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  • 31Tournier v National Provincial and Union Bank of England — The case of Tournier v National Provincial and Union Bank of England [1924] 1KB 461 (CA), clarified English law on the banker s duty of confidentiality. [McClean, David [http://books.google.com/books?id=9WPLwaQ7YjUC printsec=frontcover#PPA266,M1… …

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  • 32constraint — n. restriction 1) to impose, place, put a constraint on, upon 2) legal constraints control 3) to show constraint compulsion 4) under constraint (to act under constraint) * * * [kən streɪnt] place put a constraint on upon [ control ] to show… …

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  • 33SEXUAL OFFENSES — Although the technical term for sexual offenses in general is gillui arayot (lit. the uncovering of nakedness ), the term is usually (though not always: cf. Ex. 20:23; Isa. 47:3, et al.) employed to denote carnal knowledge (Lev. 18:6–19). In the… …

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  • 34Taqiyya — Within Shi ite Islamic tradition, [Kohlberg (1977) p. 395] the concept of Taqiyya (تقية fear, guard against ) [ The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions . Ed. John Bowker. Oxford University Press, 2000. Oxford Reference Online. Oxford… …

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  • 35Damages (Jewish law) — Part of a series on …

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  • 36OBLIGATIONS, LAW OF — This law is concerned with the rights of one person as against those of another (jus in personam), as distinguished from the law of property, which is concerned with a person s rights in a chattel or other property as against the world at large… …

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  • 37Federally Administered Tribal Areas — Pakistan infobox region = Federally Administered Tribal Areas Nastaliq|وفاقی قبائلی علاقہ جات capital = Peshawar latd=34.00 |longd=71.32 pop year = 2008 population = 6,500,000 (Estimate) [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south asia/1711316.stm… …

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  • 38Søren Kierkegaard — Søren Aabye Kierkegaard Sketch of Søren Kierkegaard by Niels Christian Kierkegaard, c. 1840 Full name Søren Aabye Kierkegaard Born 5 May 1813 Copenhagen, Denmark Died 11 November 1855 …

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  • 39duress — Any unlawful threat or coercion used by a person to induce another to act (or to refrain from acting) in a manner he or she otherwise would not (or would). Subjecting person to improper pressure which overcomes his will and coerces him to comply… …

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  • 40duress — Any unlawful threat or coercion used by a person to induce another to act (or to refrain from acting) in a manner he or she otherwise would not (or would). Subjecting person to improper pressure which overcomes his will and coerces him to comply… …

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