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  2. International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea

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    By 1864 the regulations (or Articles) had been adopted by more than thirty maritime countries, including Germany and the United States (passed by the United States Congress as Rules to prevent Collisions at Sea. An act fixing certain rules and regulations for preventing collisions on the water. 29 April 1864, ch. 69.

  3. Robert's Rules of Order - Wikipedia

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    History Henry M. Robert. A U.S. Army officer, Henry Martyn Robert (1837–1923), saw a need for a standard of parliamentary procedure while living in San Francisco.He found San Francisco in the mid-to-late 19th century to be a chaotic place where meetings of any kind tended to be tumultuous, with little consistency of procedure and with people of many nationalities and traditions thrown together.

  4. Treatise on Law - Wikipedia

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    Treatise on Law is Thomas Aquinas ' major work of legal philosophy. It forms questions 90–108 of the Prima Secundæ ("First [Part] of the Second [Part]") of the Summa Theologiæ, [1] Aquinas' masterwork of Scholastic philosophical theology. Along with Aristotelianism, it forms the basis for the legal theory of Catholic canon law.

  5. What judicial ethics rules say about Clarence Thomas ... - AOL

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    But whether Thomas violated ethics rules by failing to disclose that hospitality is tricky. What judicial ethics rules say about Clarence Thomas’ lifestyle bankrolled by his friends Skip to main ...

  6. Clarence Thomas - Wikipedia

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    Clarence Thomas Official portrait, 2007 Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States Incumbent Assumed office October 23, 1991 Appointed by George H. W. Bush Preceded by Thurgood Marshall Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit In office March 12, 1990 – October 23, 1991 Appointed by George H. W. Bush Preceded by Robert Bork Succeeded ...

  7. United States Senate Committee on Rules and Administration

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    The Committee was first created as the Select Committee to Revise the Rules of the Senate on December 3, 1867. On December 9, 1874, it became a standing committee. On January 2, 1947, its name was changed to the Committee on Rules and Administration, and it took over the functions of the following committees:

  8. Fasting and abstinence in the Catholic Church - Wikipedia

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    The former regulations on abstinence obliged Catholics starting as young as age seven, but there were many exceptions. Large classes of people were considered exempt from fasting and abstinence, not only the sick and those with physically demanding jobs, but also people traveling and students.

  9. California Code of Regulations - Wikipedia

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    The California Code of Regulations ( CCR, Cal. Code Regs.) is the codification of the general and permanent rules and regulations (sometimes called administrative law) announced in the California Regulatory Notice Register by California state agencies under authority from primary legislation in the California Codes.