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  2. Lying in state - Wikipedia

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    Lying in state in the United States is the rare honor either authorized by a congressional resolution or approved by the congressional leadership, when permission is granted by survivors, to a deceased member of government (or former member) whereby his or her remains are placed in the rotunda of the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C ...

  3. Hikikomori - Wikipedia

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    A "rental sister" is a system whereby hikikomori are regularly visited, encouraged to try and leave their bedrooms and integrate back into society. [67] This can come through various methods, such as talking through a door or eating out, among other methods. [67]

  4. Lost, mislaid, and abandoned property - Wikipedia

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    As a corollary to this exception, a landowner has superior claim over a find made within the non-public areas of his property, so if a customer finds lost property in the public area of a store, the customer has superior claim to the lost property over that of the store-owner, but if the customer finds the lost property in the non-public area ...

  5. Doorway effect - Wikipedia

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    All the rooms were the same size, and each had a table with an object to pick up. There was also an empty spot on the table where the object from the previous room was supposed to be placed. The rooms had different wall patterns to show they were different. The doors in each room were never on the same wall.

  6. U.S. Probation and Pretrial Services System - Wikipedia

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    The defendant, a first offender and a young man of reputable back ground, had pleaded guilty to embezzling $4,700 by falsifying entries in the books of a Toledo bank. He had made full restitution and the bank's officers did not wish to prosecute. The Government moved that Judge Killits' order be vacated as being "beyond the powers of the court."

  7. State of emergency - Wikipedia

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    Democracies use states of emergency to manage a range of situations from extreme weather events to public order situations. Dictatorial regimes often declare a state of emergency that is prolonged indefinitely for the life of the regime, or for extended periods of time so that derogations can be used to override human rights of their citizens usually protected by the International Covenant on ...

  8. Gentrification - Wikipedia

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    Gentrification is the process whereby the character of a neighborhood changes through the influx of more affluent residents (the "gentry") and investment. [1] [2] There is no agreed-upon definition of gentrification. [3] [4] In public discourse, it has been used to describe a wide array of phenomena, sometimes in a pejorative connotation. [4]

  9. The Backrooms - Wikipedia

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    The original Backrooms image posted on 4chan. The Backrooms are a fictional location originating from a 2019 4chan thread. One of the best known examples of the liminal space aesthetic, the Backrooms are usually portrayed as an impossibly large extradimensional expanse of empty rooms, accessed by exiting ("no-clipping out of") reality.