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1Certified question — In the law of the United States, a certified question is a formal request by one court to one of its sister courts, usually but not always in another jurisdiction, for an opinion on a question of law. These cases typically arise when the court… …
2Objection to the consideration of a question — is a method in parliamentary procedure of preventing a motion from coming before the assembly.[1] It is often used to prevent an embarrassing question from being introduced and debated in the assembly. Explanation and Use Objection to the… …
3United Nations — 1. an international organization, with headquarters in New York City, formed to promote international peace, security, and cooperation under the terms of the charter signed by 51 founding countries in San Francisco in 1945. Abbr.: UN Cf. General… …
4Main motion — A main motion, in parliamentary procedure, is a motion that brings business before the assembly.[1] Main motions are made while no other motion is pending. Any of the subsidiary, incidental and privileged motions may be made while the main motion …
5Security Council, United Nations — United Nations (UN) organ whose primary responsibility is the maintenance of international peace and security. The Security Council originally consisted of 11 members five permanent members (the Republic of China [Taiwan], France, the… …
6Temperament Ordinaire — The phrase temperament ordinaire , (French tempérament ordinaire , meaning literally: ordinary temperament or usual temperament ), relates to musical intonation, and especially to the tempered tuning of keyboard instruments. At least in its later …
7Maastricht Rebels — The Maastricht Rebels were British Members of Parliament (MPs) belonging to the then governing Conservative Party who refused to support the government of John Major in a series of votes in the House of Commons on the issue of the implementation… …
8Immigration and Naturalization Service v. St. Cyr — 533 U.S. 289 (2001) is a United States Supreme Court case involving habeas corpus relief for deportable aliens. Facts Enrico St. Cyr pleaded guilty to a controlled substance violation in Connecticut. Under U.S. Immigration Law, St. Cyr, a lawful …
9topic-neutral — Term originally used by Ryle to refer to terms that occur in sentences about any kind of subject matter. The logical constants are the clearest example. In the subsequent work of Smart, expressions that refer to things are topic neutral if they… …
10conflict of laws — 1. dissimilarity or discrepancy between the laws of different legal orders, such as states or nations, with regard to the applicable legal rules and principles in a matter that each legal order wishes to regulate. 2. Also called private… …
