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121Civil procedure in the United States — consists of the rules of civil procedure that govern procedure in the federal courts, the 50 state court systems, and in the territorial courts. Like much of American law, civil procedure is not reserved to the federal government in the… …
122Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Act — The Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Act, Public Law 93 320, and the laws authorizing three other conservation cost sharing programs were begun June 24, 1974. In the 1996 farm bill, Public Law 104 127, they were repealed and replaced by a… …
123Communications Workers of America v. Beck — Supreme Court of the United States Argued January 11, 1988 …
124Constitution of Yucatán — Political Constitution of the State of Yucatán Original front of the 1905 Constitution Created 1904 1918 …
125Oregon Ballot Measures 37 (2004) and 49 (2007) — Oregon Ballot Measure 37 is a controversial land use ballot initiative that passed in the U.S. state of Oregon in 2004 and is now codified as Oregon Revised Statutes (ORS) 195.305. Measure 37 has figured prominently in debates about the rights of …
126Nonintercourse Act — Not to be confused with the Non Intercourse Act (1809). The Nonintercourse Act (also known as the Indian Intercourse Act or the Indian Nonintercourse Act) is the collective name given to six statutes passed by the United States Congress in 1790,… …
127IMPRISONMENT FOR DEBT — IMPRISONMENT FOR DEBT, the imprisonment of a debtor who fails to pay his debt on or before the date due. Prevalence in Other Legal Systems Influenced by Roman law (see execution civil law), imprisonment for debt was the most common means of… …
128HISTORICAL 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… …
