg Laws, also applied to territories occupied by the
Contempt of court (4,085 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
is the crime of being disobedient to or disrespectful toward a court of law and its officers in the form of behavior that opposes or defies the authority
Coriolis force (10,210 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
meteorology. Newton's laws of motion describe the motion of an object in an inertial (non-accelerating) frame of reference. When Newton's laws are transformed
Law & Order (franchise) (5,380 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
Law & Order is a media franchise composed of a number of related American television series created by Dick Wolf and produced by Wolf Entertainment. They
Electric field (5,495 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
present for the forces to take place. These forces are described by Coulomb's law, which says that the greater the magnitude of the charges, the greater the
Jasmine Crockett (1,931 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
a public defender for Bowie County, Texas, and had previously practiced law in a private firm. Crockett was born in St. Louis, Missouri, and attended
Charitable organization (6,663 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
country. The regulation, the tax treatment, and the way in which charity law affects charitable organizations also vary. Charitable organizations may
Special administrative regions of China (2,793 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
People's Congress and its Standing Committee remain capable of enforcing laws for the special administrative regions. The legal basis for the establishment
Bill of Rights 1689 (5,916 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
the English Crown. It remains a crucial statute in English constitutional law. Largely based on the ideas of political theorist John Locke, the Bill sets
United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (4,711 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), also called the Law of the Sea Convention or the Law of the Sea Treaty, is an international
Joint-stock company (5,631 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
effects to the continued existence of the company. In modern-day corporate law, the existence of a joint-stock company is often synonymous with incorporation
Ku Klux Klan Act (4,557 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
rights to hold office, serve on juries, or enjoy the equal protection of law. The Act authorized the President to deploy federal troops to counter the
Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization (27,796 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
not protected by federal statutory law. The case concerned the constitutionality of a 2018 Mississippi state law that banned most abortion operations
Same-sex marriage in the United States (15,099 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
legislation, and direct popular votes. States each have separate marriage laws, which must adhere to rulings by the Supreme Court of the United States that
Derivative work (7,370 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
In copyright law, a derivative work is an expressive creation that includes major copyrightable elements of a first, previously created original work
Ashley Moody (2,123 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Master of Laws in international law from Stetson University College of Law, and her Juris Doctor from the University of Florida School of Law. Moody interned
Consanguinity (3,342 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
relative who is descended from a common ancestor. Many jurisdictions have laws prohibiting people who are closely related by blood from marrying or having
Sexual grooming (3,831 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
mentorship, coaching, or preparing someone for leadership. From 1975 to 1985, law enforcement in the United States became increasingly aware of child sexual
Gas (6,638 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
mathematical relationship among these properties expressed by the ideal gas law (see § Ideal and perfect gas section below). Gas particles are widely separated
Capital punishment in India (13,126 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (formerly Indian Penal Code), as well as other laws. Executions are carried out by hanging as the primary method of execution
Perjury (5,885 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
material to an official proceeding. Like most other crimes in the common law system, to be convicted of perjury one must have had the intention (mens
John Paul Stevens (8,808 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
University School of Law. After clerking for Justice Wiley Rutledge, he co-founded a law firm in Chicago, focusing on antitrust law. In 1970, President
Limited liability company (4,127 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
limited liability of a corporation. An LLC is not a corporation under the laws of every state; it is a legal form of a company that provides limited liability
Georgetown University Law Center (4,573 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Georgetown University Law Center is the law school of Georgetown University, a private research university in Washington, D.C., United States. It was
Israeli-occupied territories (13,505 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
fall on the occupying power under international law. Under international law there are certain laws of war governing military occupation, including the
Jasmine Crockett (1,931 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
