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Miranda card : a card on which Miranda rights are written for police officers to read to a person being arrested ...
Miranda rights
Miranda rights [from Miranda v. Arizona, the 1966 U.S. Supreme Court ruling establishing such rights] : the rights (as the right to remain silent, to have an attorney present, and to have an attorney appointed if indigent) of which an arresting officer must advise the person being arrested see also Miranda v. Arizona in the Important Cases section NOTE: A reading of the Miranda rights usually includes a warning that anything said could be used as evidence. No statements made by an arrested person or evidence obtained therefrom may be introduced at trial unless the person was advised of or validly waived these rights. A fresh reading of the Miranda rights may be required by the passage of time after the initial reading, as for example if a previously silent person begins to speak or police interrogate a person more than once. ...
Miranda
Miranda : of, relating to, or being one's Miranda rights [a waiver] ...
Miranda warnings
Miranda warnings : the warnings given by police in advising an arrested person of his or her Miranda rights ...
arrival-departure card
arrival-departure card Also known as Form I-94, Arrival-Departure Record. The U.S. Customs and Border Protection official at the port-of-entry gives foreign visitors (all non-U.S. citizens) an Arrival-Departure Record, (a small white card) when they enter the United States. Recorded on this card is the immigrant classification and the authorized period of stay in the U.S. This is either recorded as a date or the entry of D/S, meaning duration of status. It is important to keep this card safe because it shows the length of time you are permitted and authorized by the Department of Homeland Security to stay in the U.S. It is best kept stapled with your passport, kept in a safe place. The visitors return the I-94 card when they leave the country. The I-94W, Nonimmigrant Visa Waiver Arrival-Departure Record (green card) is for travelers on the Visa Waiver Program. Go to the FAQs on the I-94 Form & the I-95 Form to learn more. Source: Department of State. March 2007. ...
Cards
Cards. To keep a common house for card-playing is unlawful.-Gaming Houses Act, 1854 (17 & 18 Vict. c. 38); and see GAMING. Cheating at cards is punishable by the Gaming Act, 1845 (8 & 9 Vict. c. 100), s. 17. An excise duty of 3d. a pack-i.e., any quantity not exceeding 52-on home-made cards is levied by 25 & 26 Vict. c. 22, and a customs duty of 3s. 9d. per dozen packs on imported cards by the (English) Customs Tariff Act, 1876 (39 & 40 Vict. c. 36)...
Credit card
Credit card, is a payment of card, the holder of which is permitted under his contract with the user of the card to discharge less than the whole of any outstanding balance on his payment card account on or before the expiry of a specified period, subject to any contractual requirements with respect to minimum or fixed amount of payments. UK Credit Card (Merchant Acquisition) Order, 1990, SI 1990/2158, Art. 29(1). See also H.M. Ogilvie Canadian Banking Law, Carswell, Scarborrow, 1991, p. 647....
i-551 (green card)
i-551 (green card) Permanent residence card or alien registration receipt card or "green card." See Lawful Permanent Resident. Source: Department of State. March 2007. ...
Card
A piece of pasteboard or thick paper blank or prepared for various uses as a playing card a visiting card a card of invitation pl a game played with cards...
Debit card
a small usually plastic card with a magnetic coded number similar to a credit card which is used to pay for purchases by the electronic deduction of a sum of money a debit directly from the card holders bank account Such cards do not require the establishment of a credit line and such transactions do not incur any interest payments...
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