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A "Little Miller Act" is a U.S. state statute, ... Suit after 120 days from last work or final settlement (Sec. 550/2) ... Nebraska Revised Statutes, Chapter 52 ...
The Uniform Simultaneous Death Act is a uniform act enacted in some U.S. states to alleviate the problem of simultaneous death in determining inheritance.. The Act specifies that, if two or more people die within 120 hours of one another, and no will or other document provides for this situation explicitly, each is considered to have predeceased the others.
The Uniform Limited Liability Company Act (ULLCA), which includes a 2006 revision called the Revised Uniform Limited Liability Company Act, is a uniform act (similar to a model statute), proposed by the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws ("NCCUSL") for the governance of limited liability companies (often called LLCs) by U.S. states.
The law of most of the states is based on the common law of England; the notable exception is Louisiana, whose civil law is largely based upon French and Spanish law.The passage of time has led to state courts and legislatures expanding, overruling, or modifying the common law; as a result, the laws of any given state invariably differ from the laws of its sister states.
A borrowing statute, is a statute under which a U.S. state may "borrow" a shorter statute of limitations for a cause of action arising in another jurisdiction. The purpose of borrowing statutes is to prevent plaintiffs from engaging in forum shopping in order to find the longest available statute of limitations.
the defendant violated a common law duty of care or a duty of care under statute, the act caused harm or all harm the statute was designed to prevent, and; the plaintiff was the victim suffering harm due to the breach of the duty of care generally and as a member of the statute's protected class.
The Nebraska Legislature [1] (also called the Unicameral) [2] is the legislature of the U.S. state of Nebraska. The Legislature meets at the Nebraska State Capitol in Lincoln . With 49 members, known as "senators", [ 3 ] the Nebraska Legislature is the smallest U.S. state legislature .
The Nebraska Constitution is the basic governing document of the U.S. state of Nebraska. All acts of the Nebraska Legislature , the governor , and each governmental agency are subordinate to it. The constitution has been amended 228 times since it was first adopted in 1875, most notably to include the creation of a unicameral legislature.