a public defender for Bowie County, Texas, and had previously practiced law in a private firm. Crockett was born in St. Louis, Missouri, and attended
Kidnapping (4,084 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
shanghaiing (or "pressganging") men supplied merchant ships with sailors, whom the law considered unfree labour. Kidnapping on the high seas in connection with
Nationality (5,698 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
group of people who are united on the basis of culture. In international law, nationality is a legal identification establishing the person as a subject
Prohibition (6,592 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Prohibition is the act or practice of forbidding something by law; more particularly the term refers to the banning of the manufacture, storage (whether
Court-martial (3,702 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
to determine the guilt of members of the armed forces subject to military law, and, if the defendant is found guilty, to decide upon punishment. In addition
Latin Church (14,167 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Canon Law – Archive". The Holy See. Retrieved 1 April 2019. "Code of Canon Law, canon 889 §2". The Holy See. Retrieved 1 April 2019. "Code of Canon Law, canon
Derivative work (7,370 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
In copyright law, a derivative work is an expressive creation that includes major copyrightable elements of a first, previously created original work
Capital punishment in India (13,126 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (formerly Indian Penal Code), as well as other laws. Executions are carried out by hanging as the primary method of execution
Beavis and Butt-Head (8,043 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
Beavis and Butt-Head is an American adult animated sitcom created by Mike Judge. The series follows Beavis and Butt-Head, both voiced by Judge, a pair
Seven Laws of Noah (9,187 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
the Seven Laws of Noah (Hebrew: שבע מצוות בני נח, Sheva Mitzvot B'nei Noach), otherwise referred to as the Noahide Laws or the Noachian Laws (from the
Law school (5,174 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
A law school (also known as a law centre/center, college of law, or faculty of law) is an institution, professional school, or department of a college
Earl Warren (14,768 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
After graduating from the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law, he began a legal career in Oakland. He was hired as a deputy district attorney
State religion (12,595 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
court of law pertaining to "personal law" under which a confessional community (a group abiding by the laws of Muslim Sharia, Christian Canon law, or Jewish
Ku Klux Klan Act (4,557 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
rights to hold office, serve on juries, or enjoy the equal protection of law. The Act authorized the President to deploy federal troops to counter the
Law firm (5,792 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
A law firm is a business entity formed by one or more lawyers to engage in the practice of law. The primary service rendered by a law firm is to advise
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (6,752 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is the largest federal law enforcement agency of the United States Department of Homeland Security.
Prime Minister of Israel (2,292 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
because he is both de jure and de facto chief executive. This is because Basic Law: The Government explicitly vests executive power in the Government, of which
Byron White (7,183 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
War II forced him to return to the United States, he matriculated at Yale Law School, played for the Detroit Lions in the 1940 and 1941 seasons while still
Gas (6,638 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
mathematical relationship among these properties expressed by the ideal gas law (see § Ideal and perfect gas section below). Gas particles are widely separated
Golden Rule (9,212 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
yourself (empathetic or responsive form) The term "Golden Rule", or "Golden law", began to be used widely in the early 17th century in Britain by Anglican
Voyeurism (4,215 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Congruent with this, research found voyeurism to be the most common sexual law-breaking behaviour in both clinical and general populations. An earlier study
Electric power (2,082 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
loads, the power formula (P = I·V) and Joule's first law (P = I^2·R) can be combined with Ohm's law (V = I·R) to produce alternative expressions for the
Rabbi (9,103 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
eras, when learned teachers assembled to codify Judaism's written and oral laws. The title "rabbi" was first used in the first century CE. In more recent
Indian Police Service (6,874 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
uncommon for IPS officers to be in the field taking active part in maintaining law and order. IPS officers have been posted to various UN Missions and several
Workhouse (8,281 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Law of 1834 attempted to reverse the economic trend by discouraging the provision of relief to anyone who refused to enter a workhouse. Some Poor Law
Sexuality in Islam (10,708 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Sexuality in Islam contains a wide range of views and laws, which are largely predicated on the Quran, and the sayings attributed to Muhammad (hadith)
