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Are witnesses allowed to give private testimonies?
Alice's grandpa Greg is on trial. Alice's testimony is crucial to get Greg convicted. But, for some reason or another, Alice doesn't want to appear in court as a witness in front of Greg to badmouth him. Is Alice allowed to give private testimony to…
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Can I ask for a Judge Trial - UK
In the UK, at least by my understanding, most trials are heard in a magistrates' court without a jury. Only the most serious crimes are heard in the Crown Court and require a jury verdict.
However, if I were being tried for a serious crime, say…
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Who owns the ancient alien bases hidden underneath Antarctica?
I know most of you don't believe in "aliens," but my friend John MacQuoid believes there are underground ancient alien bases in Antarctica.
Yeah, I know this sounds ludicrous, but according to John, an ancient alien species built several bases in…
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Alice's restaurant profiteering from those with allergies
Suppose Alice has a restaurant where she serves pies for £10. She can make them with gluten free bases for the allergic, and these bases cost her £3 over the regular ones' £0.5. However, to make one a gluten free pie, she charges £14 thereby…
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What is the status of laws that refer to the Queen now we have a King?
For example, the Treason Felony Act 1848 refers specifically to harm to the Queen:
If any person whatsoever shall, within the United Kingdom or without, compass, imagine, invent, devise, or intend to deprive or depose our Most Gracious Lady the…
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Is it legal to print the Nintendo logo (and trade marks) on retro spare parts?
For old consoles like Game Boy Classic/Pocket/Advance there are no official spare parts available anymore.
But there are a lot of unofficial spare parts. Some of them have the Nintendo logo and Nintendo trade marks (like "Game Boy") printed on…
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What would happen if someone sued every judge in the country?
What would happen if someone put together a list of every judge in the US and filed a lawsuit naming all of them as defendants? Obviously, it would be a frivolous lawsuit, but who can dismiss it without a conflict of interest? I don't think a jury…
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Is it legal to fix an iPhone with a non original battery in California?
I got my iPhone XR battery replaced 6 months ago. I chose a bigger capacity battery. The tech guy told me it is not apple's original part. But I decided to give it a shot. Battery life has been working great for me.
The same phone got its screen…
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What does "presumed innocence" mean in the case of S Rushdie attack?
The public defender of Hadi Matar (the man who attacked Salman Rushdie), Nathaniel Barone, said
[Hadi Matar] has that constitutional right of presumed innocence
What does that mean in that context?
He will have a fair trial, but there is no doubt…
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Would it be legal to erase, disable, or destroy your phone when a CBP agent attempted to seize it?
If a Customs and Border Protection agent demanded that I give him my phone while I (a US citizen) was re-entering the US, would it be legal for me to activate some kind of "panic button" that factory-reset and/or instantly bricked the phone before…
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Is calling emergency service for someone ever mandatory?
Is it ever mandatory to call the police or other emergency service for people? For example, say a friend has suicidal thoughts. Could you ever be breaking the law by not calling the police in such a situation?
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GDPR & Blocking EU Visitors?
I recently chatted with a colleague who is preparing to launch a social networking and forum website which targets a relatively narrow audience (for discussion, let's say it is a dating site that solicits personal information to help find potential…
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Why did the First Amendment not override the Copyright Clause?
Why does the First Amendment not override the Copyright Clause, making copyright an unconstitutional violation of freedom of speech and press?
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Could the US abolish copyright?
I know this isn't politically feasible, but is it legally possible for the United States to abolish copyright? Could the government withdraw from all treaties that require copyright, then repeal all copyright-related laws?
I know the Constitution…
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Do various common law sovereign citizen movement theories have any kernels of basis in fact?
Note: I had seen and reviewed the proposed duplicate/precursor question on freemen of the land but if you read my question a little more carefully you will hopefully see that mine seeks to go deeper into the issue than that one for manages to.
They…
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