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  2. Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution

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    The 19th, sometimes stylized The 19th*, is a nonprofit, independent news organization based in Austin, Texas [148] which is named after the Nineteenth Amendment, reflecting the organization's mission "to empower women—particularly those underserved by and underrepresented in American media—with the information, community and tools they need ...

  3. Wills Act 1837 - Wikipedia

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    The Wills Act 1837 (7 Will. 4 & 1 Vict. c. 26) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that confirms the power of every adult to dispose of their real and personal property, whether they are the outright owner or a beneficiary under a trust, by will on their death (s.3).

  4. List of constitutional amendments - Wikipedia

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    Amendments to the Constitution of Bangladesh; Constitutional amendments under the French Fifth Republic; List of amendments of the Constitution of India; Amendments to the Constitution of Ireland; List of amendments to the Constitution of Malaysia; Amendments to the Constitution of Pakistan; List of amendments to the Constitution of the United ...

  5. List of amendments to the Constitution of the United States

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    The first ten amendments were adopted and ratified simultaneously and are known collectively as the Bill of Rights. The 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments are collectively known as the Reconstruction Amendments. Six amendments adopted by Congress and sent to the states have not been ratified by the required number of states.

  6. List of enacting clauses - Wikipedia

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    An enacting clause may be preceded by an explanatory preamble of "whereas" clauses, e.g. for the Chequers Estate Act 1917. [65] Until the 19th century each later section of an act repeated an abbreviated version of the formula used in the first section, typically "and be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid".

  7. Estate tax in the United States - Wikipedia

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    There are two beneficiaries who will each receive equal shares of the estate. The maximum allowable credit is $2 million for that year, so the taxable value is therefore $1.5 million . Since it is 2006, the tax rate on that $1.5 million is 46%, so the total taxes paid would be $690,000 .

  8. Timeline of women's legal rights (other than voting) in the ...

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    Since equality in the enjoyment of natural and civil rights is only made sure through political equality, the laws of this state affecting the political rights and privileges of its citizens shall be without distinction of race, color, sex, or any circumstance or condition whatsoever other than the individual incompetency or unworthiness duly ...

  9. Property - Wikipedia

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    The Takings clause requires that the government (whether State or federal—for the 14th Amendment's due process clause imposes the 5th Amendment's takings clause on state governments) may take private property only for a public purpose after exercising due process of law, and upon making "just compensation."