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  2. Theft - Wikipedia

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    Theft is a crime with related articles in the Wetboek van Strafrecht. Article 310 prohibits theft (Dutch: diefstal), which is defined as taking away any object that (partly) belongs to someone else, with the intention to appropriate it illegally. Maximum imprisonment is 4 years or a fine of the fifth category.

  3. Obtaining pecuniary advantage by deception - Wikipedia

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    The offence was created by section 16 [3] of the Theft Act 1968.At the time of its repeal it read: (1) A person who by any deception dishonestly obtains for himself or another any pecuniary advantage shall on conviction on indictment be liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding five years.

  4. List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 310

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    Gobitis, 310 U.S. 586 (1940), involved the religious rights of public school students under the First Amendment to the United States Constitution. The Supreme Court ruled that public schools could compel students (in this case, Jehovah's Witnesses ) to salute the American flag and recite the Pledge of Allegiance despite the students' religious ...

  5. 2014 California Proposition 47 - Wikipedia

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    This proposed initiative suggests that individuals convicted of a third theft involving property valued at $250 could face felony charges. California's business community has criticized the state's criminal justice policies, particularly Proposition 47, which reclassified certain crimes, like theft of items under $950, from felonies to ...

  6. Revised Penal Code - Wikipedia

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    If value is less than 500 pesos, and if offender under the impulse of hunger, poverty, etc. Yes Theft of the property of the National Library and National Museum ₱40,000 to ₱100,000 Yes Occupation of real property or usurpation of real rights in property ₱15,000 Altering boundaries or landmarks ₱20,000 Yes Fraudulent insolvency: If a ...

  7. Shopkeeper's privilege - Wikipedia

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    Shopkeeper's privilege is a law recognized in the United States under which a shopkeeper is allowed to detain a suspected shoplifter on store property for a reasonable period of time, so long as the shopkeeper has cause to believe that the person detained in fact committed, or attempted to commit, theft of store property.

  8. SEC Rule 144A - Wikipedia

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    Rule 144A.Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act") provides a safe harbor from the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 for certain private resales of minimum $500,000 units of restricted securities to qualified institutional buyers (QIBs), which generally are large institutional investors that own at least $100 million in investable assets.

  9. Necessity in English criminal law - Wikipedia

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    When considering necessity in R v Cole (1994) Crim. LR 582 Simon Brown LJ. held that the peril relied on to support the plea of necessity lacked imminence and the degree of directness and immediacy required of the link between the suggested peril and the offence charged. This defendant robbed two building societies in order to repay debts.