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  2. Horsley v MacLaren - Wikipedia

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    Horsley v MacLaren, [1972] S.C.R. 441, also known as the Ogopogo case, [1] is a leading Supreme Court of Canada decision where it was held that there is no duty at common law to rescue or aid anyone in distress.

  3. South Carolina slave codes - Wikipedia

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    South Carolina established its first slave code in 1695. The code was based on the 1684 Jamaica slave code, which was in turn based on the 1661 Barbados Slave Code. The South Carolina slave code was the model for other North American colonies. [1] Georgia adopted the South Carolina code in 1770, and Florida adopted the Georgia code. [2]

  4. Durham–Humphrey Amendment - Wikipedia

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    The Durham–Humphrey Amendment explicitly defined two specific categories for medications, legend (prescription) and over-the-counter (OTC). This amendment was co-sponsored by then Senator (and later Vice President) Hubert H. Humphrey Jr., who was a pharmacist in South Dakota before beginning his political career. [1]

  5. Probability-proportional-to-size sampling - Wikipedia

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    In survey methodology, probability-proportional-to-size (pps) sampling is a sampling process where each element of the population (of size N) has some (independent) chance to be selected to the sample when performing one draw.

  6. Hely-Hutchinson v Brayhead Ltd - Wikipedia

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    Lord Suirdale (Richard Michael John Hely-Hutchinson) sued Brayhead Ltd for losses incurred after a failed takeover deal.The CEO, chairman and de facto managing director of Brayhead Ltd, Mr Richards, had guaranteed repayment of money, and had indemnified losses of Lord Suirdale in return for injection of money into Lord Suirdale's company Perdio Electronics Ltd. Perdio Ltd was then taken over ...

  7. Wheeldon v Burrows - Wikipedia

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    Wheeldon v Burrows (1879) LR 12 Ch D 31 is an English land law case confirming and governing a means of the implied grant or grants of easements — the implied grant of all continuous and apparent inchoate easements (quasi easements, that is they would be easements if the land were not before transfer in the unity of possession and title) to a transferee of part, unless expressly excluded.

  8. Phenocopy - Wikipedia

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    In phenomics, a phenocopy is a variation in phenotype (generally referring to a single trait) which is caused by environmental conditions (often, but not necessarily, during the organism's development), such that the organism's phenotype matches a phenotype which is determined by genetic factors.

  9. Francisco Maniago - Wikipedia

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    Francisco Maniago was a Filipino revolutionary leader who lived in the 17th century, during the Spanish colonization period in the Philippines.He led a revolt in Pampanga in 1660 [1] against the bandala system, where the locals were forced to sell their agricultural products at low prices, [2] and the polo y servicio system, a form of forced labor where the locals worked on any government ...