Scales of justice out of balance

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1. T

2. T

3. T

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1. The ACA's decision at least has the virtue of being consistent with a long string of family-law cases in Canada which interpret the supposed "mutuality of rights and obligations" arising from these relationships so as to presumptively assign all of the rights to the mothers and all of the obligations to the fathers. One can only hope the Supreme Court will settle this imbalance.

2. This reasoning has been endorsed by no less an authority than the Supreme Court.

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1.Remuneration is money paid for work or a service.

2.guardian is someone who has been legally appointed to look after the affairs of another person, for example a child or someone who is mentally ill.

3.Entitlement to something is the right to have it or do it.

4.validity of agreement is legality of the treaty or contract

5. be endorsed is to be approved, to be confirmed, to be ratified

Joan Collins Has Starring Role in Lawsuit

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1. T

2. F Random House is suingCollins, demanding the return of a $1, 2 million advance paid to her for manuscripts…

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1. Collins said she "felt completely shattered and let down" by the lawsuit…

2. Former Random House editor Joni Evans testified that in 1991, when she first read Collins' manuscript, she felt 'alarmed'. ‘It just wasn't working in any shape or form’ said Evans, now a literary agent ‘It was no good- It wasn't grounded in reality. It was dull, primitive and rough. It was cliched in plot’.

3. The jury decided that Collins had completed one manuscript in compliance with her contract. But Random House did not have to pay her for the second manuscript because it was merely a rehashing of the first one and not a separate piece of work.

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1. Sue is to start a legal case against smb., usually in order to get money in a form of compensation for harm.

2. terms of contract is conditions of the agreement

3. manuscript is a handwritten or typed document, especially a writer's first version of a book before it is published.

4. Jury is the group of people who have been chosen from the general public to listen to the facts about a crime and to decide whether the person accused is guilty or not.

5. Verdict is the decision that is given by the jury or judge at the end of a trial.

14) Tracking Humans: The Electronic Bracelet in the Modern World

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1. F Alternatives to incarceration such as the use of fines, community service, and restitution are products of the social movements of the 1960s.

2. F Violent crimes committed by electronically monitored offenders are rare.

3. T

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1. It is common knowledge that imprisonment returns a man to society with a scarred psyche, unpaid debts and financial losses, a highly disruptive if not irreparably broken family, children who lose respect for their parent, no job, and a gap in his life history that is hard to explain when he seeks a new job.

2. … electronic monitoring appears to centre on its potential to alleviate both prison overcrowding and the financial burden of incarceration.

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1. Incarceration is imprisonment.

2. Restitution is recompense for injury or loss.

3. scarred psyche is injured smb.’s deepest feelings; with wounded soul and mind.

4. Probation is a period of time during which a person who has committed a crime has to obey the law and be supervised by a probation officer, rather than being sent to prison.

5. welfare system is financial and other assistance given to people in need

6. burden of incarceration is a load of imprisonment

15) Underwater Weddings in Thailand: Legal or Not?

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1. F Since its launch in the late 90s…

2. T

3. F While newly-married couples will receive a marriage certificate, same-sex couples cannot have the same. This is because Thailand does not allow same-sex marriages.

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1. Engaged couples, couples renewing their vows and even same-sex couples have celebrated their union through this rite.

2. While the extraordinary underwater experience seems to be the greatest emphasis of the ceremony, the couple must never forget the more important issue of the wedding: the legality of the marriage itself.

During the ceremony, the couples will be asked to dive down and on the sand bottom, they will register their marriage.

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1.attendance is being present at a place or event

2.renew vow is to swear once again

3.witness a person who sees an event take place; a person who is present at the signing of a document and signs it themselves to confirm this.

4.local register is a local official book where marriages are registered.

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