Dick Wolf (2,695 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
20, 1946) is an American film and television producer, best known for his Law & Order franchise. Since 1990, the franchise has included six police/courtroom
Federal Trade Commission (6,061 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
(non-criminal) antitrust law and the promotion of consumer protection. The FTC shares jurisdiction over federal civil antitrust law enforcement with the Department
Annexation (6,281 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Annexation, in international law, is the forcible acquisition and assertion of legal title over one state's territory by another state, usually following
Hanafi school (5,491 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
systemised the use of reasoning (ra'y). Hanafi legal theory primarily derives law from the Quran, the sayings and practices of Muhammad (sunnah), scholarly
Civilian (3,831 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
customary laws of war and international treaties such as the Fourth Geneva Convention. The privileges that they enjoy under international law depends on
Georgetown University Law Center (4,573 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Georgetown University Law Center is the law school of Georgetown University, a private research university in Washington, D.C., United States. It was
Natural rights and legal rights (7,305 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
the laws or customs of any particular culture or government, and so are universal, fundamental and inalienable (they cannot be repealed by human laws, though
Civil township (2,830 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
states near the Great Lakes, civil townships (known in Michigan as general law townships and in Wisconsin as towns), are often, but not always, overlaid
University of Calcutta (6,343 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Faculty of Law was established in January 1909 as the University College of Law. It was granted status as the university's department of law in February
Vagrancy (3,566 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=78260 Rosenthal, Howard L. (Fall 1972). "Constitutional Law: Vagrancy Laws- A Fourteenth Amendment Violation". Washburn Law Journal
Summary execution (1,185 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
denotes the summary execution of a sentence of death. Under international law, it is a combatant's refusal to accept an opponent's lawful surrender and
George Washington University (12,178 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
ranks GW Law School as fifth best in the U.S. for its international law program, fifth best for intellectual law, second best for part-time law, and as
Angular momentum (13,465 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
at directly from Newton's second law, together with laws governing the forces of nature (such as Newton's third law, Maxwell's equations and Lorentz force)
Counterterrorism (6,285 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
practices, military tactics, techniques, and strategies that governments, law enforcement, businesses, and intelligence agencies use to combat or eliminate
Insanity defense (8,692 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
determination is in a court of law, this is practically, and most frequently, made by physicians in the clinical setting. In English law, the rule of non compos
List of legal entity types by country (21,627 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
business entity is an entity that is formed and administered as per corporate law in order to engage in business activities, charitable work, or other activities
Memorandum of understanding (1,576 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
(falls under the Uniform Commercial Code) or services (falls under the common law of the state). Many companies and government agencies use MoUs to define
GmbH (1,129 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
debts. GmbHs are considered legal persons under German, Swiss and Austrian law. Other variations include mbH (used when the term Gesellschaft is part of
Buoyancy (4,236 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
principle is named after Archimedes of Syracuse, who first discovered this law in 212 BC. For objects, floating and sunken, and in gases as well as liquids
Royal Canadian Mounted Police (16,991 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
"rapidly obsolete;" and the Dominion Police, which was responsible for federal law enforcement, intelligence, and parliamentary security. The new police service
Faraday's law of induction (4,693 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Faraday's law of induction (or simply Faraday's law) is a law of electromagnetism predicting how a magnetic field will interact with an electric circuit
Detective (2,129 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
A detective is an investigator, usually a member of a law enforcement agency. They often collect information to solve crimes by talking to witnesses and
Multiple citizenship (18,579 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
recognized by more than one country under its nationality and citizenship law as a national or citizen of that country. There is no international convention
George Washington University (12,178 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
ranks GW Law School as fifth best in the U.S. for its international law program, fifth best for intellectual law, second best for part-time law, and as
Columbia Law School (5,557 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Columbia Law School (CLS) is the law school of Columbia University, a private Ivy League university in New York City. The school was founded in 1858 as
