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  • 1AUTHORITY, RABBINICAL — AUTHORITY, RABBINICAL, the authority of the halakhic scholars in maintaining the creativeness and development of Jewish law, by means of its legal sources. Development of the Law An important tenet of Judaism and a guiding principle of the… …

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  • 2authority — au·thor·i·ty n pl ties 1: an official decision of a court used esp. as a precedent 2 a: a power to act esp. over others that derives from status, position, or office the authority of the president; also: jurisdiction b: the power to act …

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  • 3Case Western Reserve University — Motto Thinking Beyond the Possible Established WRU: 1826 CIT: 1880 CWRU: 1967 Type …

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  • 4authority to issue shares — the shares of a company, apart from those taken by the subscribers of the memorandum, are issued by the board of directors (subject to the condition that they may not issue shares beyond the amount fixed as the authorised capital of the company) …

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  • 5authority to hear and decide a case — index jurisdiction Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 6CASE (Casa), JOSEPH BEN ABRAHAM — (d. before 1612), Polish rabbi. It is surmised by some that Joseph lived for a time in Italy, the name Case being very similar to the Italian family name cases . He is also known by the surname Shapiro. Case apparently served as rabbi of Lemberg… …

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  • 7Case law — In law, case law is the set of reported judicial decisions of selected appellate courts and other courts of first instance which make new interpretations of the law and, therefore, can be cited as precedents in a process known as stare decisis.… …

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  • 8Authority control — For Authority Control in Wikipedia, see Wikipedia:Authority control. Authority control is the practice of creating and maintaining index terms for bibliographic material in a catalog in library and information science. Authority control fulfills… …

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  • 9Case of first impression — A case of first impression (known as primae impressionis in Latin) is a legal case in which there is no binding authority on the matter presented. A case of first impression may be a case of first impression in only a particular jurisdiction. In… …

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  • 10Case Woodard — Infobox Musical artist Img size = Name = Case Background = solo singer Origin = New York City, New York, United States Genre = R B, downtempo, hip hop Years active = 1996 Present Label = Def Jam (1996 2004) Indigo Blue (2006) Sire Records (2008… …

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