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consent
consent in law, active acquiescence or silent compliance by a person legally capable of consenting (see age of consent ). It may be evidenced by words or acts or by silence when silence implies concurrence. Actual or implied consent is necessarily an element in every contract and every... Read more |
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statute of York
STATUTE OF YORK An english law enacted in 1318 that required the consent of Parliament in all legislative matters. The Statute of York was an important step toward the development of a constitutional monarchy in England. The law was enacted in the city of York in 1318, at a time when King Edward... Read more |
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annexation
annexation in international law, formal act by which a state asserts its sovereignty over a territory previously outside its jurisdiction. Many kinds of territory have been subject to annexation, chief among them those inhabited by settlers of the annexing power, those which already have had the... Read more |
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informed consent
informed consent in medicine, a patient's written consent to a surgical or medical procedure or other course of treatment, given after the physician has told the patient all of the potential benefits, risks, and alternatives involved. Informed consent is also required for participation in clinical... Read more |
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age of consent
age of consent the age at which, according to the law, persons are bound by their words and acts. There are different ages at which one acquires legal capacity to consent to marriage, to choose a guardian, to conclude a contract, and the like. For marriage, the age may be higher for males than for... Read more |
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extortion
extortion in law, unlawful demanding or receiving by an officer, in his official capacity, of any property or money not legally due to him. Examples include requesting and accepting fees in excess of those allowed to him by statute or arresting a person and, with corrupt motives, demanding money or... Read more |
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Necrophilia
N ECROPHILIA The term necrophiliais mostly used as a psychiatric expression for a pathological sexual attraction to corpses. It is a very rare and poorly understood phenomenon. In his seminal 1894 work, Psychopathia Sexualis,Richard von Krafft-Ebing, one of the... Read more |
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Bel
Bel an alternative form of the name of the god Baal, occurring most frequently in Bel and the Dragon, two stories included as a single item in the Apocrypha. The first relates how the prophet Daniel convinced the Babylonian king that the offerings of food and drink which were daily set before the... Read more |
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commissions of array
array, commissions of. This was a means of raising local troops between the fyrd and the feudal levy and the militia of modern times. The commissions instructed individuals, usually gentry or noblemen, to raise troops in their area and were first issued by Edward I. They were a heavy burden,... Read more |
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robbery
robbery in law, felonious taking of property from a person against his will by threatening or committing force or violence. The injury or threat may be directed against the person robbed, his property, or the person or property of his relative or of anyone in his presence at the time of the... Read more |
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array, commissions of
...fell upon the township or locality and Parliament succeeded in obtaining a number of concessions. Edward III promised in 1327 not to...the kingdom; in 1350 that they would only be issued with the consent of Parliament. A statute of Henry IV in 1402 repeated the... |
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George IV
...suicide. They married secretly in 1785 without his father's consent, so that the marriage was illegal under the Royal Marriage...Napoleonic War of 1803–15 George was again unsuccessful in obtaining a military command and had to content himself with designing... |
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Marriage and Divorce
...England Puritans saw marriage as a civil contract based on mutual consent, and to this end, they closely monitored courting procedures...but after the Revolutionary War, more women succeeded in obtaining divorces.Southern colonies and states adopted more conservative... |
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The Bill of Rights
...in time of peace, be quartered in any house without the consent of the owner, nor in time of war, but in a manner to be...the witnesses against him; to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor, and to have the assistance of counsel... |
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Rochin v. California
...holding that stomach‐pumping did constitute a method of obtaining evidence that violated the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth...pumping to obtain evidence when conducted without the accused's consent “shocks the conscience” and constitutes “methods too... |
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local government
