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2. Duress in American law - Wikipedia

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   Duress is a threat of harm made to compel someone to do something against their will or judgment; especially a wrongful threat made by one person to compel a manifestation of seeming assent by another person to a transaction without real volition. - Black's Law Dictionary (8th ed. 2004) Duress in contract law falls into two broad categories: [6]

3. One-drop rule - Wikipedia

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   In the late 19th century, Southern whites regained political power and restored white supremacy, passing Jim Crow laws and establishing racial segregation by law. In the 20th century, during the Black Power movement, black race-based groups claimed all people of any African ancestry as black in a reverse way, to establish political power.

4. Talk:Black's Law Dictionary - Wikipedia

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   In this case, Black's Law Dictionary. Expansion of 44th most popular page, good call, 2nd edition search, also good call, note response link, some online legal dictionaries, good call to move, Software, good call, the rest of this page, garbage.

5. Henry Campbell Black - Wikipedia

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   Henry Campbell Black (October 17, 1860 – March 19, 1927) was the founder of Black's Law Dictionary, the definitive legal dictionary first published in 1891.. Born in Ossining, New York, went to school at Trinity College in Connecticut, receiving a bachelor’s degree in 1880, a master’s degree in 1887, and an Doctor of Laws (LLD) degree in 1916.

6. Common law - Wikipedia

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   According to Black's Law Dictionary common law is "The body of law derived from judicial decisions, rather than from statutes or constitutions". [17] Legal jurisdictions that use common law as precedent are called "common law jurisdictions," in contrast with jurisdictions that do not use common law as precedent, which are called "civil law" or "code" jurisdictions."

7. Sovereign citizen movement - Wikipedia

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   Sovereign citizens' legal theories reinterpret the Constitution of the United States through selective reading of law dictionaries (notably an obsolete version of Black's Law Dictionary), state court opinions, or specific capitalization, and incorporate other details from a variety of sources including the Uniform Commercial Code, the Articles ...