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maintain status
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Status quo
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in status
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protect
[ing public health and safety] 2 : to secure or preserve against encroachment, infringement, restriction, or violation : maintain the status or integrity of esp. through legal or constitutional guarantees [ a work against copyright infringement] [the
uti possidetis
possess (it); from the wording of an interdict in Roman law enjoining both parties in a suit to maintain the status quo until the decision] : a principle in international law that recognizes a peace treaty between
head of the household
the household A filing status used by an unmarried taxpayer who pays over half of the cost of maintaining the home of a qualified individual.
rape
against her will, and required at least slight penetration of the penis into the vagina. While some states maintain essentially this definition of rape, most have broadened its scope esp. in terms of the sex of the … scope esp. in terms of the sex of the persons and the nature of the acts involved. Marital status is usually irrelevant. Moreover, the crime is codified under various names, including first degree sexual assault sexual battery
Settlement
attached a right, first regulated by the Poor Relief Act, 1662 (14 Car. 2, c. 12), to be maintained by that parish and a liability to be removed thereto. In the early part of the nineteenth century, … members of settlor's family in a way that differs from what the beneficiaries would receive as heirs under statutes of descent and distribution-, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1377. (In the Poor Law), the fixture of
charity
charity pl: -ties : a gift for humanitarian, philanthropic, or other purposes beneficial to the public (as maintaining a public building) ;also : an institution (as a hospital or school) or organization founded by such a … qualify as charities for tax purposes, but trusts for them may be considered charitable. In addition to tax-exempt status, charities have also generally been granted immunity from tort suits.
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