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Treaty of Washington
Washington, Treaty of (1871) Agreement settling a number of disputes involving the USA, Britain, and Canada. The most serious was the question of the Alabama claims, which was submitted to international arbitration. US-Canadian disputes over fisheries and the border were also resolved.... Read more |
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Small Claims Court
Small Claims Court Small claims court is a legal court of law designed to resolve disputes involving relatively small amounts of money in an expeditious manner. Unlike other legal courts, small claims court does not operate by formal rules of evidence, and attorneys are not usually employed to... Read more |
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Spratly Islands
Spratly Islands group of about 100 low islands and coral reefs in the central South China Sea, intersecting busy shipping lanes. The whole group is claimed by China, Taiwan, and Vietnam, and parts are claimed by Malaysia and the Philippines. Various islands, valued primarily for the petroleum and... Read more |
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Release
RELEASE A contractual agreement by which one individual assents to relinquish a claim or right under the law to another individual against whom such claim or right is enforceable. The right or claim given up in a release ordinarily involves contracts or torts. A general release encompasses all... Read more |
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native land claims
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Adjuster
ADJUSTER A person appointed or employed to settle or arrange matters that are in dispute; one who determines the amount to be paid on a claim. An insurance adjuster determines the extent of the insurance company's liability when a claim is submitted. A public adjuster is a self-employed person... Read more |
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South Pass
SOUTH PASS SOUTH PASS, located in Wyoming at the southern end of the Wind River Mountains, gained noteriety because the emigrant trail to Oregon and California ran through it. There are claims that John Colter discovered the South Pass in 1807 or 1808, and that Robert Stuart and the returning... Read more |
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Fashoda Incident
Fashoda Incident , 1898, diplomatic dispute between France and Great Britain. Toward the end of the 19th cent., while Britain was seeking to establish a continuous strip of territory from Cape Town to Cairo, France desired to establish an overland route from the Red Sea to the Atlantic Ocean. To... Read more |
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pillage
pillage, by an ancient law of the sea, the right of the captors of a ship taken in prize to take everything found above the main deck except the furniture and guns of the vessel. It was a right which, not unnaturally, could lead to great abuse as, in the heat and excitement of capture, there were... Read more |
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