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  • 1State of Louisiana v. Frisard — 694 So. 2d 1032 (La.App. 5 Cir. 4/29/97), established a legal precedent in Louisiana stating that a man is strictly liable for his sperm if he engages in consensual sexual contact. This includes being liable for child support, even if he does no …

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  • 2liable — 1 amenable, answerable, *responsible, accountable Analogous words: obliged, constrained, compelled (see FORCE vb): bound, tied (see TIE vb) Contrasted words: exempt, immune (see corresponding nouns at EXEMPTION): *free, independent 2 …

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  • 3State and Local Affairs — ▪ 1997 Introduction       States continued to be at the centre of national debates on public policy during 1996. The U.S. Congress, reacting in part to successful experimentation by a number of states, enacted a historic welfare reform measure… …

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  • 4State liability — In European Union law, state liability arises when a member state of the European Union breaches EU law and an EU citizen suffers a loss as a result. The effect of state liability is that damages may be recoverable in respect of the loss suffered …

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  • 5Ethereal being — Water nymph by John Collier, 1923. Ethereal beings, according to some belief systems and occult theories, are mystic entities that usually are not made of ordinary matter. Despite the fact that they are believed to be essentially incorporeal,… …

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  • 6Gun laws in the United States (by state) — U.S. Firearms Legal Topics Assault weapons ban ATF Bureau Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act Concealed carry in the U.S. Domestic Violence Offender Gun Ban …

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  • 7HISTORICAL SURVEY: THE STATE AND ITS ANTECEDENTS (1880–2006) — Introduction It took the new Jewish nation about 70 years to emerge as the State of Israel. The immediate stimulus that initiated the modern return to Zion was the disappointment, in the last quarter of the 19th century, of the expectation that… …

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  • 8Tennessee State Constitution — The Constitution of the State of Tennessee defines the form, structure, activities, character, and fundamental rules (and means for changing them) of the U.S. State of Tennessee. The original constitution of Tennessee came into effect on June 1,… …

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  • 9Communist state — A map showing the current (2011) states with self declared communist governments. They are China, Cuba, Laos, Vietnam, an …

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  • 10Orange Free State — • One of the four provinces of the Union of South Africa Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Orange Free State     Orange Free State      …

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