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The acceptance of a person in an emigrating country who has fled one's home country for fear of persecution. … [Read more...] about POLITICAL ASYLUM

construction. Marks in writing and in print, to denote the stops that ought to be made in reading, and to point out the sense. 2. Points are not usually put in legislative acts or in deeds: Eunom. Dial. 2, Section 33, p. 239; yet, in construing them, the courts must read them with such stops as will give effect to the whole. 4 T. R. 65. 3. The points are the comma, the … [Read more...] about POINTS

Voluntary associations and groups which promote candidates for public office. Political parties are not government. … [Read more...] about POLITICAL PARTY

Legal points and legal authorities; the basis in law and fact that comprises of an argument in a lawsuit. Typically a memorandum of law I included with a brief made in a persuasive argument to court that lists all the statutes, relevant case law and precedent that supports the party's position in the case. … [Read more...] about POINTS AND AUTHORITIES

A question presented for the court which it declines to answer on the basis that another branch of government, the executive or legislative branch, is the more appropriate body to analyze the issues and formulate an answer. … [Read more...] about POLITICAL QUESTION