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tribal court

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Tribal Court. Under the Indian Child Welfare Act, a court with child-custody jurisdiction that is (1) a Court of Indian Offenses, (2) a court established and operated under the code or custom of a tribe, or (3) any other tribal administrative body that is vested with authority over child-custody proceedings. • The Tribal Court is

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Merit Systems Protection Board

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Merit Systems Protection Board 〈美〉功绩制保护委员会根据1978年《文官制改革法》〔Civil Service Reform Act〕设立，与人事管理局〔Office of Personnel Management〕一起取代1883年设立的美国文官委员会〔U.S. Civil Service Commission〕。对联邦政府僱员因受解雇、停职或降级等行政处分而申诉的案件进行听证、裁决；处理涉及重新就业权、不执行定期加薪制、控告行政法官和指控违反功绩制等的申诉案件。功绩制保护委员会对其作出的裁决有权强制执行、下达纠正令和给予纪律处分。僱员或就业申请者的可上诉的案件如又涉及对歧视的指控，可以就功绩制保护委员会的裁决向平等就业机会委员会〔Equal Employment Opportunity Commission〕申请复议。对功绩制保护委员会的最终裁决和命令还可以向美国联邦巡回上诉法院〔U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit〕提起上诉。

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united states court of appeals for the federal circuit

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United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. An intermediate-level appellate court with jurisdiction to hear appeals in patent cases, various actions against the United States to recover damages, cases from the U.S. Court of Federal Claims, the U.S. Court of International Trade, the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, the Merit Systems

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torrens system

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Torrens system (tor-[schwa]nz ortahr-[schwa]nz). A system for establishing title to real estate in which a claimant first acquires an abstract of title and then applies to a court for the issuance of a title certificate, which serves as conclusive evidence of ownership. • This system — named after Sir Robert Torrens, a 19th-century reformer of

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