The Essential Law Dictionary. — Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. Amy Hackney Blackwell. 2008.
home port doctrine — Under home port doctrine vessels engaged in interstate and foreign commerce are taxable at their home port only. Scandinavian Airlines System, Inc. v. Los Angeles County, 56 Cal.2d 11, 14 Cal.Rptr. 25, 29, 363 P.2d 25. Under this doctrine a… … Black's law dictionary
home port doctrine — Under home port doctrine vessels engaged in interstate and foreign commerce are taxable at their home port only. Scandinavian Airlines System, Inc. v. Los Angeles County, 56 Cal.2d 11, 14 Cal.Rptr. 25, 29, 363 P.2d 25. Under this doctrine a… … Black's law dictionary
Home Port Doctrine — The Home Port Doctrine is a principle of United States law resulting from the Foreign Commerce Clause of the Constitution. It establishes that no state or local government can impose a property tax on commerce having its home port in another… … Wikipedia
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Military Affairs — ▪ 2009 Introduction Russia and Georgia fought a short, intense war in 2008, fueling global fears of a new Cold War. On August 7 Georgia launched an aerial bombardment and ground attacks against its breakaway province of South Ossetia.… … Universalium
japan — japanner, n. /jeuh pan /, n., adj., v., japanned, japanning. n. 1. any of various hard, durable, black varnishes, originally from Japan, for coating wood, metal, or other surfaces. 2. work varnished and figured in the Japanese manner. 3. Japans,… … Universalium
Japan — /jeuh pan /, n. 1. a constitutional monarchy on a chain of islands off the E coast of Asia: main islands, Hokkaido, Honshu, Kyushu, and Shikoku. 125,716,637; 141,529 sq. mi. (366,560 sq. km). Cap.: Tokyo. Japanese, Nihon, Nippon. 2. Sea of, the… … Universalium
USS Missouri (BB-63) — ( Mighty Mo or Big Mo ) is a U.S. Navy Iowa class battleship, and was the third ship of the United States Navy to be named in honor of the U.S. state of Missouri. Missouri was the last battleship built by the United States, and was the site of… … Wikipedia
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