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regulation d

Regulation D. An SEC regulation that exempts certain stock offerings (such as those offered by private sale) from registration under the Securities Act of 1933. [Cases: Securities Regulation 18.11. C.J.S. Securities Regulation § 64.]

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novalia

novalia (noh-vay-lee-[schwa]). [Law Latin “new lands” or “newly tilled land”] Scots law. Land newly cultivated. • Exemptions from paying teinds, or tithes, were sometimes granted for novalia.

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diplomatic immunity

The general exemption of diplomatic ministers from the operation of local law, the exception being that a minister who is plotting against the security of the host nation may be arrested and sent out of the country. • A minister’s family shares in diplomatic immunity to a great, though ill-defined, degree. [Cases: Ambassadors and Consuls

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north american free trade agreement

North American Free Trade Agreement. A 1994 agreement between the United States, Canada, and Mexico, designed to phase out all tariffs and eliminate many nontariff barriers (such as quotas) inhibiting the free trade of goods between the participating nations. • Among other provisions, it set minimum standards for intellectual-property protection afforded other members’ citizens. Negotiated

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