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  2. Audita querela - Wikipedia

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    [Audita querela] is a writ of a most remedial nature, and seems to have been invented, lest in any case there should be an oppressive defect of justice, where a party has a good defence, but by the ordinary forms of law had no opportunity to make it. but the indulgence now shewn by the courts in granting a summary relief upon motion, in cases of such evident oppression, and driven it quite out ...

  3. List of common misconceptions about arts and culture

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    "420" did not originate from the Los Angeles police or penal code for marijuana use. [111] California Penal Code section 420 prohibits the obstruction of access to public land. [111] [112] The use of "420" started in 1971 at San Rafael High School, where a group of students would go to smoke at 4:20 pm. [111]

  4. List of Jim Crow law examples by state - Wikipedia

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    Cars to be kept in good repair, and subject to the same rules governing other first-class cars for preventing smoking and obscene language. Penalty: If companies fail to enforce the law required to pay a forfeit of $100, half to be paid to the person suing, the other half to be paid to the state's school fund.

  5. Civil procedure in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Early federal and state civil procedure in the United States was rather ad hoc and was based on traditional common law procedure but with much local variety. There were varying rules that governed different types of civil cases such as "actions" at law or "suits" in equity or in admiralty; these differences grew from the history of "law" and "equity" as separate court systems in English law.

  6. Bar examination in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The MBE is a standardized test consisting of 200 multiple-choice questions covering seven key areas of law: constitutional law, contracts, criminal law and procedure, federal rules of civil procedure, federal rules of evidence, real property, and torts. [18]

  7. Legality of conversion therapy - Wikipedia

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    Conversion therapy is the pseudoscientific practice of attempting to change a person's sexual orientation or gender identity. [1] As of December 2023, twenty-eight countries have bans on conversion therapy, fourteen of them ban the practice by any person: Belgium, [2] Canada, Cyprus, Ecuador, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Malta, Mexico, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal and Spain; seven ban ...

  8. Rand Paul - Wikipedia

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    The Paul family moved to Lake Jackson, Texas in 1968, [13] where he was reared [14] [15] and where his father began a medical practice and for a period of time was the only obstetrician in Brazoria County. [16] [13] When Rand was 13, his father Ron Paul was elected to the United States House of Representatives. [17]