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  2. Non liquet - Wikipedia

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    In law, a non liquet (commonly known as "lacuna in the law") is any situation for which there is no applicable law. Non liquet translates into English from the Latin as "it is not clear". [ 1 ] According to Cicero , the term was applied during the Roman Republic to a verdict of " not proven " if the guilt or innocence of the accused was "not ...

  3. Accidental gap - Wikipedia

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    In linguistics an accidental gap, also known as a gap, paradigm gap, accidental lexical gap, lexical gap, lacuna, or hole in the pattern, is a potential word, word sense, morpheme, or other form that does not exist in some language despite being theoretically permissible by the grammatical rules of that language. [1]

  4. Root-Tilden-Kern Scholarship - Wikipedia

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    The Root-Tilden-Kern Scholarship [1] is a full-tuition public service scholarship for students at New York University School of Law. [1] It is widely considered to be the most prestigious public interest scholarship for law students in the United States.

  5. Untranslatability - Wikipedia

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    Untranslatability is the property of text or speech for which no equivalent can be found when translated into another (given) language. A text that is considered to be untranslatable is considered a lacuna, or lexical gap.

  6. Scholarship - Wikipedia

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    A young man (in bowtie) receives a scholarship at a ceremony. A scholarship is a form of financial aid awarded to students for further education.Generally, scholarships are awarded based on a set of criteria such as academic merit, diversity and inclusion, athletic skill, and financial need, research experience or specific professional experience.

  7. Student financial aid in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Federal Perkins Loan (Perkins Loan) Program: This is a school-based loan program for eligible students with exceptional financial need. Students may qualify for a Perkins Loan of up to $8,000 each year depending on financial need, the amount of other aid received, and the availability of funds at the school.

  8. Legal clinic - Wikipedia

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    In a law-school clinic, students typically provide assistance with research, drafting legal arguments, and meeting with clients. In many cases, professors will appear for oral argument before courts. However, many jurisdictions have "student practice" rules that permit law-clinic students to appear and argue in court. [4] [5]

  9. Lacuna model - Wikipedia

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    The lacuna model is a tool for unlocking culture differences or missing "gaps" in text (in the further meaning). The lacuna model was established as a theory by Jurij Sorokin and Irina Markovina (Russia), further developed by Astrid Ertelt-Vieth and Hartmut Schröder (Germany) and practical research tested in ethnopsycholinguistics (Igor Panasiuk 2000 and 2005), Russian studies (Vladimir ...