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Estoppel
ESTOPPEL A legal principle that bars a party from denying or alleging a certain fact owing to that party's previous conduct, allegation, or denial. The rationale behind estoppel is to prevent injustice owing to inconsistency or fraud. There are two general types of estoppel: equitable and... Read more |
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Complainant
COMPLAINANT A plaintiff; a person who commences a civil lawsuit against another, known as the defendant, in order to remedy an alleged wrong. An individual who files a written accusation with the police charging a suspect with the commission of a crime and providing facts to support the allegation... Read more |
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Putative
PUTATIVE Alleged; supposed; reputed. A putative father is the individual who is alleged to be the father of an illegitimate child. A putative marriage is one that has been contracted in good faith and pursuant to ignorance, by one or both parties, that certain impediments exist to render it null... Read more |
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Allegation
ALLEGATION The assertion, claim, declaration, or statement of a party to an action, setting out what he or she expects to prove. If the allegations in a plaintiff's complaint are insufficient to establish that the person's legal rights have been violated, the defendant can make a motion to the... Read more |
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Edith Cresson
Edith Cresson , 1934-, French politician, b. Edith Campion. After studying at the École des Hautes Études Commerciales, she became a consultant in private industry. Active in the Socialist party, she became national secretary of the party (for youth) in 1974 and was elected to the... Read more |
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Accusation
ACCUSATION A formal criminal charge against a person alleged to have committed an offense punishable by law, which is presented before a court or a magistrate having jurisdiction to inquire into the alleged crime. The sixth amendment to the Constitution provides in part that a person accused of a... Read more |
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Clinical psychiatry
Psychiatry Forensic psychiatric evaluations are crucial to many civil and criminal court decisions. Psychiatrists are requested to assess the level of criminal and legal responsibility of defenders in cases of fraud, embezzlement, murder , physical aggression, disputes for child custody, and other... Read more |
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Robert C. Gallo
Gallo, Robert C. (1937- ) American virologist Robert C. Gallo, one of the best-known biomedical researchers in the United States, is considered the co-discoverer, along with Luc Montagnier at the Pasteur Institute, of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV ). Gallo established that the virus... Read more |
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Phoenix Park murders
Phoenix Park murders name given to the assassination on May 6, 1882, of Lord Frederick Cavendish, British secretary for Ireland, and Thomas Henry Burke, his undersecretary, in Phoenix Park, Dublin. They were stabbed to death by members of the "Invincibles," a terrorist splinter group of the ... Read more |
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The DJ and the pounds 500k iTunes probe; Twelve are charged over alleged...
...this week charged with a multi...pound iPhone fraud. It is alleged the five men and one woman...Wednesday after raids in Birmingham...It is also alleged they created...S): ONE MAN AND HIS DOG...White, who is ... |
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Ex-Officials Of Columbia Firm Charged; Fraud Scheme Alleged At U.S. Foodservice
...Columbia were charged by a federal grand...the accounting fraud in February 2003...was separately charged with insider trading...said. All five men are also facing...out in May 2003 after the accounting...re pleased that ... |
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Chanhassen man charged in mortgage fraud; Alleged kickback scheme involved 57...
...Chanhassen man who allegedly...properties was charged Wednesday...commit wire fraud. Douglas...third person charged in connection...Butler was charged in a felony...fraud in the alleged scheme. ... |
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9 Charged in Alleged Fraud at Ahold Arm
...vendors were charged Thursday with...come six months after prosecutors...of the nine men are expected...because of the alleged fraud at U.S. Foodservice...Among those charged were John Nettle...participate in the ... |
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WILKES-BARRE MAN CHARGED WITH ALLEGED FRAUD RELATING TO HIS DECEASED MOTHER'S...
...criminal Information charging Schutz with fraud related to the receipt of Social Security...benefits which should have been stopped after his mother's death continued to...States Attorney against a defendant. A charged Defendant is presumed innocent until... |
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22 Charged in Post-Attack Fraud; Alleged False Reports of Sept. 11 Deaths...
...authorities yesterday charged 22 people with...forgery, insurance fraud and grand larceny...s generosity after the attacks on...charges, which came after a three-month...Among those charged are: Daniel Djoro...Lansing, Mich., ... |
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NSW: Man and two women charged over alleged fraud worth $2.4m
...18-2007 NSW: Man and two women charged over alleged fraud worth $2.4m Police have charged a man and two women .. over the alleged fraudulent purchase...Local Court today. After simultaneous ... |
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NSW: Trio charged over alleged million dollar fraud
...2009 NSW: Trio charged over alleged million dollar fraud Three people face fraud charges after allegedly changing an elderly Sydney man's will.. and...67-year-old man and a 56-year...have each been ... |
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NSW: Trio charged over alleged million-dollar fraud
...NSW: Trio charged over alleged million-dollar fraud SYDNEY, April...fraud charges after allegedly...were each charged with defrauding...three people charged altered the...propertybelonging to the ... |
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NYC adviser to celebrities is charged with fraud
...charges of wire fraud, investment...laundering after a prosecutor...who was charged with making...through April after gaining the...Stein was not charged in connection with Starr's alleged fraud, ... |