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However many tax codes transfer the burden of estate taxes to the holder of the interest in possession (life tenant) and may treat that person or the remaindermen as owning a second/surplus property. [6] Formally, where a system is derived from English law, the law divides into common law and equitable law.
Code of the Lifemaker is a 1983 novel by British science fiction author James P. Hogan. NASA 's report Advanced Automation for Space Missions [ 1 ] was the direct inspiration for this novel detailing first contact between Earth explorers and the Taloids, clanking replicators who have colonized Saturn 's moon Titan .
GOMER (G et O ut of M y E mergency R oom) is a name in medical slang for any patient who continually uses emergency room services for non-emergency conditions; its use is informal and pejorative. Element names from the periodic table are used in some hospitals as a placeholder for patient names, ex. Francium Male.
The Committee on Standards in Public Life is an independent advisory non-departmental public body, [1] with a secretariat and budget provided by the Cabinet Office. The committee advises and makes recommendations to the prime minister on ethical standards in public life. [2] It can conduct inquiries and collect evidence to assess institutions ...
Life insurance (or life assurance, especially in the Commonwealth of Nations) is a contract between an insurance policy holder and an insurer or assurer, where the insurer promises to pay a designated beneficiary a sum of money upon the death of an insured person. Depending on the contract, other events such as terminal illness or critical ...
Āśrama (Sanskrit: आश्रम) is a system of stages of life discussed in Hindu texts of the ancient and medieval eras. [1] The four asramas are: Brahmacharya (student), Gṛhastha (householder), Vanaprastha (forest walker/forest dweller), and Sannyasa (renunciate).
John Wakefield Holder (born 19 March 1945) is a Barbadian-born English former first-class cricketer and international cricket umpire. Holder was born in Saint George, Barbados . Following the completion of his education, he emigrated to England in search of work with London Transport .
The Code of Hammurabi is a Babylonian legal text composed during 1755–1750 BC. It is the longest, best-organized, and best-preserved legal text from the ancient Near East. It is written in the Old Babylonian dialect of Akkadian, purportedly by Hammurabi, sixth king of the First Dynasty of Babylon. The primary copy of the text is inscribed on ...