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  • 61FINZI-NORSA CONTROVERSY — FINZI NORSA CONTROVERSY, Italian Jewish cause célèbre in the early part of the 16th century. Immanuel Norsa   of Ferrara, reputed to be the second wealthiest Jew in Italy, was partner in a loan bank with Abraham Raphael Finzi of Bologna, who had… …

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  • 62real controversy — An actual, as distinguished from a simulated controversy, moot case, hypothetical case, or abstract question. 20 Am J2d Cts §§ 80, 81; 27 Am J2d Equity § 14 …

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  • 63Light brown apple moth controversy — The Light brown apple moth ( Epiphyas postvittana , often abbreviated to LBAM) is a leafroller moth belonging to the lepidopteran family Tortricidae. The insect is regarded as an herbivorous generalist, and the larvae consume numerous… …

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  • 64AUSCHWITZ BOMBING CONTROVERSY — The debate over whether the Allies could have bombed the gas chamber crematoria complexes of auschwitz Birkenau, or the rail lines leading to them, had its origins in 1944. Jewish groups appealed to the U.S. and British governments to do… …

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  • 65John McCain lobbyist controversy, February 2008 — On February 21, 2008, in the midst of John McCain s campaign in the 2008 Republican presidential primaries, both The New York Times and the Washington Post published articles detailing rumors of an improper relationship between John McCain and… …

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  • 66Metrication controversy — The introduction of the metric system has faced some opposition in a number of countries over the past two centuries. Based on a previous U.S. Metric Association and recent CIA survey it is commonly cited that only the United States of America,… …

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  • 67Declaratory judgment — A declaratory judgment is a judgment of a court in a civil case which declares the rights, duties, or obligations of one or more parties in a dispute. A declaratory judgment is legally binding, but it does not order any action by a party.[1] In… …

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  • 68United States Constitution — P …

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  • 69Ecclesiastical Courts —     Ecclesiastical Courts     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Ecclesiastical Courts     I. JUDICIAL POWER IN THE CHURCH     In instituting the Church as a perfect society, distinct from the civil power and entirely independent of it, Christ gave her… …

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  • 70List of miscarriage of justice cases — Main article: Miscarriage of justice This is a list of miscarriage of justice cases. This list includes cases where a convicted individual was later found to be innocent of the crime and has received either an official exoneration, or a consensus …

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