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Alternatively, it is casting aspersion on someone else's property, business or goods, e.g., claiming a house is infested with termites (when it is not), or falsely claiming ownership of another's copyright (what allegedly occurred in the SCO v. Novell case). Slander of title is a form of jactitation. [2]
Making false statements (18 U.S.C. § 1001) is the common name for the United States federal process crime laid out in Section 1001 of Title 18 of the United States Code, which generally prohibits knowingly and willfully making false or fraudulent statements, or concealing information, in "any matter within the jurisdiction" of the federal government of the United States, [1] even by merely ...
Knowingly presenting, or causing to be presented, a false claim for payment or approval; Knowingly making, using, or causing to be made or used, a false record or statement material to a false or fraudulent claim; Conspiring to commit any violation of the False Claims Act; Falsely certifying the type or amount of property to be used by the ...
The common law may apply many exceptions to the rule that the first finder of lost property has a superior claim of right over any other person except the previous owner. For example, a trespasser's claim to lost property which he finds while trespassing is generally inferior to the claim of the respective landowner. As a corollary to this ...
There exists no law that prohibits private use of noble titles. Such privately adopted titles lack official recognition. Noble names enjoy no particular legal protection. In accordance with the Name Law's paragraph 3, any family name with 200 or fewer bearers is protected and may not, without all bearers' acceptance, be adopted by another. [26]
Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft on Tuesday went on the defensive after the state auditor claimed Ashcroft violated state law by failing to turn over cybersecurity reviews of local ...
Missouri’s total spending has grown from about $26.4 billion in the 2019 fiscal year to $38.2 billion in 2023. But much of that growth represents one-time federal pandemic aid that is rapidly ...
Christopher Collings’ last words, meal before execution for 2007 rape, murder of 9-year-old girl are revealed ... A Missouri inmate was executed Tuesday for the 2007 rape and murder of a 9-year ...