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How To File A Noise Complaint

Filing a noise complaint is inconvenient (as is the noise), but it may be necessary. If you are being disturbed by a noisy neighbor and have tried to rectify matters yourself, it may

What is a Public Trust Security Clearance?

A Public Trust Security Clearance refers to a status granted to individuals which allows them to gain access to classified information such as state secrets and military classified data. They also may

Best Way to Write a Jury Duty Excuse Letter

Each state has its own guidelines regarding what is a legitimate excuse for jury duty. Federal courts have different guidelines for exemption than state courts. Given these facts, the best way to

What Is Attorney Client Privilege?

The attorney client privilege secures the client from the potential sensitive information being disclosed to other people. The law requires that an attorney does not reveal any communications or letters between him/her

EQUITY FOLLOWS THE LAW

a saying that equity attempts to follow the law principles even though there are no laws that govern its decisions.

NOL PROSSED

a Latin term that means a case is terminated by the prosecuting attorney during a trial. Also called nolled.

NO CODE

a term that a family or a person can give to a physician not to keep a person alive by artificial means or to resuscitate if death is near.

RECIPROCITY

Mutuality. The term Is used in international law to denote the re- lation existing between two states when each of them gives the subjects of the other certain privileges, on condition that

LIDFORD LAW

A sort of lynch law. whereby a person was first punished and then tried. Wharton.

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