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Resolution
RESOLUTION The official expression of the opinion or will of a legislative body. The practice of submitting and voting on resolutions is a typical part of business in Congress, state legislatures, and other public assemblies. These bodies use resolutions for two purposes. First, resolutions... Read more |
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Photographic Resolution
Photographic Resolution Photographic recording of an accident or crime scene, or other venues where a forensic investigation is held, is vitally important. After the scene has been cleaned, photographs preserve the scene in time and allow visual analyses to be done long after the fact. The quality... Read more |
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Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions
Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions in U.S. history, resolutions passed in opposition to the Alien and Sedition Acts , which were enacted by the Federalists in 1798. The Jeffersonian Republicans first replied in the Kentucky Resolutions, adopted by the Kentucky legislature in Nov., 1798. Written by... Read more |
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War Powers Resolution of 1973
War Powers Resolution (1973) Louis Fisher Excerpt from the War Powers Resolution Sec. 2. (a) It is the purpose of this joint resolution to fulfill the intent of the framers of the Constitution of the United States and insure that the collective judgment of both the Congress and the... Read more |
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Statutes at Large
STATUTES AT LARGE An official compilation of the acts and resolutions of each session of Congress published by the Office of the Federal Register in the National Archives and Record Service. The Statutes at Large are divided into two parts: the first is composed of public acts and joint... Read more |
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Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution (7 August 1964), resolution that provided much of the legal authority for President Lyndon B. Johnson's escalation of the Vietnam War.On 2 August 1964, North Vietnamese gunboats attacked the USS Maddox, an American ship engaged in electronic espionage in the Gulf of... Read more |
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photostat
photostat , reproduction of any printed or simple black-and-white material, such as drawings or manuscripts, made by the Photostat, a photographic camera. While slower and more expensive than xerography , the process is still used where a high degree of resolution is desired, as in publishing.... Read more |
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Dicta
DICTA Opinions of a judge that do not embody the resolution or determination of the specific case before the court. Expressions in a court's opinion that go beyond the facts before the court and therefore are individual views of the author of the opinion and not binding in subsequent cases as legal... Read more |
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Law Merchant
LAW MERCHANT The system of rules and customs and usages generally recognized and adopted by traders as the law for the regulation of their commercial transactions and the resolution of their controversies. The law merchant is codified in the uniform commercial code (UCC), a body of law, which has... Read more |
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Squirrel Nut Zippers
Squirrel Nut Zippers Jazz, blues, swing ensemble For the Record… Named for Offbeat Candy Quick Fame and Resolutions Still Starry-Eyed over Historical Greats Selected discography Sources The Squirrel Nut Zippers, a seven-piece jazz-... Read more |
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