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A federal agency which remedies unfair labor practices by employers and labor organizations.
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Process by which a person acquires nationality after birth and becomes entitled to privileges of citizenship in a country other than that in which such person was born.
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Word used to show maiden family name of a married woman.
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Failure to use care which a reasonable and prudent person would use under similar circumstances.
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Nothing; of no account.
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This phrase, endorsed by a grand jury on the written indictment submitted to it for its approval, means that the evidence was found insufficient to indict.
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Clause Language in a will that provides that a person who makes a legal challenge to the will's validity will be disinherited.
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A civil case in which parties may resolve their dispute without a formal finding of error or fault.
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A act which gives government agencies the right to promulgate standards and regulations relating to abatement of noise emissions, i.e., requirement that automobiles and like vehicles must have mufflers.
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I do not wish to contend; a plea entered by a defendant.
No contest. Has the same effect as a plea of guilty as far as the criminal sentence is concerned, but the plea may not be considered an admission of guilt for any other purpose. Sometimes, a guilty plea could later be used to show fault in a lawsuit, but the plea of nolo contendere forces the plaintiff in the lawsuit to prove that the defendant committed the crime.
No contest. A plea of nolo contendere has the same effect as a plea of guilty, as far as the criminal sentence is concerned, but may not be considered as an admission of guilt for any other purpose.
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Not.
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A plea in defense that "he did not undertake and promise."
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Not of sound mind; mentally incompetent.
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Trial before the court but without a jury. In a non-jury trial, the court is the finder of both the law and the facts.
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It does not follow.
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Nonperformance of an act which should be performed; omission to perform a required duty or total neglect of duty.
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Note; take notice.
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Note well.
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A public officer whose function it is to administer oaths, to attest and certify documents and to take acknowledgments.
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