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  2. Maat - Wikipedia

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    Maat (which is associated with solar, lunar, astral, and the river Nile's movements) is a concept based on humanity's attempt to live in a natural harmonic state. [43] Maat is associated with the judgment of the deceased and whether a person has done what is right in their life. [44] Thus, to do Maat was to act in a manner unreproachable or ...

  3. Assessors of Maat - Wikipedia

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    The heart (ib / jb) of the deceased was then weighed on a two-plate scale: a plate for the heart, the other for the feather of Maat. Maat, in whose name the 42 judges who flanked Osiris acted, was the deification of truth, justice, rectitude, and order of the cosmos and was often symbolized by an ostrich feather (the hieroglyphic sign of her name).

  4. Davis–Stirling Common Interest Development Act - Wikipedia

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    Under Davis–Stirling, a developer of a common interest development is able to create a homeowner association (HOA) to govern the development. As part of creating the HOA, the developer records a document known as the Declaration of Covenants, Conditions, and Restrictions against the units or parcels within the HOA with the county recorder.

  5. Noerr–Pennington doctrine - Wikipedia

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    The doctrine was set forth by the United States Supreme Court in Eastern Railroad Presidents Conference v. Noerr Motor Freight, Inc. and United Mine Workers v. Pennington. [1] The Court later expanded on the doctrine in California Motor Transport Co. v. Trucking Unlimited. [3]

  6. California Density Bonus Law - Wikipedia

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    The California Density Bonus Law (DBL, California Government Code 65915 [1]) is a 1979 California statute which grants developers of housing a density bonus, or the ability to exceed city-mandated density limits for their projects, if certain affordable housing prerequisites are met.

  7. Constitution of California - Wikipedia

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    California's constitution was drafted in both English and Spanish by American pioneers, European settlers, and Californios (Hispanics of California) and adopted at the 1849 Constitutional Convention of Monterey, following the American Conquest of California and the Mexican–American War and in advance of California's Admission to the Union in ...

  8. National Audubon Society v. Superior Court - Wikipedia

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    The leading case that established the public trust doctrine in the U.S. is the 1892 Supreme Court case Illinois Central Railroad v. Illinois.The Court held that public trust submerged lands belong to the respective States within which they are found, with the consequent right to use or dispose of any portion thereof, when that can be done without substantial impairment of the interest of the ...

  9. Used and Useful Principle - Wikipedia

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    In 1967, predictions for energy demand and nuclear capacity were given through the year 2000. Construction began on many nuclear reactors based on these predictions but due to the length of time to build the reactors, high inflations rates and the Middle East oil boycott of 1973 many of these projects were canceled in various stages of completion.