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british subject

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British subject. The status conferred on a citizen of the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth countries such as Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and India by the British Nationality Act of 1981. • Although this is the current sense, the phrase British subject has had many different meanings over the years, under different statutes.

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best interests of the child doctrine

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best-interests-of-the-child doctrine. Family law. The principle that courts should make custody decisions based on whatever best advances the child’s welfare, regardless of a claimant’s particular status or relationship with the child. • One important factor entering into these decisions is the general belief that the child’s best interests normally favor custody by parents, as opposed

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array

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array, n. 1. A panel of potential jurors; VENIRE(1) (the array of mostly wealthy professionals seemed to favor the corporate defendant). [Cases: Jury 66, 114. C.J.S. Juries §§ 271, 312, 355, 359, 443–444.] 2. The jurors actually empaneled (the array hearing the case consisted of seven women and five men). 3. A list or roster

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expectation

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expectation, n. 1. The act of looking forward; anticipation. 2. A basis on which something is expected to happen; esp., the prospect of receiving wealth, honors, or the like. “[E]xpectation does not in itself amount to intention. An operating surgeon may know very well that his patient will probably die of the operation; yet he

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