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  2. Power law - Wikipedia

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    For example, log-normal distributions are often mistaken for power-law distributions: [72] a data set drawn from a lognormal distribution will be approximately linear for large values (corresponding to the upper tail of the lognormal being close to a power law) [clarification needed], but for small values the lognormal will drop off ...

  3. Power of attorney - Wikipedia

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    In Irish law there are two types of power of attorney: Power of attorney, which may be general or specific, which ceases once the donor becomes mentally incapacitated. [28] This type is virtually identical to an ordinary 1971 Act power of attorney in England and Wales. Enduring power of attorney, which takes effect once the donor is ...

  4. Power of appointment - Wikipedia

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    The holder of the power refers to the document creating the power in his or her will and designates who among the permissible objects of the power should receive the property. The power could be exercised by creating further trusts. If the power of appointment is not exercised, the default provision of the document that created the power takes ...

  5. Powers of the United States Congress - Wikipedia

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    Among the powers specifically given to Congress in Article I Section 8, are the following: 1. To lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts and excises, to pay the debts and provide for the common defense and general welfare of the United States; but all duties, imposts and excises shall be uniform throughout the United States;

  6. Constitutional law of the United States - Wikipedia

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    Early in its history, in Marbury v.Madison (1803) and Fletcher v. Peck (1810), the Supreme Court of the United States declared that the judicial power granted to it by Article III of the United States Constitution included the power of judicial review, to consider challenges to the constitutionality of a State or Federal law.

  7. Enumerated powers (United States) - Wikipedia

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    Strict constructionists interpret the clause to mean that Congress may make a law only if the inability to do so would cripple its ability to apply one of its enumerated powers. Loose constructionists , on the other hand, believe it is largely up to Congress and not the courts to determine what means are "necessary and proper" in executing one ...

  8. Judicial review in the United States - Wikipedia

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    For example, James Wilson asserted in the Pennsylvania ratifying convention that federal judges would exercise judicial review: "If a law should be made inconsistent with those powers vested by this instrument in Congress, the judges, as a consequence of their independence, and the particular powers of government being defined, will declare ...

  9. Law enforcement agency powers - Wikipedia

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    Internal review involves formal reviews done by the LEA itself on the use of its powers and law exemptions. Often, as part of this process, every time a certain power is used an incident report detailing the circumstances requiring the use of the power and the outcomes of the use of the power must be completed. For example, a use of force ...