1) v. to decide a legal question, by a court, as in: "I rule that the plaintiff is entitled to the goods and damages for delay in the sum of $10,000." 2) v. to make a judicial command, such as: "I find that George Gonzo is the parent of Larry Gonzo and rule that he mus...
The legal value of a letter ruling is extremely limited. The ruling applies only to the taxpayer who requested it and only for the year in which it is issued; federal tax law states that a letter ruling may not be used or cited by another taxpayer (I.R.C. § 6110(j)(3)). If th...
The European Commission on Wednesday expressed "grave concern" for "the clear risks for the independence of the judiciary" in Poland, saying it will take legal action against Warsaw next week, in the wake of a series of judiciary bills being proposed. The Polish Foreign Ministry also said that...
HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii’s strict limit on openly carrying firearms is lawful, a panel of federal appeals court judges ruled Wednesday in a lawsuit by a man who tried unsuccessfully several times to obtain a license to carry a loaded gun in public. George Young’s lawyer said he will ask...
Why not limit Neil Gorsuch — and all Supreme Court justices — to 18-year terms? Legal scholars and political scientists increasingly question whether life tenure remains a good idea for Supreme Court justices. While scholars disagree a... LA Ringhand,PMC Jr 被引量: 0发表: 2017年 ...
rule(v.) c. 1200, "to control, guide, direct, make conform to a pattern," from Old Frenchriuler"impose rule," from Latinregulare"to control by rule, direct," from Latinregula"rule, straight piece of wood," from PIE root*reg-"move in a straight line," with derivatives meaning "to...
The Tax Court concluded that as it pertains to the subtraction of operating expenses, Rev. Rul. 77-102 is a reasonable interpretation of the terms "depends" and "proceeds" in the statute and the Regulation.EBSCO_bspJournal of Taxation
Current legislative plans are in place to pay reparations, but the Japanese government has maintained that the sterilizations conducted under the eugenics law at the time were legal and as such it was not "obliged" to pay compensation to the victims of its much-maligned sterilization program. ...
Trump and his company have been winless in a series of costly, cascading high-profile legal battles in New York in the last 14 months. It has been a reckoning without precedent, with judges and juries alike concluding that Trump and his company have engaged in illegal behavior for years. ...
initiatives to make sure they're in compliance with the law, according to Scheiber. "I think it's really a concern about potential legal liability. It's less [about] going in the opposite direction than just trying to put your program on the firmest legal ground you can put it on," ...