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  2. Shall and will - Wikipedia

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    Shall and will. Shall. and. will. Shall and will are two of the English modal verbs. They have various uses, including the expression of propositions about the future, in what is usually referred to as the future tense of English. Historically, prescriptive grammar stated that, when expressing pure futurity (without any additional meaning such ...

  3. English modal auxiliary verbs - Wikipedia

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    The English modal auxiliary verbs are a subset of the English auxiliary verbs used mostly to express modality, properties such as possibility and obligation. [ a ] They can most easily be distinguished from other verbs by their defectiveness (they do not have participles or plain forms [ b ]) and by their lack of the ending ‑ (e) s for the ...

  4. American and British English grammatical differences

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    Shall is much more commonly used by the British than by modern-day Americans, who generally prefer will. [ 21 ] Some prescriptions about the distinction exist, which are now esoteric in AmE. [ 21 ] However shall is still common in American legal documents.

  5. Rome I Regulation - Wikipedia

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    Rome Convention. The Rome I Regulation (Regulation (EC) No 593/2008 [1] of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 June 2008 on the law applicable to contractual obligations) is a regulation which governs the choice of law in the European Union. It is based upon and replaces the Convention on the Law Applicable to Contractual ...

  6. Justice as Fairness - Wikipedia

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    Justice as Fairness. " Justice as Fairness: Political not Metaphysical " is an essay by John Rawls, published in 1985. [1] In it he describes his conception of justice. It comprises two main principles of liberty and equality; the second is subdivided into fair equality of opportunity and the difference principle.

  7. Gun laws in the United States by state - Wikipedia

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    In many cases, state firearms laws can be considerably less restrictive than federal firearms laws. This does not confer any de jure immunity against prosecution for violations of the federal laws. However, state and local police departments are not legally obligated to enforce federal gun law as per the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in Printz v. United States. [ 5 ][ 6 ]

  8. European Union and the European Convention on Human Rights

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    Among other factors, ECJ noted that to do so would give an external body the power to review the application of EU law. [7] ECJ gives the European Convention on Human Rights "special significance" as a "guiding principle" in its case law. [9] The European Court of Justice uses a set of general principles of law to guide its decision-making process.

  9. True Will - Wikipedia

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    True Will is a foundational concept in Thelema, the philosophical and magical framework established by Aleister Crowley early in the 20th century. It represents the intrinsic and divine purpose unique to each individual, transcending mere personal desires and societal expectations. At the core of Crowley's teachings is " Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law ", a central dictum of ...