Sexuality in Islam (10,708 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Sexuality in Islam contains a wide range of views and laws, which are largely predicated on the Quran, and the sayings attributed to Muhammad (hadith)
Annexation (6,281 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Annexation, in international law, is the forcible acquisition and assertion of legal title over one state's territory by another state, usually following
Byron White (7,183 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
War II forced him to return to the United States, he matriculated at Yale Law School, played for the Detroit Lions in the 1940 and 1941 seasons while still
Civil union (11,105 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
similar to marriage, created primarily as a mean to provide recognition in law for same-sex couples. Civil unions grant some or all of the rights of marriage
General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (1,308 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
2021) Marriage Law Labour law Labour Law Labour Contract Law Property law Property Law Intellectual property law Patent law Administrative law Administrative
Antarctic Treaty System (4,189 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Australian laws that relate to Antarctica date from more than two decades before the Antarctic Treaty era. In terms of criminal law, the laws that apply
Memorandum of understanding (1,576 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
(falls under the Uniform Commercial Code) or services (falls under the common law of the state). Many companies and government agencies use MoUs to define
Frederick Law Olmsted (5,394 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Frederick Law Olmsted (April 26, 1822 – August 28, 1903) was an American landscape architect, journalist, social critic, and public administrator. He
Minister (government) (785 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article
A minister is a politician who heads a ministry, making and implementing decisions on policies in conjunction with the other ministers. In some jurisdictions
Sarbanes–Oxley Act (10,131 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
The Sarbanes–Oxley Act of 2002 is a United States federal law that mandates certain practices in financial record keeping and reporting for corporations
DePaul University (6,293 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
university enrolls around 14,500 undergraduates and about 7,900 graduate/law students. In 2017, about 90% of DePaul's students commuted or lived off campus
England and Wales (1,584 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
and Wales and was formed by the Laws in Wales Acts 1535 and 1542. The substantive law of the jurisdiction is English law. The devolved Senedd (Welsh Parliament;
List of legal entity types by country (21,627 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
business entity is an entity that is formed and administered as per corporate law in order to engage in business activities, charitable work, or other activities
Charles Evans Hughes (8,791 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
New York, Hughes graduated from Brown University and Columbia Law School and practiced law in New York City. After working in private practice for several
European Court of Human Rights (8,742 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Convention is interpreted in light of present-day conditions. International law scholars consider the ECtHR to be the most effective international human
Jamie Raskin (4,298 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Jamin Ben Raskin (born December 13, 1962) is an American attorney, law professor, and politician serving as the U.S. representative for Maryland's 8th
Bill (law) (3,065 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
A bill is a proposal for a new law, or a proposal to substantially alter an existing law. A bill does not become law until it has been passed by the legislature
Digital rights management (11,495 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
within devices. DRM technologies include licensing agreements and encryption. Laws in many countries criminalize the circumvention of DRM, communication about
Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (9,752 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
with Disabilities Act of 1990 or ADA (42 U.S.C. § 12101) is a civil rights law that prohibits discrimination based on disability. It affords similar protections
University of Calcutta (6,343 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Faculty of Law was established in January 1909 as the University College of Law. It was granted status as the university's department of law in February
Tulane University (8,417 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
and 1887. The Tulane University Law School and Tulane University Medical School are, respectively, the 12th oldest law school and 15th oldest medical school
Sam Waterston (3,459 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Street (1997, 99), Exiled: A Law & Order Movie (1998), and spin-offs Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (2000, 07, 10, 18) and Law & Order: Trial by Jury (2005)
Vigilantism (3,175 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
components: Extralegal: Vigilantism is done outside of the law (not necessarily in violation of the law) Prevention, investigation, or punishment: Vigilantism
Theft (7,503 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
American Law Institute. Retrieved 8 November 2021. Kaplan, John (2012). Criminal law: cases and materials (7th ed.). New York: Wolters Kluwer Law & Business/Aspen
