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  2. Fighting words - Wikipedia

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    The fighting words doctrine, in United States constitutional law, is a limitation to freedom of speech as protected by the First Amendment to the United States Constitution. In 1942, the U.S. Supreme Court established the doctrine by a 9–0 decision in Chaplinsky v. New Hampshire. [1]

  3. Judicial interpretation - Wikipedia

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    Judicial interpretation is the way in which the judiciary construes the law, particularly constitutional documents, legislation and frequently used vocabulary.This is an important issue in some common law jurisdictions such as the United States, Australia and Canada, because the supreme courts of those nations can overturn laws made by their legislatures via a process called judicial review.

  4. List of legal abbreviations - Wikipedia

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    UKSC – Supreme Court of the United Kingdom; UPC — Uniform Probate Code; U.S. — United States Reports (beginning with v. 502 (1991)) [6] USC — United States Code (A free website for the full text is at U.S. Code. This text is maintained by the U.S. Gov't Printing Office, but must be checked for revisions or amendments after its effective ...

  5. Glossary of law - Wikipedia

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    Words of limitation. In a conveyance or will, words which have the effect of marking the duration of an estate are termed "words of limitation". Thus, in a grant to A and his heirs, the words "and his heirs” are words of limitation, because they show that A is to take an estate in fee-simple, and do not give his heirs anything. [35]

  6. List of Latin legal terms - Wikipedia

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    Generally, a statement from a court that a writ is allowed (i.e. granted); most commonly, a grant of leave to appeal by the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, in reference to which the word is used equivalently to certiorari (q.v.) elsewhere. / ˌ æ l l oʊ k eɪ t ʊr / alter ego: another I A second identity living within a person. / ˌ ɒ l t ...

  7. TikTok’s fate arrives at Supreme Court in collision of free ...

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    In one of the most important cases of the social media age, free speech and national security collide at the Supreme Court on Friday in arguments over the fate of TikTok, a wildly popular digital ...

  8. TikTok Ban: Free-Speech Groups, Members of Congress ... - AOL

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    Ahead of the Supreme Court’s Jan. 10 hearing on whether to grant TikTok an emergency injunction to prevent it from being banned by the U.S. government, several groups and members of Congress ...

  9. Free-speech advocates tell Supreme Court US TikTok law ...

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    A U.S. law against Chinese-owned TikTok evokes the censorship regimes put in place by the United States' authoritarian enemies, free-speech advocates told the Supreme Court on Friday. In an amicus ...