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  2. Steps and skips - Wikipedia

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    More generally, a step is a smaller or narrower interval in a musical line, and a skip is a wider or larger interval with the categorization of intervals into steps and skips is determined by the tuning system and the pitch space used. Melodic motion in which the interval between any two consecutive pitches is no more than a step, or, less ...

  3. Semitone - Wikipedia

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    Semitone. A semitone, also called a minor second, half step, or a half tone, [3] is the smallest musical interval commonly used in Western tonal music, [4] and it is considered the most dissonant [5] when sounded harmonically. It is defined as the interval between two adjacent notes in a 12-tone scale (or half of a whole step), visually seen on ...

  4. Statutory interpretation - Wikipedia

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    t. e. Statutory interpretation is the process by which courts interpret and apply legislation. Some amount of interpretation is often necessary when a case involves a statute. Sometimes the words of a statute have a plain and a straightforward meaning. But in many cases, there is some ambiguity in the words of the statute that must be resolved ...

  5. Constitution of the United States - Wikipedia

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    The Constitution's first three articles embody the doctrine of the separation of powers, in which the federal government is divided into three branches: the legislative, consisting of the bicameral Congress ; the executive, consisting of the president and subordinate officers ; and the judicial, consisting of the Supreme Court and other federal ...

  6. Irregular resolution - Wikipedia

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    One common tone, three notes move by half step motion. In music, an irregular resolution is resolution by a dominant seventh chord or diminished seventh chord to a chord other than the tonic. Regarding the dominant seventh, there are many irregular resolutions including to a chord with which it has tones in common or if the parts move only a ...

  7. Criminal law of the United States - Wikipedia

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    The criminal law of the United States is a manifold system of laws and practices that connects crimes and consequences. In comparison, civil law addresses non-criminal disputes. The system varies considerably by jurisdiction, but conforms to the US Constitution. [1] Generally there are two systems of criminal law to which a person maybe subject ...

  8. Augmented unison - Wikipedia

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    In other words, it is a unison where one note has been altered by a half-step, such as B ♭ and B ♮ or C ♮ and C ♯. The interval is often described as a chromatic semitone. [4] The term, in its French form unisson superflu, appears to have been coined by Jean-Philippe Rameau in 1722, who also called this interval a minor semitone ...

  9. United States administrative law - Wikipedia

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    [17] Under "Chevron/Auer step two", an agency interpretation only receives deference if it is a "reasonable" interpretation of the statutory language considered with statements of Congressional intent, and is supported by a reasonable explanation. In addition to the three classical steps, an agency must observe additional procedural formalities: