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11Aboriginal Protection and restriction of the sale of opium act 1897 — The Aboriginal Protection and Restrictions of the Sale of Opium Act 1897 was an Act of the Parliament of Queensland.As a result of dispersal, malnutrition, opium and diseases, it was widely believed in Queensland that Aborigines were members of a …
12Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act — Full title The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Acronym PPACA Colloquial name(s) Affordable Care Act, Healthcare Insurance Reform, Obamacare, Healthcare Reform Enacted by the …
13Employment Protection Legislation — (EPL) refers to all types of employment protection measures, whether grounded primarily in legislation, court rulings, collectively bargained conditions of employment or customary practice [OECD Employment Outlook, June 1999, Chapter 2,… …
14Copyright Term Extension Act — Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act Full title To amend the provisions of title 17, United States Code, with respect to the duration of copyright, and for other purposes. Acronym CTEA Enacted by the 105th United States Congress …
15Rule of the shorter term — The rule of the shorter term, also called the comparison of terms, is a provision in international copyright treaties. The provision allows that signatory countries can limit the duration of copyright they grant to foreign works under national… …
16Luke Short — see also Luke Short (writer) Western frontiersman Luke L. Short [http://ferncanyonpress.com/tombston/wyatt/short.shtml ferncanyonpress.com about Luke Short] ] (1854 September 8, 1893) was a noted gunfighter, who had worked as a farmer, cowboy,… …
17United States Environmental Protection Agency — EPA and Environmental Protection Agency redirect here. For other uses, see EPA (disambiguation). Environmental Protection Agency EPA Environmental Protection Agen …
18Meddler (short story) — Meddler is a science fiction short story by Philip K. Dick. It was first published in Future Science Fiction, October, 1954 with illustration by Virgil Finlay.[1] Dick had submitted many short stories to magazines and made approximately fifteen… …
19General Protection Fault (webcomic) — Infobox comic strip title= General Protection Fault caption= author= Jeffrey T. Darlington url= http://www.gpf comics.com/ rss= http://www.gpf comics.com/gpf.rss atom= status= Monday, Wednesday, Friday first= 1998 11 02 [http://www.gpf… …
20Asset-protection trust — An asset protection trust is a term which covers a wide spectrum of legal structures. Any form of trust which provides for funds to be held on a discretionary basis falls within the category. Such trusts are set up in an attempt to avoid or… …
