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  • 1act — /akt/, n. 1. anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance: a heroic act. 2. the process of doing: caught in the act. 3. a formal decision, law, or the like, by a legislature, ruler, court, or other authority; decree or edict;… …

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  • 2Act of settlement — Settlement Set tle*ment, n. 1. The act of setting, or the state of being settled. Specifically: [1913 Webster] (a) Establishment in life, in business, condition, etc.; ordination or installation as pastor. [1913 Webster] Every man living has a… …

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  • 3Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction And Enforcement Act — The Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction And Enforcement Act ( UCCJEA ) is a Uniform Act drafted by the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws in 1997. The UCCJEA has since been adopted by 49 U.S. States, the District of… …

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  • 4shadow ACT — The system adopted to determine the extent to which surplus ACT carried forward (post 5 April 1999) can be set off against corporation tax arising on or after 6 April 1999. Although no actual advance corporation tax (ACT) arises on distributions… …

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  • 5Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act — Full title An Act to promote the financial stability of the United States by improving accountability and transparency in the financial system, to end too big to fail , to protect the American taxpayer by ending bailouts, to protect consumers… …

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  • 6Controlled Substances Act — Acronym CSA Enacted by the 91st United States Congress Effective October 27, 1970 Citations Public La …

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  • 7Removal of cannabis from Schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act — In the United States, all preparations of the Cannabis plant intended for use as a psychoactive drug or for medicinal purposes are currently classified under Schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act, the most tightly restricted category… …

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  • 8Water Resources Development Act of 1992 — The Water Resources Development Act of 1992 (WRDA 1992), USPL|102|580, was enacted by Congress of the United States on October 31, 1992. [ [http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi bin/bdquery/D?d102:1:./temp/ bdMCKV:@@@D summ2=m |/bss/d102query.html||Public… …

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  • 9Town and Country Planning Act 1990 — The Town and Country Planning Act 1990 was passed to better regulate the way in which large and small scale developments were approved by local authorities in England and Wales.ection 1Subsections 1 and 2 set out that county and district (county… …

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  • 10Uniform Prudent Investor Act — (UPIA), which was adopted in 1992 by the American Law Institute s Third Restatement of the Law of Trusts ( Restatement of Trust 3d ), reflects a modern portfolio theory and total return approach to the exercise of fiduciary investment discretion …

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