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Is it legal to photograph a couple making out in a cinema?
If you go to a cinema and there's a couple making out in the darkness,* is it legal to photograph them?
In several jurisdictions, it is legal to photograph someone in public even if they don't agree with it. On the other hand, you are intentionally…
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Is it possible for a voter to be rendered ineligible in both their prior and new states while in the process of moving?
If a person moves in close proximity to the day of the election, is it possible they are rendered legally ineligible to vote in both their new and prior states of residency?
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Does legislation on transgender healthcare affect medical researchers?
I have a very simple question that I’m struggling to find an answer for online. Over the last several years, several countries and many states in America have passed legislation that ban medical providers from providing certain treatments to…
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Is there a way to prove ownership of church land?
Most Church of England land has been church property longer than the Land Registry has existed, and no results are provided on their search.
Is there a way to acquire paperwork that demonstrates church ownership, for example to allow an electricity…
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A man hires someone to murders his wife, but she kills the attacker in self-defense. What crime has the husband committed?
Just today I watched a movie. A husband wants his wife dead and hires a killer. She manages to kill her attacker in self defence but the police and a jury don’t believe her and she is convicted for murder. The husband knows she is innocent but keeps…
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When, if ever, is bribery legal?
Bribing public officials, policemen, etc. to be corrupt in the execution of their duties is illegal. However, consider the following hypothetical:
"Robert Payne" is a wealthy businessman. While walking along the street one day minding his own…
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In the US, are employers liable for torts caused by their employees working from home
I WFH and today I had a meeting that ran way over time and I had to pick up my kid from school. I didn't want to miss the rest of the discussion and wanted to push back on one issue, so threw my laptop on the front seat, turned on the hotspot and…
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Is it an independent and additional offence to have a fake passenger (e.g., a mannequin) to try to avoid HOV violation detection?
Reading https://ktla.com/news/local-news/carpool-violator-busted-in-southern-california-despite-next-level-dummy/amp/ (mirror) made me wonder: is it illegal to have a fake passenger (e.g., a mannequin) to try to avoid HOV violation…
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Can copy-pasting a word definition from a dictionary site cause a copyright issue?
I just saw the following at the English language and usage stack exchange meta forum (ELU meta).
We should not be pasting definitions from online dictionaries into answers when their terms of service prohibit such use
As one of the answers there…
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Baseball caught: Ownership? Can one leave?
A spectator found the baseball of Shohei Ohtani's first home run in the bleachers.
According to the linked article, she was surrounded by security and pressured to give up the ball (so that Ohtani can have the memorabilium). She was offered other…
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is there (yet) a standard, simple license header that prohibits machine learning?
Is there an SPDX or other widely accepted license header syntax/format that prohibits machine learning?
My company's Github license statement includes:
"Licensee is not granted the right to, and Licensee shall not ...[use company's open source code…
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How should the inherited Italian property of an American who died intestate in Dominican Republic be handled?
An American citizen died in the Dominican Republic 15 years ago without a will. His last address was in the DR. We recently learned he owns property in Italy (he was born there and inherited his parents' house and properties). His children, as his…
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Can a medical professional give purely palliative care to a prisoner being executed?
In the United States, medical professionals are not allowed to participate in executions of prisoners. Are they allowed to give palliative care to the prisoners during the process, if the care given serves only to reduce the prisoner's suffering and…
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Is it cruel and unusual punishment for animal control to remove a student from a school?
A bill has been introduced in the Oklahoma legislature, aiming to penalize public school students who participate in the therian and otherkin subcultures (people who identify as animals or as fictional creatures) and the furry fandom (people…
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Can one be convicted of murder without a body?
There is an ongoing case in France about Mrs Delphine Jubilar (fr) who disappeared one night in December 2020.
Her partner is accused of having murdered her, but no body was ever found. He is currently held in prison pending trial.
Can one be…
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