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Ataxia-telangiectasia
Ataxia-telangiectasia Definition Ataxia-telangiectasia (A-T) is a rare, genetic neurological disorder that progressively affects various systems in the body. Children affected with A-T appear normal at birth; however, the first signs of the disease—usually a lack of balance and slurred... Read more |
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Yearbook
YEAR BOOKS Books of legal cases, or reporters, published annually in England from the thirteenth to the sixteenth century. The development of English common law was based on the law of the case. Lawyers and courts relied on previous court decisions that involved similar issues of law and fact.... Read more |
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William Henry Moody
MOODY, WILLIAM HENRY William Henry Moody, Supreme Court appointee of theodore roosevelt, served the Court from 1906 to 1910. The Massachusetts Republican, representative, and two-time cabinet member supported the progressive policies of his era. He was especially respected by his colleagues for his... Read more |
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Horace Gray
Horace Gray 1828-1902, American jurist, Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1881-1902), b. Boston. At first a reporter (1854-61) to the Massachusetts supreme court, he later entered into law practice. Originally a member of the Free-Soil party, he became a Republican. After an unsuccessful... Read more |
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Deposition
DEPOSITION The testimony of a party or witness in a civil or criminal proceeding taken before trial, usually in an attorney's office. Deposition testimony is taken orally, with an attorney asking questions and the deponent (the individual being questioned) answering while a court reporter or tape... Read more |
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Council of Europe
Council of Europe international organization founded in 1949 to promote greater unity within Europe and to safeguard its political and cultural heritage by promoting human rights and democracy. The council is headquartered in Strasbourg, France. The conventions and treaties signed under the... Read more |
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Saint Radegund
Radegund, St (518–87), queen of the Franks and wife of Clotaire, son of Clovis; born a princess of Thuringia, she had been captured at the age of twelve and later married to Clotaire. Leaving the court after six years of marriage, she took the veil, and later founded a monastery at Poitiers.... Read more |
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admiralty law
Admiralty, Court of. The High Court of Admiralty, whose first record dates from 1361, dealt with matters relating to crime on the high seas and cases involving maritime questions and foreign merchants. It applied principles of civil law and hence was popular with the cosmopolitan mercantile... Read more |
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Jews find home again in Russia; More leave Israel for Moscow, spurred by...
...began three years ago. Others...stabilized, merged with the...economic progress. "I knew...after the first cracks appeared...there were signs of anti...Moscow's Poklonaya...the USSR's ... |
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ASSISTED SUICIDE AND EUTHANASIA:DIANE COLEMAN
...Director of Progress Center for...nighttimeventilators for years, so I knew...her 30`s and one in her 50`s, who needed...employees to sign do-not...two Circuit Courts declaring...and now merged ... |
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Erie, Pa.-Based Rent-Way Looks to Brighter Future.
...than three years, Rent...Rent-Way's chief executive...a three-year investigation...company's former executives...closed or merged. Now, as...company's annual shareholders...District Court in late ... |
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NHS records project is thrown into confusion
...Fujitsu's exit from...1990s, the first outsourcing...magistrates' courts scheme...with dollar signs in its eyes...London's Congestion...Granger's contracts...cash flow problems. Accenture...Part of the ... |
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Outlet Mall Developer Asks for Extension on Plans for Akron, Ohio,...
...that last year's conditional...for several years. The on...project was first proposed...Youngstown, which merged in August...nation's largest developer...merger delayed progress on the Kent...had money ... |
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...China's Communist...nuclear nations sign the Nuclear...becomes the first country in...officially merged.1991...his 27-year roaming exile...The world's first voluntary...After 156 years as a ... |
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