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B.R.abbr. 1. Bankruptcy Reporter. — Also abbreviated Bankr. Rep. 2. Bancus Regis [Latin “King’s Bench”]. 3. Bancus Reginae [Latin “Queen’s Bench”]. • This abbreviation has been replaced by the English initials of these courts, K.B. and Q.B.
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esquire
esquire (es-kwIr or e-skwIr). (usu. cap.) A title of courtesy commonly appended after the name of a lawyer. — Abbr. Esq.
federal juvenile delinquency jurisdiction
A federal court’s power to hear a case in which a person under the age of 18 violates federal law. • In such a case, the federal court derives its jurisdictional power from 18 USCA §§ 5031 et seq. The Act severely limits the scope of federal-juvenile-delinquency jurisdiction because Congress recognizes that juvenile delinquency is
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library of congress
Library of Congress. A library on the U.S. Capitol grounds responsible for conducting research for members of Congress and congressional committees. • The Library maintains collections of materials that in many areas are the world’s most extensive. Headed by a Librarian appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate, it was
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walsh–healey act
Walsh–Healey Act. A federal law, enacted in 1936, stipulating that government contractors must: (1) pay their workers no less than the prevailing minimum wage; (2) observe the eight-hour day and 40-hour workweek (with time-and-a-half for work exceeding those hours); (3) employ no convict labor and no females under 18 or males under 16 years of
deprived child
A child who (1) lacks proper parental care or control, subsistence, education, or other care and control for his or her physical, mental, or emotional well-being, (2) has been placed for care or adoption in violation of the law, (3) has been abandoned, or (4) is without a parent, guardian, or legal custodian. Unif. Juvenile
swamp and overflowed land
Land that, because of its boggy, marshy, fenlike character, is unfit for cultivation, requiring drainage or reclamation to render it available for beneficial use. • Such lands were granted out of the U.S. public domain to the littoral states by acts of Congress in 1850 and thereafter.43 USCA §§ 981 et seq. [Cases: Public Lands
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council on environmental quality
Council on Environmental Quality. A three-member council in the Executive Office of the President responsible for developing and recommending national policy on environmental quality. • The council was created by the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969. Its members are appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate.42 USCA §§ 4321
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cupos
CUPOS.abbr. A cohabiting unmarried person of the opposite sex. • Although this term is intended to be syn-onymous with “POSSLQ” (a person of the opposite sex sharing living quarters), it is more literally precise because it excludes married persons. See POSSLQ.