A Qualified Domestic Relations Order (QDRO) is an order issued by the court to divide retirement benefits.
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measures proficiency in both technical skills and knowledge. Also known as Competency Test.
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determination of the identity of a substance.
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the degree of excellence achieved by laboratory through its work product.
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the overall system of activities designed to provide assurance that quality control activities are effective.
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those planned and systematic actions necessary to provide sufficient confidence that a laboratory’s product or service will satisfy given requirements for quality.
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a management tool used to evaluate and confirm activities related to quality.
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internal activities, or activities conducted according to externally established standards, used to monitor the quality of analytical data and to ensure that it satisfies specified criteria.
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the individual designated by top management having authority and responsibility to ensure that the requirements of the ADFS quality system are implemented and maintained.
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a document stating the quality policy and describing the various elements of the quality system and quality practices of the laboratory system. The Forensic Science Quality Manual is the “ADFS Departmental Quality Manual”.
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the organizational structure, responsibilities, procedures, processes, and resources for implementing quality management
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As much as one deserves.
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Quantity or amount.
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A sufficient quantity.
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To put an end to by formal action or set aside. In law, a motion to quash asks the judge for an order setting aside or nullifying an action, such as "quashing" a Writ of Recovery so that the tenant is not evicted.
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To vacate or void a summons, subpoena, etc.
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As if; having the character of.
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An obligation created by the law in the absence of an agreement or contract; not based upon the intentions or expressions of the parties.
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A classification of actions such as violation of a city ordinance that is not also violation of a criminal statute, which are wrongs against the public punishable through fines but are not usually indictable offenses.
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As if by contract; as if from contract.
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An action requiring correction of informalities after an application is otherwise in condition of allowance. MPEP 714.14, MPEP 706.07(f), MPEP 710.02(b).
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