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121Vestments controversy — The vestments controversy arose in the English Reformation, ostensibly concerning vestments, but more fundamentally concerned with English Protestant identity, doctrine, and various church practices. First initiated by John Hooper s rejection of… …
122Federal Rules of Evidence — The Federal Rules of Evidence (FRE) govern the admission of facts by which parties in the federal courts of the United States may prove their cases. They were the product of protracted academic, legislative, and judicial examination before they… …
123California Constitution — Colton Hall in Monterey, site of the 1849 Constitutional Convention The document that establishes and describes the duties, powers, structure and function of the government of the U.S. state of California. The original constitution, adopted in… …
124Delegata potestas non potest delegari — In constitutional and administrative law, the principle delegata potestas non potest delegari (Latin) states that ‘no delegated powers can be further delegated’. Alternatively, it can be stated delegatus non potest delegare, ‘one to whom power is …
125Baker v. Nelson — Baker v. Nelson, 291 Minn. 310 (Minn. 1971), 409 U.S. 810 (1972), was a case in which the Minnesota Supreme Court ruled that Minnesota law limited marriage to opposite sex couples, and that this limitation did not violate the United States… …
126Australian criminal law — refers to the criminal laws of the several jurisdictions in the Commonwealth of Australia. These jurisdictions include the six states, the Commonwealth, and the self governing territories. It is in large part a matter for the states, with only a… …
127Trusts (conflict) — In Conflict of Laws, the Hague Convention on the Law Applicable to Trusts and on Their Recognition was concluded on 1 July 1985 and entered into force 1 January 1992. The Convention aims to harmonise not only the municipal law definitions of a… …
128Congressional response to the NSA warrantless surveillance program — Congressional inquiries and investigations Three days after news broke about the Terrorist Surveillance Program, a bipartisan group of Senators Democrats Dianne Feinstein of California, Carl Levin of Michigan, Ron Wyden of Oregon and Republicans… …