...proclamations, elections, outlawries, and (probably) consent to local subsidies in time of war.The second pillar of local government...structures such as the court leet and court baron provided ways of obtaining legal redress for grievances and in some small Ulster towns... |
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NMC code of professional conduct: standard, The
...implemented.• obtain consent before you give any...and guidance. When obtaining valid consent, you...principles of obtaining consent apply equally to those...treatment and care without consent. In emergencies where...adult. ... |
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Data Protection Act (1998)
...notification form, or by obtaining such a form from the website...the 1998 Act include: • obtaining, disclosing (or bringing...personal data, without consent of the data controller; • obtaining unauthorized access to data... |
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George IV
...Fitzherbert. They married secretly in 1785 without his father's consent, so that the marriage was illegal under the Royal Marriage Act...Napoleonic War of 1803–15 George was again unsuccessful in obtaining a military command. After Fox's death in 1806 he severed... |
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array, commissions of
...and were first issued by Edward I. Parliament succeeded in obtaining a number of concessions. Edward III promised in 1327 not to...kingdom; in 1350 that commissions would only be issued with the consent of Parliament. After mid‐16th cent. it was more convenient... |
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acceptance
...acceptance of an award synonyms: receipt, receiving, taking, obtaining. 2. the acceptance of responsibility synonyms: undertaking...synonyms: compliance with, acquiescence in, agreement with, consent to, concurrence with, assent to, acknowledgment of, adherence... |
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Young Broadcasting Inc. Announces Completion of Senior Credit Facility...
...those securities. Approval of this amendment and obtaining this consent will enable the Company to proceed, subject to market...announced that it was seeking the amendment, the consent, and its intention to issue the new notes. Commenting... |
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Obtaining consent can be multistep process.
Obtaining consent can be multistep process Here is how...thorough and educational approach to obtaining informed-consent, and this is especially...this example and these guidelines to obtaining informed consent through a ... |
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Were Nurses Overzealous in Obtaining Consent for Organ Donation?(Brief Article)
...ISSUE: Organ donations when consent is informed and voluntarily...patient was induced to give her consent by telephone. The child...proceed to solicit the mother's consent knowing the child's father...nurses were "in the process of obtaining the ... |
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Comments on Rev. Proc. 97-27, relating to rules for obtaining consent to...
...conditions and procedures for obtaining the Commissioner's consent for a change in a taxpayer...conditions and procedures for obtaining the Commissioner's consent...simplifies the requirements for obtaining the consent of ... |
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Massachusetts Inventors Develop Sensitive Information Delivery Consent...
...have developed a method for obtaining consent. According to the U.S. Patent...method and related system obtains consent from a user for electronic delivery...on a server system to input the consent. The web page prompts for the... |
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US Patent Issued on Feb. 8 for "Obtaining Consent for Electronic Delivery of...
...885,874, issued on Feb. 8. "Obtaining Consent for Electronic Delivery of Compliance...method and related system obtains consent from an individual for computer...is prompted by the computer to consent to the computer-aided delivery... |
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US Patent Issued on Feb. 15 for "Obtaining Consent for Electronic Delivery of...
...399, issued on Feb. 15. "Obtaining Consent for Electronic Delivery of Compliance...method and related system obtains consent from an individual for computer...is prompted by the computer to consent to the computer-aided delivery... |
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Brain donor names can't be released, judge rules ; Privacy issues and state...
...public- interest argument for obtaining consent forms.Byline: MARK PETERS Staff...gain access to about 100 donation consent forms. The newspaper is still...week that state law protects the consent forms from public review in the... |
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Publication No. AU2009203046 (A1) Published on Feb. 11, Assigned to Medical...
...Stephen James Robson and Mitchell Edward Robert Read have developed a method and system for obtaining consent. The patent has been assigned to Medical Consent Systems Pty. Ltd. The invention carries International Patent Publication No. AU2009203046... |
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Treasury Rule on Proposed Changes to Process for Obtaining Consent to Change...
...Branch at IRS has transmitted, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled "Proposed Changes to the Process for Obtaining Consent to Change an Accounting Method." The document (Notice 2007-88) was received by the Senate on Oct. 25. For... |
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