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  2. Abatement - Wikipedia

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    Abatement refers generally to a lessening, diminution, reduction, or moderation; specifically, it may refer to: 421-a tax abatement , property tax exemption in the U.S. state of New York Abatement ab initio , a legal doctrine that, if the accused dies before appeals are exhausted, the conviction gets vacated

  3. Abatement ab initio - Wikipedia

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    Abatement ab initio (Latin for "from the beginning") is a common law legal doctrine that states that the death of a defendant who is appealing a criminal conviction extinguishes all criminal proceedings initiated against that defendant from indictment through conviction.

  4. Bill of particulars - Wikipedia

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    The Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure provide in rule 7(f) that "the court may direct the government to file a bill of particulars".. In U.S. state law, the bill of particulars was abolished in nearly all court systems in the 1940s and 1950s due to the widespread recognition that much of the information requested could be obtained more efficiently through the discovery process.

  5. Feebate - Wikipedia

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    Feebate is a portmanteau of "fee" and "rebate". A feebate program is a self-financing system of fees and rebates that are used to shift the costs of externalities produced by the private expropriation, fraudulent abstraction, or outright destruction of public goods onto those market actors responsible.

  6. Civil Rights Attorney's Fees Award Act of 1976 - Wikipedia

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    The text of 42 U.S.C. § 1988(b) are as follows: "(b) Attorney’s fees In any action or proceeding to enforce a provision of sections 1981, 1981a, 1982, 1983, 1985, and 1986 of this title, title IX of Public Law 92–318, the Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993, the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act of 2000, title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, or section 12361 ...

  7. Equal Access to Justice Act - Wikipedia

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    Applicants for EAJA who claim and provide proof of inflation may be awarded attorney fees at an hourly fee in excess of $125.00 for work beginning after 1996 due to inflation. Failure to adjust the statutory cap for inflation might be considered an abuse of discretion. Sierra Club v. Sec'y of the Army, 820 F.2d 513, 521 (1st Cir. 1987); Trichilo v.

  8. Capitation fee - Wikipedia

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    Capitation fees are generally seen as a main revenue generator that private institutions may charge, which contend that admissions that cater to affordable sections of society somehow affect the overall number of students educated. [9] [10] The government also controls the seat allocation, number and ratio of management, payment, and free seats ...

  9. Title III of the Patriot Act - Wikipedia

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    International Money Laundering Abatement and Financial Anti-Terrorism Act of 2001: U.S. Congress: Long title: International Money Laundering Abatement and Financial Anti-Terrorism Act of 2001 Introduced by: Rep. Frank James Sensenbrenner, Jr. Wisconsin, 2001-10-23 Dates: Date passed: October 24, 2001 , October 25, 2001 Date signed into law: