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  • 1embezzle — v. a. Appropriate to one s own use (what is intrusted), misappropriate, purloin, steal, come unlawfully by …

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  • 2steal — I. v. a. 1. Purloin, pilfer, filch, poach, peculate, embezzle, swindle, make off with, come unlawfully by. 2. Allure, win, gain, draw over. 3. Convey secretly. 4. Take secretly, accomplish secretly. II. v. n. 1. Pilfer, purloin, thieve, practise… …

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  • 3Detinue — Tort law Part of the …

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  • 4Torquay Hotel Co. Ltd. v. Cousins — [1969] 2 Ch. 106, [1969] 2 WLR 289 is a British labour law case concerning the liability of a union when its members take industrial action. In it Lord Denning MR invented a new economic tort for interference with a contract. This was not there… …

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  • 5Waco siege — The Mount Carmel Center in flames during the assault on April 19, 1993 Date …

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  • 6Grievous bodily harm — For other uses, see Grievous Bodily Harm (disambiguation). Grievous bodily harm (often abbreviated to GBH) is a term of art used in English criminal law which has become synonymous with the offences that are created by sections 18 and 20 of the… …

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  • 7Waco Siege — Infobox Military Conflict conflict=Waco Siege caption=The Mount Carmel Center in flames during the assault on April 19, 1993. result=Raid: Shootout resulting in the ATF retreat Assault: Buildings burned to the ground resulting in a mass number of …

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  • 8Gun 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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  • 9Death of Diana, Princess of Wales — The entrance to the Pont de l Alma tunnel, the site where Diana was fatally injured On 31 August 1997, Diana, Princess of Wales, died as a result of injuries sustained in a car accident in the Pont de l Alma road tunnel in Paris, France. Her… …

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  • 10Dependent States — ▪ 2009 Introduction Europe and the Atlantic.       For a list of populated Dependent States, see Table (Dependent States).       In May 2008 Ilulissat, Greenland, was the site of an international summit on Arctic sovereignty attended by official… …

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