Criminal conspiracy (4,937 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
In criminal law, a conspiracy is an agreement between two or more people to commit a crime at some time in the future. Criminal law in some countries
Jimmy Smits (1,888 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
for playing attorney Victor Sifuentes on the 1980s–1990s legal drama L.A. Law, NYPD Detective Bobby Simone on the 1990s–2000s police drama NYPD Blue, and
United States Attorney (3,173 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
officials of the U.S. Department of Justice who serve as the chief federal law enforcement officers in each of the 94 U.S. federal judicial districts. Each
Insanity defense (8,692 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
determination is in a court of law, this is practically, and most frequently, made by physicians in the clinical setting. In English law, the rule of non compos
John Cornyn (8,069 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
and St. Mary's University School of Law and received an LL.M. degree from the University of Virginia School of Law. He was a judge on Texas's 37th District
Sui iuris (1,716 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
one's own right". It is used in both the Catholic Church's canon law and secular law. The term church sui iuris is used in the Catholic Code of Canons
Partnership (3,875 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
or formed in pursuance of some other law. Some other law means companies and corporations formed via some other law passed by Parliament of India. 7) Mutual
In God We Trust (12,953 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
in the 1950s. The first postage stamps with the motto appeared in 1954. A law passed in July 1955 by a joint resolution of the 84th Congress (Pub. L. 84–140)
Social justice (8,496 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
social insurance, public health, public school, public services, labor law and regulation of markets, to ensure distribution of wealth, and equal opportunity
Case citation (9,438 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
past court case decisions, either in series of books called reporters or law reports, or in a neutral style that identifies a decision regardless of where
Driving under the influence (3,552 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
(bicycling under the influence) laws recognize that intoxicated cyclists are likely to primarily endanger themselves. Accordingly, law enforcement officers are
United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary (1,033 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
legislation related to federal criminal law, human rights law, immigration, intellectual property, antitrust law, and internet privacy. Established in 1816
John Cornyn (8,069 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
and St. Mary's University School of Law and received an LL.M. degree from the University of Virginia School of Law. He was a judge on Texas's 37th District
In God We Trust (12,953 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
in the 1950s. The first postage stamps with the motto appeared in 1954. A law passed in July 1955 by a joint resolution of the 84th Congress (Pub. L. 84–140)
Thermal conductivity and resistivity (8,365 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
{\displaystyle \nabla T} is the temperature gradient. This is known as Fourier's law for heat conduction. Although commonly expressed as a scalar, the most general
One country, two systems (7,374 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
However, since 2020, as a result of the passage of the National Security Law by Hong Kong on 30 June of the same year, the United States and the United
Minister (government) (785 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article
A minister is a politician who heads a ministry, making and implementing decisions on policies in conjunction with the other ministers. In some jurisdictions
Battery (crime) (1,909 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
reasonable fear or apprehension of such contact. Battery is a specific common law offense, although the term is used more generally to refer to any unlawful
John Marshall (13,223 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
College of Law, John Marshall Law School (Atlanta), and formerly, the John Marshall Law School (now the University of Illinois Chicago School of Law) are or
Catholic particular churches and liturgical rites (2,721 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
followers headed by a bishop (or equivalent), as defined by Catholic canon law and ecclesiology. A liturgical rite, a collection of liturgies descending
DePaul University (6,293 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
university enrolls around 14,500 undergraduates and about 7,900 graduate/law students. In 2017, about 90% of DePaul's students commuted or lived off campus
Charles Evans Hughes (8,791 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
New York, Hughes graduated from Brown University and Columbia Law School and practiced law in New York City. After working in private practice for several
Coercion (1,338 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
blackmail, or even torture and sexual assault. Common-law systems codify the act of violating a law while under coercion as a duress crime.[citation needed]
Freedom of religion (14,455 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Schempp – Cases | Laws.com". cases.laws.com. 3 April 2015. Retrieved 3 May 2018. "Epperson V Arkansas – Cases | Laws.com". cases.laws.com. 3 April 2015
Natural Law Party (2,572 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
