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The Edmunds Anti-Polygamy Act of 1882 is a U.S. federal law that made polygamy a felony in federal territories.

Effective assistance of counsel is a right guaranteed for criminal defendants under the Sixth Amendment.

An element is an essential requirement to make a claim or defense in court, as in elements of a civil action or a criminal action. 

Elements of a case are the component parts of a legal claim or cause of action that a plaintiff must prove to succeed in a lawsuit.

Elements of a crime are the component parts of a crime. The prosecution must prove each of these elements beyond a reasonable doubt to establish the criminal liability.

An emergency protective order is a court order temporarily prohibiting a party from doing something to the opposing party. Usually, an emergency protective order is granted on an expedited basis without giving notice to the other party.

En banc is French for "on the bench." The term refers to a special procedure where all judges of a particular court hear a case. When the court believes that the matters are especially complex or important, the en banc procedure will be used. See e.g. Calderon v. Thompson, 524 US 965 (1998).

Sterilization eliminates a person's ability to procreate, typically through surgical procedures. Enforced sterilization, also known as compulsory sterilization, refers to forcibly sterilizing an ethnic group as part of a systematic attack against that particular group. Widespread or systematic enforced sterilization is a crime against humanity under the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court.

In general, enforcement power is the power of a government entity to enforce the law through investigations, arrests, and the ability to prosecute suspects on behalf of the public. In constitutional law, the name for a pr

In corporate law, the enhanced scrutiny test (also known as the Unocal Test) was established in Unocal Corp. v. Mesa Petroleum Co., 493 A.2d 946 (Del. 1985).