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advisory Opinions

advisory Opinions  

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Overview Page
Subject:
Law, International Law
‘The [International] Court [of Justice] may give an advisory opinion on any legal question at the request of whatever body may be authorized by or in accordance with the Charter ...
Certification

Certification   Reference library

Tinsley E. Yarbrough

The Oxford Companion to the Supreme Court of the United States (2 ed.)

Reference type:
Subject Reference
Current Version:
2005
Subject:
Law
Length:
230 words

the process through which a U.S. court of appeals (and, until recently, the U.S. Court of Claims) can certify questions

certification

certification   Reference library

The Handbook of International Financial Terms

Reference type:
Subject Reference
Current Version:
2005
Subject:
Social sciences, Business and Management, Economics
Length:
65 words

The marking on the transfer deed, upon the sale of registered securities, to show that the certificate has been

certified emissions reduction

certified emissions reduction  

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Overview Page
Subject:
Science and technology, Environmental Science
A unit of greenhouse gas reductions that has been achieved and has been subjected to certification under the Clean Development Mechanism agreed by the Kyoto Protocol. See also credit, emissions ...
Hays Code

Hays Code  

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Overview Page
Subject:
Media studies
A set of censorship guidelines for the United States motion picture industry in force from 1930 to 1968, introduced by Will Hays (1879–1954), President of the Motion Picture Producers and ...
ratings

ratings  

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Subject:
Media studies
See also audience measurement.1. An independent measure of the relative popularity of particular television or radio programmes in terms of the number of viewers and the audience share (based on a ...
recognition

recognition  

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Subject:
Social sciences, Business and Management
Employer acceptance of a trade union as the authorized representative of the workforce. Recognition is usually inscribed in a formal recognition agreement that states the rights and obligations of ...
Scottish Qualifications Authority

Scottish Qualifications Authority  

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Overview Page
Subject:
Social sciences, Education
(SQA)Established in 1997, the SQA is an executive non‐departmental public body sponsored by the Scottish government Education Department. It is the national body in Scotland responsible for the ...
trademark

trademark  

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Overview Page
Subject:
Law
Usage varies by region. UK and Australian spelling is trade mark; the US spelling is trademark.
writ of certiorari

writ of certiorari  

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Subject:
Law
The U.S. Supreme Court has the authority, given by Congress (according to Article 3, Section 2, of the Constitution), to issue a writ of certiorari, which is an order to ...

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