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[citation needed] The first General Assembly of the Indiana Territory met on July 29, 1805, and shortly after the Revised Statutes of 1807 was the official body of law. [citation needed] Indiana's constitution, adopted in 1816, specified that all laws in effect for the Territory would be considered laws of the state, until they expired or were ...
Section 1 of Indiana Senate Bill 50 stated that Indiana's Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) is not an authorization for a “provider” to refuse to offer or provide services, facilities, use of public accommodations, goods, employment, or housing to an individual on the bases of certain characteristics, including, but not limited to ...
Jones case (1854), Indiana became the first state to establish the right for a defendant to obtain court records free of charge. [26] The 1909 case of Woessner v. Bullick [ 27 ] established that the Court could invalidate a governor's veto if proper veto procedures were not followed, in effect ruling the pocket-veto as unconstitutional. [ 28 ]
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.
The current Speaker of the House as of March 2020 is Representative Todd Huston. [26] In 2015, the House of Representatives has a Republican majority of 70 seats, while the Democrats have 30 seats. [26] [27] The House offices are located in the east wing of the second floor of the Indiana Statehouse and the House chambers are on the third floor ...
From January 2011 to December 2012, if you bought shares in companies when Eric C. Wiseman joined the board, and sold them when he left, you would have a 41.2 percent return on your investment, compared to a 12.1 percent return from the S&P 500.
Section 2890 of the National Defense Authorization Act, introduced by Republican lawmakers in the House, requires the Department of Defense to develop a plan to use, transfer or donate all ...
Civil law is sometimes referred to as neo-Roman law, Romano-Germanic law or Continental law. The expression "civil law" is a translation of Latin jus civile, or "citizens' law", which was the late imperial term for its legal system, as opposed to the laws governing conquered peoples (jus gentium); hence, the Justinian Code's title Corpus Juris Civilis.