The Natural Law Party (NLP) is a transnational party founded in 1992 on "the principles of Transcendental Meditation", the laws of nature, and their application
Jamie Raskin (4,298 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Jamin Ben Raskin (born December 13, 1962) is an American attorney, law professor, and politician serving as the U.S. representative for Maryland's 8th
Terri Schiavo case (10,023 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Circuit Court of Florida to remove her feeding tube pursuant to Florida law. He was opposed by Terri's parents, Robert and Mary Schindler. The court
Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (16,868 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
that apply to income in the indicated range as under current law (i.e., prior Public Law 115-97 or the Act), so a higher income taxpayer will have income
Three Laws of Robotics (9,612 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
The Three Laws of Robotics (often shortened to The Three Laws or Asimov's Laws) are a set of rules devised by science fiction author Isaac Asimov, which
SWAT (4,488 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
capabilities of traditional law enforcement first responders and/or investigative units. According to the Historical Dictionary of Law Enforcement, the term
Arun Jaitley (3,552 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
portfolios of Finance, Defence, Corporate Affairs, Commerce and Industry, and Law and Justice in the Vajpayee government and Narendra Modi government. From
Drug prohibition (9,090 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
The prohibition of drugs through sumptuary legislation or religious law is a common means of attempting to prevent the recreational use of certain intoxicating
Canadian nationality law (7,021 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Canadian nationality law details the conditions by which a person is a national of Canada. The primary law governing these regulations is the Citizenship
Gas constant (1,956 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
also a combination of the constants from Boyle's law, Charles's law, Avogadro's law, and Gay-Lussac's law. It is a physical constant that is featured in
American Bar Association (7,030 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
American Bar Association (ABA) is a voluntary bar association of lawyers and law students in the United States; national in scope, it is not specific to any
Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. (12,527 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, and as Weld Professor of Law at his alma mater, Harvard Law School. His positions, distinctive personality, and writing
Civil Rights Act of 1968 (9,458 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
 90–284, 82 Stat. 73, enacted April 11, 1968) is a landmark law in the United States signed into law by United States President Lyndon B. Johnson during the
Warren E. Burger (4,905 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
in Saint Paul, Minnesota, Burger graduated from the St. Paul College of Law in 1931. He helped secure the Minnesota delegation's support for Dwight D
Twenty-seventh Amendment to the United States Constitution (3,311 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Compensation Act of 1789) to the United States Constitution states that any law that increases or decreases the salary of members of Congress may take effect
Self-determination (16,622 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
suffrage. Self-determination is a cardinal principle in modern international law, binding, as such, on the United Nations as an authoritative interpretation
Library of Congress Classification (3,154 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Religious law in general. Comparative religious law. Jurisprudence Subclass KBM – Jewish law Subclass KBP – Islamic law Subclass KBR – History of canon law Subclass
Marbury v. Madison (5,755 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
judicial review, meaning that American courts have the power to strike down laws and statutes they find to violate the Constitution of the United States.
Military occupation (4,215 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
contemporary era, the laws of occupation have largely become a part of customary international law, and form a part of the law of war. Since World War
Apostasy (10,905 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Part: Rethinking Apostasy Laws under Islamic Law and International Legal Obligations". Southwestern Journal of International Law. 16: 229–264 – via Hein
Free license (1,282 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
normally prohibited by copyright, patent or other Intellectual property (IP) laws. The term broadly covers free content licenses and open-source licenses,
Law enforcement in the United States (13,378 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
000 sworn law enforcement officers are serving in the United States.[citation needed] About 137,000 of those officers work for federal law enforcement
Fief (1,777 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Latin: feudum) was a central element in medieval contracts based on feudal law. It consisted of a form of property holding or other rights granted by an
Great Firewall (7,551 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
intentionally left the law "flexible" so that it could be open to future interpretation and development. Given the gaps in the law, the central government
Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution (6,185 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Constitutional Law Quarterly. 35 (4). University of California, Hastings College of the Law. ISSN 0094-5617. Novakovic, Michael B. (1992). "Constitutional Law: Filling