Search results for: “roberts rules of order”
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Top 25.000 English words
Which are the top 25.000 most popular English words? According to a review from Lawi, these are the 25.000 most popular English words, in order: you the i to a and it of that in is me what this for my on your we have do no don’t are be i’m not was he it’s…
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Definitions of Parlamentary law
Definitions of Parlamentary law Accepting a report is the same as adopting it, and should not be confused with receiving a report, which is allowing it to be presented to the assembly. Assembly. This term is used for the deliberative assembly, and should be replaced in motions, etc., by the proper name of the body,…
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Parliamentary law
PARLIAMENTARY LAW. Parliamentary Law refers originally to the customs and rules for conducting business in the English and other nations (with some influence in the United States) Parliament; and thence to the usages of deliberative assemblies in general. In England these usages of Parliament form a part of the unwritten law of the land, and…
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SEI FUJII v. THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
Sei Fujii v. the State of California Supreme Court of California 38 Cal. 2d 718; 242 P.2d 617 Decided: April 17, 1952 Justice GIBSON Plaintiff, an alien Japanese who is ineligible to citizenship under our naturalization laws, appeals from a judgment declaring that certain land purchased by him in 1948 had escheated to the state.…
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Citation of legal blogs in law reviews
The importance (and credibility) of law blogs was confirmed when the U.S. Supreme Court of the United States cited its first blog in January, 2005. See United States v. Booker, 125 S. Ct. 738, 775 n.4 (2005). An article in Slaw (“citing blogs in Law Journals ) points the idea that the “question still arises…