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An increase by a judge in the amount of damages awarded by a jury.
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Addresses using a number of different protocols are commonly used on the Internet. These addresses include email addresses (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol or SMTP), IP (Internet Protocol) addresses and URLs (Uniform Resource Locators), commonly known as Web addresses.
- Browse Related Terms: Address, Email address, FTP (File Transfer Protocol), Internet, Internet Assigned Numbers Authority, IPX/SPX, Packet, SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol), Spoofing, TCP/IP, Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol (TCP/IP), URI (Uniform Resource Indicator), Web site
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The standard of protection of the interest of a creditor which must be provided by the trustee or debtor in possession before the creditors interest can be used without an unconstitutional taking of the creditors interest.
- Browse Related Terms: absolute priority rule, acceleration clause, adequate protection, assets, claim, current monthly income, dividend, involuntary filing, voluntary filing, workout
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Automatic Document Feeder. This is the means by which a scanner feeds the paper document.
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A motion to adjourn in the Senate (or a committee) ends that day's session.
- Browse Related Terms: adjourn, adjourn for more than 3 days, adjournment sine die, adjournment to a day and time certain, Calendar of Business, conditional adjournment, layover, legislative day, pocket veto, pro forma session, recess
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Under the Constitution, neither chamber may adjourn for more than three days without the approval of the other. Such approval is obtained in a concurrent resolution approved by both chambers.
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The end of a legislative session "without day." These adjournments are used to indicate the final adjournment of an annual or the two-year session of a Congress.
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An adjournment of the Senate that fixes the day and time for its next session.
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1. Giving or pronouncing a judgment or decree. 2. The judgment given.
- Browse Related Terms: Adjudication, Conviction, Culpa, In pari delicto, Inculpatory Evidence, Judgment debtor, judicial lien, Judicium
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In guidelines sentencing, the base offense level assigned by the sentencing guidelines to a particular offense is expressed as a number. If the base level is modified to account for specific offense characteristics or adjustments, the new level or number is called the adjusted offense level.
- Browse Related Terms: Adjusted offense level, Adjustment, Base offense level, Criminal history category, Departure, Fine, Guidelines Manual, Parole, Sentencing range, Sentencing Reform Act of 1984, Substantial assistance, U.S. Sentencing Commission
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In guidelines sentencing, a defendant's base offense level may be adjusted upward or downward. The guidelines call for adjustments based on the status of the victim, the offender's role in the offense, the existence of multiple counts, the defendant's obstruction of justice, and the defendant's acceptance of responsibility for the criminal conduct at issue. One or more adjustments may apply.
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a detailed final review of the case file documentation. A member other than the assigned analyst must conduct the Laboratory Director case file review on all case files.
- Browse Related Terms: Administrative (or Laboratory Director) Case File Review, Analyst, Analytical Data, Audit, Case File, Case Record, Laboratory Director (or Administrative) Case File Review, Notes, Technical Casework Review
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Agencies created by the legislative branch of government to administer laws pertaining to specific areas such as social security, taxes, transportation and labor.
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A federal, state or local government body responsible for applying or enforcing a particular type of law.
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Claims for reasonable and necessary expenses and fees incurred in the administration of an estate.
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records such as case related conversations, evidence receipts, description of evidence packaging and seals, and other pertinent information.
- Browse Related Terms: Administrative documentation, Ballistics, chain of custody, Corroborating evidence, Crime/Forensic Laboratory, Drug Standards Inventory, Evidence Inventory, Laboratory Satellite, Laboratory System, Property Inventory
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set out the provisions and requirements in relation to the filing and processing of the international (patent) application under the PCT and are established by the Director General of WIPO
- Browse Related Terms: Administrative Instructions, ATO, Chapter I, Chapter II, designation, election (PCT), examination copy, home copy, national stage application, PCT, PCT Regulations, PLT, POIS, Power, precautionary designation, record copy, search copy, TLT, WCT, WPPT
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1. One who administers the estate of a person who dies without a will. 2. A court official.
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Also, maritime law. That body of law relating to ships, shipping, marine commerce and navigation; the transportation of persons or property by sea, etc.
- Browse Related Terms: Admiralty law, Contributory negligence, Corpus juris civilis, Esprit de corps, Ex relatione (Abbr. ex rel.), Statute, Statutory, Tax Court of the United States
Evidence that is relevant to the case, and is material, will be usually be permitted to be presented to the jury in most instances. The judge may have to make some decisions regarding whether certain evidence is admissible under the Delaware Rules of Evidence, rules of court procedure, and decisions from prior cases that he or she may be bound to follow.
- Browse Related Terms: Admissible, Bailiff, beyond a reasonable doubt, Burden of proof, Closing argument, Discovery, evidence, Irrelevant facts, Jury Foreman, Pre-trial hearing, Preponderance of the evidence, relevant, Standard of proof, True bill
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Evidence that is acceptable or allowable in court.
evidence that is acceptable or allowable in court.