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  2. Lists of legal terms - Wikipedia

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  3. Hindustani kinship terms - Wikipedia

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    The kinship terms of Hindustani (Hindi-Urdu) differ from the English system in certain respects. [1] In the Hindustani system, kin terms are based on gender, [2] and the difference between some terms is the degree of respect. [3] Moreover, "In Hindi and Urdu kinship terms there is clear distinction between the blood relations and affinal ...

  4. Fact - Wikipedia

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    It was first used in English with the same meaning: "a thing done or performed" – a meaning now obsolete outside the law. [3] The common usage of "something that has really occurred or is the case" dates from the mid-16th century. [3]

  5. Circumstance - Wikipedia

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    Exigent circumstance, allowing law enforcement to enter a structure outside the bounds of a search warrant; Extenuating circumstances, information regarding a defendant or crime that might result in reduced charges or a lesser sentence

  6. Peace, order, and good government - Wikipedia

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    In determining whether a matter has attained the required degree of singleness, distinctiveness and indivisibility that clearly distinguishes it from matters of provincial concern it is relevant to consider what would be the effect on extra‑provincial interests of a provincial failure to deal effectively with the control or regulation of the ...

  7. Special circumstances (criminal law) - Wikipedia

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    If a defendant is convicted of first-degree murder and one of 22 listed special circumstances are found to be true, the only possible penalties are life in prison without the possibility of parole or death (25 years to life if the defendant was a juvenile). [2] As of March 2019, the Governor of California placed a moratorium on capital ...

  8. Hindu law - Wikipedia

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    The term "Hindu law" is a colonial construction, and emerged when the colonial rule arrived in South Asia, and when in 1772 it was decided by British colonial officials in consultation with Mughal rulers, that European common law system would not be implemented in India, that Hindus of India would be ruled under their "Hindu law" and Muslims of ...

  9. Legal education in India - Wikipedia

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    Legal education in India generally refers to the education of lawyers before entry into practice.Legal education in India is offered at different levels by the traditional universities and the specialised law universities and schools only after completion of an undergraduate degree or as an integrated degree.