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  2. Alimony - Wikipedia

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    In Maine, Mississippi, and Tennessee alimony is awarded in marriages or civil union of 10 to 20 years and the duration is half the length of the marriage barring extenuating circumstances. [35] Other states, including California, Nevada and New York, have relatively vague statutes which simply list the "factors" a judge should consider when ...

  3. Mitigating factor - Wikipedia

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    This provides the accused an opportunity to place his antecedents, social and economic background and mitigating and extenuating circumstances before the court. Besides the statutory provisions, the Constitution of India also empowers the President and the Governor of the State to grant pardon to the condemned offenders in appropriate cases.

  4. Glossary of poker terms - Wikipedia

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    Considered poor etiquette by most players barring extenuating circumstances. hole cards, hole Face-down cards. Also pocket cards A seat, often preceded by a number relative to the button. hole cam A camera that displays a player's face-down cards (hole cards) to television viewers. Also pocket cam or lipstick cam Hollywood

  5. Exigent circumstance - Wikipedia

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    Emergency aid doctrine is an exception to the Fourth Amendment, allowing warrantless entry to premises if exigent circumstances make it necessary. [8] A number of exceptions are classified under the general heading of criminal enforcement: where evidence of a suspected crime is in danger of being lost; where the police officers are in hot pursuit; where there is a probability that a suspect ...

  6. Zero tolerance - Wikipedia

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    NYPD Times Square sign. A zero-tolerance policy is one which imposes a punishment for every infraction of a stated rule. [1] [2] [3] Zero-tolerance policies forbid people in positions of authority from exercising discretion or changing punishments to fit the circumstances subjectively; they are required to impose a predetermined punishment regardless of individual culpability, extenuating ...

  7. Undue hardship - Wikipedia

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    An undue hardship is an American legal term referring to special or specified circumstances that partially or fully exempt a person or organization from performance of a legal obligation so as to avoid an unreasonable or disproportionate burden or obstacle.

  8. Missouri v. McNeely - Wikipedia

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    Missouri v. McNeely, 569 U.S. 141 (2013), was a case decided by United States Supreme Court, on appeal from the Supreme Court of Missouri, regarding exceptions to the Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution under exigent circumstances.

  9. Divorce in the United States - Wikipedia

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    In Texas, Mississippi and Tennessee, for example, alimony is awarded only in cases of marriage or civil union of ten years or longer and the payments are limited to three years unless there are special, extenuating circumstances. Also, in Texas, there is a legal presumption that alimony is not appropriate.