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registration exemptions in 2025 Florida Statute §559.904(9) for mobile mechanics
In a section of Florida Statutes about "Motor vehicle repair shop registration; application; exemption" (§ 559.904), it contains the following:
(9) No registration application or fee is ...
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Can a company just change the terms of "lifetime"?
Back in 02/08/2005, I signed up for no-ip.com for a hefty fee of $12.95. I just got this email from no-ip,
Hi Evan,
We're reaching out regarding an important change to your Unlimited Enhanced plan.
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History or tradition of using "wrath of justice" in the American justice system?
In the context of very recent events, US Attorney General Pam Bondi posted1 a statement about individuals facing serious federal charges, which included the following sentence:
They will soon face ...
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Is there a legal difference between the terms order, judgment and decree?
For example in this sentence, is there a legal difference between the three?
"It is one thing to enforce money judgments of a sister state. It is quite
another to implement ex parte seizure ...
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What is the difference between a subjective standard of fault and an objective standard of fault in law?
What is the difference between a subjective standard of fault and an objective standard of fault in law?
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What is a self-induced harm or damage called in Roman Law, what is the Latin term?
What is the following situation called (in Roman Law?) in Latin: Some party A accuses some party B due to a damage or harm, but the harm or damage has been caused by actions of party A itself.
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How does one reconcile ignorance of the law with mens rea?
We often hear the popular phrase "ignorance of the law is no excuse", yet mens rea is an essential element of many crimes and torts.
Putting aside morally unambiguous acts such as assault, ...
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How to interpret the double reasonableness test for identifying abusive tax arrangements?
In the United Kingdom, a sufficient condition in determining whether an individual's tax arrangements are abusive is the double reasonableness test in GAAR. This states that tax arrangements will be ...
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What is an aggravating factor and why is kinship considered one?
I am reading the Wikipedia article on the Guardia Urbana crime, where the following is mentioned:
Although the crime was the same for both, Peral received five additional years due to the aggravating ...
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Legal advice vs. legal information
At a courthouse in Arizona I asked a clerk how to go about filing a civil suit. She answered by means of words and gesture that I was to fill out a specific form. When I asked what sort of information ...
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What's the difference between a law being unconstitutionally vague and unconstitutionally overbroad?
I'm a 1L at Northwestern, and in my Criminal Law class we were recently discussing the legality doctrine. In the course of this discussion, another student asked roughly the following question ...
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Meaning of the word "eligible" in 1787, and what it implies about the president
After answering this question, it occurred to me that I may have been partly wrong and wondered why I didn't think of that before.
Article II, Section 1, Paragraph 5 of the Constitution says:
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How can the court system ignore the original definitions of the law?
I’ve been thinking about the foundational laws that were made for the people, the core laws that are considered the original and supreme, the ones that all other laws created later are meant to follow ...
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What's the difference between courts, tribunals, commissions, and ombudsmen?
It seems that if a person gets into a dispute with the government or other people, there are a plethora of options. There are courts, tribunals, commissions, ombudsmen, and perhaps more.
What's the ...
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Adverse possession or what? [closed]
Part of the requirements for adverse possession in Oregon include maintaining "actual, open, notorious, exclusive, hostile and continuous possession of the property."
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