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  2. Disclaimer of interest - Wikipedia

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    Under the common law, a person who disclaimed their interest would be treated as though they had died before the trust or will came into effect. This was a sensible option if the disclaiming party was an heir by descent, whose own children would then take in his place and without the imposition of a gift tax .

  3. List of public works ministries - Wikipedia

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    Public Works Department (Victoria) Public Works Department (Western Australia) Minister for Infrastructure and Transport Minister for Public Works (Victoria) Bangladesh: Ministry of Housing and Public Works (Public Works Department) Bahamas: Ministry of Public Works and Transport Brunei: Ministry of Development (Public Works Department ...

  4. Foreign Emoluments Clause - Wikipedia

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    The Foreign Emoluments Clause is a provision in Article I, Section 9, Clause 8 of the United States Constitution, [1] that prohibits the federal government from granting titles of nobility, and restricts members of the federal government from receiving gifts, emoluments, offices or titles from foreign states and monarchies without the consent of the United States Congress.

  5. District of Columbia Department of Public Works - Wikipedia

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    The District of Columbia Department of Public Works (DPW) is an agency of the government of the District of Columbia, in the United States.The department oversees solid waste (e.g., garbage) and recyclables collection, street cleaning, parking enforcement, and governmental vehicle procurement, maintenance and fueling.

  6. Department of Public Works and Town & Country Planning

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    The Department of Public Works (DP) was established in 1889. [4] Three years after the Siamese revolution of 1932, in 1935, Phraya Pakit Kolasart, Chief Engineer, started the Town Planning Division (TPD) under Luang Burakam Kowit (หลวงบุรกรรมโกวิท) of the Department of Public Work (DP). In 1937, the TPD was ...

  7. Tamil Nadu Public Works Department - Wikipedia

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    The department is responsible for planning, designing, construction and maintenance of Government buildings across the state. It is also responsible for the execution of local area development works sanctioned under MLAs and MP funds, reconstruction works during calamities and issuance of rent certificate for private buildings used by Government departments.

  8. Abandonment (legal) - Wikipedia

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    Abandonment is relinquishment by an inventor of the right to secure a patent, in such a way as to constitute a dedication of the invention to public use. Under United States patent law, abandonment of a patent application occurs when either the required reply is not filed within the required time period or an express abandonment is filed. [13]

  9. Gift (law) - Wikipedia

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    The donee must accept the gift in order for the property transfer to take place. [1] However, because people generally accept gifts, acceptance will be presumed, so long as the donee does not expressly reject the gift. [2] A rejection of the gift destroys the gift, so that a donee cannot revive a once-rejected gift by later accepting it.