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  • 71diplomatics — /dip leuh mat iks/, n. (used with a sing. v.) the science of deciphering old official documents, as charters, and of determining their authenticity, age, or the like. [1785 95; see DIPLOMATIC, ICS] * * * ▪ study of documents Introduction… …

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  • 72process — pro·cess / prä ˌses, prō / n 1: a continuous operation, art, or method esp. in manufacture whoever invents or discovers any new and useful process...may obtain a patent therefor U.S. Code 2 a: procedure (1) see also …

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  • 73Ex parte Merryman — 17 F. Cas. 144 (1861), is a well known U.S. federal court case which arose out of the American Civil War. Against President Abraham Lincoln s wishes, Chief Justice Roger Taney, sitting as a judge of the United States Circuit Court for the Distri …

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  • 74quo warranto — quo war·ran·to / kwō wə ran tō, rän / n [Medieval Latin, by what warrant; from the wording of the writ] 1: an extraordinary writ requiring a person or corporation to show by what right or authority a public office or franchise is held or… …

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  • 75process — A series of actions, motions, or occurrences; progressive act or transaction; continuous operation; method, mode or operation, whereby a result or effect is produced; normal or actual course of procedure; regular proceeding, as, the process of… …

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  • 76Quo warranto — (Medieval Latin for by what warrant? ) is one of the prerogative writs, that requires the person to whom it is directed to show what authority he has for exercising some right or power (or franchise ) he claims to hold.HistoryQuo Warranto had its …

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  • 77José Padilla (prisoner) — For other uses, see José Padilla. José Padilla Born October 18, 1970 (1970 10 18) (age 41) Brooklyn, New York, U.S. Alias(es) Abdullah al Muhajir or Muhajir Abdu …

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  • 78Latitat — A latitat is a legal device, namely a writ, that is based upon the presumption that the person summoned was hiding , see Blackstone.In England the writ, is essentially a summons out of the civil, and in those days common law only court King s… …

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  • 79Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act — The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 ( FISA USStatute|95|511|92|1783|1978|10|25, usctc|50|36) is an Act of Congress which prescribes procedures for the physical and electronic surveillance and collection of foreign intelligence… …

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  • 80Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Mumia Abu-Jamal — Commonwealth vs. Abu Jamal Court Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County Criminal Trial Division Full case name Commonwealth of Pennsylvania vs. Mumia Abu Jamal aka Wesley Cook …

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