statutes

copyright

Copyright is the exclusive legal right to reproduce, publish, sell, or distribute the matter and form of something.

Overview - U.S. Copyright Act

The U.S. Copyright Act, (codified at 17 U.S.C. §§ 101 - 810), is federal...

Copyright Owner

A copyright owner is the entity that owns the exclusive rights comprised within a copyright. Copyright owners have specific rights, such as reproduction of the work, distribution of the work, production of products deriving from the work or...

county government - state statutes

Alabama- Title 11 Alaska Arizona- Title 11 Arkansas (see Title 14, Subtitle 2) California (see Title 3) Colorado (see Title 30) Connecticut- Title 6 Delaware- Title 9 Florida (see Title XI) Georgia (see Title 36, Chapters 1 through 20) Hawaii...

courts and court officers - state statutes

Alabama (see Title 12) Alaska- Title 22 Arizona- Title 12 Arkansas (see Title 16, Subtitle 2) Colorado (see Title 13) (searchable index) Connecticut- Title 51 Delaware- Title 10 District of Columbia (see Title 11) Florida (see Title V) Georgia...

covert propaganda

Covert propaganda refers to media materials prepared by a government agency and then disseminated by a non-government outlet with the source undisclosed. [1] Covert propaganda materials are “misleading as to their origin.” [2] The source must...

crime

A crime is behavior that is punishable as a public offense. The elements of a crime generally come from statutes, but may also be supplied by the common law in states where the criminal common law still carries force.

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crime against humanity

Crimes against humanity are specific crimes committed in the context of a large-scale attack targeting civilians, regardless of their nationality. These crimes include the most egregious violations of human dignity, especially those directed...

data broker

According to Vermont Statute, 9 V.S.A. § 2430 (4)(a) a data broker is a “business, or unit or units of a business, separately or together, that knowingly collects and sells or licenses to third parties the brokered personal information of a...

Davis-Bacon Act

Davis-Bacon Act is a federal law codified in Title 40 of the U.S. Code that regulates prevailing wage rates on public works projects. Davis-Bacon Act basically provides that all laborers and mechanics working on construction projects which...

dead man's statute

A dead man's statute states that in a civil action, a party with an interest in the litigation may not testify against a dead party about communications with the dead party. In Larkin v. Metz, 398 Pa.Super. 235, the court noted that the “...

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