jurisdiction
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The deadline to contest a will can be a matter of months in many jurisdictions, but the statute for promissory estoppel varies from two years to six years, depending on where you live.
From MarketWatch
Assembly Bill 630 allows just two jurisdictions — Los Angeles and Alameda counties — to create programs for taking apart and ultimately discarding RVs that are worth up to $4,000, Kin said in Thursday’s ruling.
From Los Angeles Times
“The most important thing for an agency head is to defend the jurisdiction of the agency that they’re running,” Selig said.
The Court upheld the Federal Circuit’s ruling and send the case back to be dismissed for lack of jurisdiction.
From Barron's
One expert on Polynesian history has estimated that between 1862 and 1888—when Easter Island was brought under the jurisdiction of the Chilean navy—“about 94% of the population perished or emigrated.”
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
