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  2. Revised Code of Washington - Wikipedia

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    The Revised Code of Washington (RCW) is the compilation of all permanent laws currently in force in the U.S. state of Washington. [1] Temporary laws such as appropriations acts are excluded. It is published by the Washington State Statute Law Committee and the Washington State Code Reviser which it employs and supervises.

  3. Nolle prosequi - Wikipedia

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    Nolle prosequi, [a] abbreviated nol or nolle pros, is legal Latin meaning "to be unwilling to pursue". [3] [4] It is a type of prosecutorial discretion in common law, used for prosecutors' declarations that they are voluntarily ending a criminal case before trial or before a verdict is rendered; [5] it is a kind of motion to dismiss and contrasts with an involuntary dismissal.

  4. Sexual harassment in education in the United States

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    Individual states must try to prosecute the crimes via existing, usually outdated, laws such as those for "peeping Toms" or breach of privacy. [122] In Kansas, for example, a private school teacher is being charged under outdated breach of privacy law for recording over 100 female students in a state of undress over a period of 5 years. [123]

  5. However, it's her rejection of the rejection letter that is now going viral. Using the same. PIX11 -- Siobhan O'Dell, a 17-year-old applying to colleges across the country, recently received a ...

  6. Vexatious litigation - Wikipedia

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    Vexatious litigation is legal action which is brought solely to harass or subdue an adversary.It may take the form of a primary frivolous lawsuit or may be the repetitive, burdensome, and unwarranted filing of meritless motions in a matter which is otherwise a meritorious cause of action.

  7. Refusing to assist a police officer - Wikipedia

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    RCW 9A.76.030 Refusing to summon aid for a peace officer [66] (1) A person is guilty of refusing to summon aid for a peace officer if, upon request by a person he or she knows to be a peace officer, he or she unreasonably refuses or fails to summon aid for such peace officer. (2) Refusing to summon aid for a peace officer is a misdemeanor

  8. Motion (legal) - Wikipedia

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    A "motion to dismiss" asks the court to decide that a claim, even if true as stated, is not one for which the law offers a legal remedy.As an example, a claim that the defendant failed to greet the plaintiff while passing the latter on the street, insofar as no legal duty to do so may exist, would be dismissed for failure to state a valid claim: the court must assume the truth of the factual ...

  9. Private prosecution - Wikipedia

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    A private criminal prosecution for contempt of court can be commenced against a party in Australia in the Federal Circuit Court, the family court (that is, the Family Court of Western Australia, as it is the only jurisdiction with a state-based family court) or the supreme court of a state or territory.