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court

one supreme Court, and in such inferior s as the Congress may from time to time ordain and establish "U.S. Constitution art. III"] see also the Judicial System in the back matter b : a session of

domicile

(as minors), domicile is often statutorily determined as the domicile of the guardian. vt -ciled -cil·ing : to establish in or provide with a domicile [an alien admitted to the United States for permanent residence shall be

entrapment

(as for the revocation of a license to practice medicine) as well as criminal proceedings. In order to establish entrapment, the defendant has the burden of proving either that he or she would not have committed the

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fair play and substantial justice

order for a state court to exercise jurisdiction over a defendant whose residence is elsewhere, the court must establish that the defendant has such minimum contacts with the state that the exercise of jurisdiction over the defendant

falsity

falsity pl: -ties 1 : something false 2 : the quality or state of being false [did not establish the of the statement]

filiation

to legitimate filiation to the alleged parent, or not legitimated or formally acknowledged by the alleged parent, may establish filiation in a filiation proceeding. This has led to some instances where the legitimate children of one father

found

found past and past part of find vt : to establish (as an institution) often with provision for future maintenance

foundation

supported ;specif : a witness's preliminary testimony given to identify or explain evidence being offered at trial and establish its connection to the issue for which it is offered [the lack of any for the orthopedic surgeon's

general naturalization provisions

continuous residence in the United States, have been physically present in the country for half that period, and establish good moral character for at least that period. Source: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services

Tack

a tenant on agistment. To add one's own period of land possession to a prior possessor's period to establish continuous adverse possession for statutory period, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1465. Means to combine (a use,

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