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Henderson v. Box was a case in which the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit ruled that Indiana must list same-sex parents on their child's birth certificate. The case was brought before the court by eight lesbian couples from Indiana who conceived through artificial insemination. [1]
The 1816 (superseded) and 1851 Constitutions of the State of Indiana, located in the Indiana Statehouse Rotunda. The Constitution of Indiana is the highest body of state law in the U.S. state of Indiana. It establishes the structure and function of the state and is based on the principles of federalism and Jacksonian democracy.
The law created to standardize the state seal has been in effect since 1963. The statute states: Indiana State Code: IC 1-2-4-1. The official seal for the state of Indiana shall be described as follows: A perfect circle, two and five eighths (2 5/8) inches in diameter, inclosed by a plain line.
In 1795, Indiana as part of the Northwest Territory passed the "buggery" law, which punished male sodomy with death.In 1807, the Indiana Territory enacted a criminal code which included a sodomy provision, eliminating the gender-specifics (meaning it would be applicable to both heterosexual and homosexual conduct), reducing the penalty to one to five years' imprisonment, a fine of 100 to 500 ...
A certificate of incorporation is a legal document/license relating to the formation of a company or corporation. It is a license to form a corporation issued by the state government or, in some jurisdictions, by a non-governmental entity/corporation. [1] Its precise meaning depends upon the legal system in which it is used.
Sagamore of the Wabash certificate. The Sagamore of the Wabash is an award of the U.S. state of Indiana created in the 1940s by Governor Ralph F. Gates when the Governor of Kentucky bestowed on him the Kentucky Colonel award and Governor Gates decided that the Hoosier State should have a similar recognition.
Historically, the state was a swing state, voting for the national winner all but four times from 1816 to 1912, with the exceptions of 1824, 1836, 1848, and 1876. [9] Nonetheless, half of Indiana's governors in the 20th century were Democrats. Indiana has also elected several Democrats to the Senate in recent years.
A 1939 Certificate of Life from the British Embassy in Paris. The fee has been paid through the application of revenue stamps.. A Certificate of Life (also called a Certificate of Existence, Letter of Existence, Life Certificate, Proof of Life) is a certificate produced by a trusted entity to confirm that an individual was alive at the time of its creation.