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  • 1private international law — the rules of a legal system governing which rules are to be applied in cases with an international dimension, as where one party is French and one German and the subject of the transaction is in Africa. It also considers enforcement of judgments… …

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  • 2Citizens' Military Training Camp — Citizens Military Training Camps (CMTC) were military training programs of the United States. Held annually each summer during the years 1921 to 1940, the CMTC camps differed from National Guard and Reserves training in that the program allowed… …

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  • 3Citizens Military Training Camp — Citizens Military Training Camps were military training programs of the United States. Held annually each summer during the years 1921 to 1940, the CMTC camps differed from National Guard and Reserves training in that the program allowed male… …

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  • 4Private law — (Civil law) is that part of a legal system that involves relationships between individuals. This includes the law of contracts or torts and the law of obligations. It is distinguished from public law, which deals with law involving the state,… …

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  • 5private sector — n. The part of the economy not controlled by the government, in which private citizens work for their own profit. The Essential Law Dictionary. Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. Amy Hackney Blackwell. 2008 …

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  • 6Private attorney general — The term private attorney general is usually used today in the United States to refer to a private party who brings a lawsuit that is considered to be in the public interest, i.e. benefiting the general public and not just the plaintiff. The… …

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  • 7citizens band — noun Usage: sometimes capitalized C&B : a range of radio wave frequencies that in the United States is allocated officially for private radio communications * * * a two way radio service (Citizens Radio Service) licensed by the FCC to a U.S.… …

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  • 8private — [[t]pra͟ɪvɪt[/t]] ♦♦ privates 1) ADJ: usu ADJ n Private industries and services are owned or controlled by an individual person or a commercial company, rather than by the state or an official organization. ...a joint venture with private… …

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  • 9private — privately, adv. privateness, n. /pruy vit/, adj. 1. belonging to some particular person: private property. 2. pertaining to or affecting a particular person or a small group of persons; individual; personal: for your private satisfaction. 3.… …

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  • 10private — pri•vate [[t]ˈpraɪ vɪt[/t]] adj. 1) belonging to some particular person or persons: private property[/ex] 2) pertaining to or affecting a particular person or a small group of persons: for your private satisfaction[/ex] 3) confined to or intended …

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