This disclaimer also appears before the opening of their Sega Genesis and Super NES game as well as their Windows game Beavis and Butt-head in Virtual Stupidity.

To disclaim an hereditary peerage, the peer must deliver an instrument of disclaimer to the Lord Chancellor within twelve months of succeeding to the peerage, or, if under the age of twenty-one at the time of succession, before the peer's 22nd birthday.

The Act also allowed instruments of disclaimer to be delivered within twelve months of its passing, thus allowing a peer who had inherited his or her title some years before to disclaim it ; this was the means by which Tony Benn was able to disclaim his title.

Even though Burlington Industries ceased operations in 2004, it would be five years before the " not affiliated " disclaimer would disappear from TV commercials ; it still appears in print media today.

Kalter has done hundreds of voiceovers for national radio and television commercials and was also the lead continuity voice for the USA Network throughout much of the 1980s ( his voice can still be heard on USA when the disclaimer before infomercials is read ).

The most common example is an auditee that knows that the current auditor is going to issue a qualified, adverse, or disclaimer of opinion report, who then rescinds the audit engagement before the opinion is issued, and subsequently " shops " for another auditor who is willing to issue an " unqualified " opinion, regardless of any qualifying situations mentioned in the previous sections.

Then-NBC affiliate KRON-TV in San Francisco ran a disclaimer before the show with an AIDS hotline number and aired a half-hour live special, Midnight Caller: The Response during which activists and public health officials aired their grievances.

At Rechy's suggestion, Friedkin deleted a scene showing the Gay Liberation slogan " We Are Everywhere " as graffiti on a wall just before the first body part is pulled from the river, and added a disclaimer:

The disclaimer must also occur before the disclaiming party has enjoyed any benefits of the trust or inheritance.

Identity Cards issued before 2005 included a disclaimer written in small print in Hebrew and Arabic indicating that the card may serve as a prima facie proof for the data it includes except le ' om, marital status and the spouse's name.

Meyer persuaded ABC to dedicate the film to the citizens of Lawrence and also to put a disclaimer at the end of the film, following the credits, letting the viewer know that The Day After downplayed the true effects of nuclear war so they would be able to have a story.

The disclaimer which now screens at the end of every American film, " The preceding was a work of fiction, any similarity to a living person etc .," first appeared as a result of the legal precedent set by the Yusupov case.

Though Heaven's Gate was not the first film to have animals killed during its production, it is believed that the film was largely responsible for sparking the now common use of the " No animals were harmed ..." disclaimer and more rigorous supervision of animal acts by the AHA, which had been inspecting film production since the 1940s.

Nixon begins with a disclaimer that the film is " an attempt to understand the truth [...] based on numerous public sources and on an incomplete historical record.

ABC / Disney aired the film in the United States without commercial interruption, adding a disclaimer stating that it was " not a documentary ", that various scenes were invented, and that narrative “ time compression ” was used.

The film begins with a disclaimer noting the inclusion of " time compression and composite and fictionalized characters and incidents ," and takes dramatic license with both the historical timeline and events, as well as the fictional storylines originally presented on Dynasty.

The company argued that the film was factually inaccurate and urged HBO to air a disclaimer explaining that it had not verified any of the claims.

As a result, a disclaimer was added at the start of the film and some DVD releases.

Despite the disclaimer at the beginning of the film that asserts that the story is fictitious, Marked Woman is loosely based on the real-life crimefighting exploits of Thomas E. Dewey, a District Attorney for Manhattan who became a national celebrity in the 1930s, and two-time Republican Party presidential nominee in the 1940s, due to his fight against organized crime in New York City.

Although the film was screened with a disclaimer from the festival, Gertten was subsequently sued for defamation by Dole.

As a result, the studio placed a disclaimer at the beginning of the film informing the audience that the two films were not intended to be connected.

In the film An American Werewolf in London, and in " Michael Jackson's Thriller " the disclaimer refers to " persons living, dead or undead ".

" In the beginning of the 2009 American comedy-drama film ( 500 ) Days of Summer, a disclaimer is given: " Any resemblance to people living or dead is purely coincidental ...

* 1935-The Last Days of Pompeii, an RKO film, with Preston Foster and Basil Rathbone, which carried a disclaimer that, although the scenes of Vesuvius erupting had been inspired by the novel, the movie did not use its plot or characters.

Obvious similarities to South Park include the crude style of animation, the use of live-action ( the episode " One of Us " showed parts of the 1989 Israeli film of the same name, which the episode parodied ), and a tongue-in-cheek disclaimer similar to that of South Park.

The film is supposedly based on a true story as the DVD cover says " Unfortunately a true love story ", though during the end credits a fictitious disclaimer is shown.

The American Humane Association withheld its " no animals were harmed ..." disclaimer due to the accidental deaths of several tropical fish used in the film.

Friedkin later claimed that it was the MPAA and United Artists that required the disclaimer, calling it " part of the dark bargain that was made to get the film released at all " and " a sop to organised gay rights groups ".

Friedkin claimed that no one involved in making the film thought it would be considered as representative of the entire gay community, but gay film historian Vito Russo disputes that, citing the disclaimer as " an admission of guilt.

The DVD did not, however, include a " this film has been modified from its original version " disclaimer.

In the United States, a disclaimer must be conspicuous in the contract, e. g., in a different kind of print or font that makes it stand out.

It is an unusual motto for a public school in that it does not form an exhortation to, or a claim of, virtue or excellence but seems rather to act as a disclaimer: the school cannot be held responsible for the shortcomings of those educated there.

In patent law, a disclaimer identifies, in a claim, subject-matter that is not claimed.

By extension, a disclaimer may also mean the action of introduction a negative limitation in a claim, i. e. " an amendment to a claim resulting in the incorporation therein of a " negative " technical feature, typically excluding from a general feature specific embodiments or areas ".

In 2008, ACSH applauded the American Academy of Pediatricians for demanding that an episode of Eli Stone carry a disclaimer since the show depicted a jury awarding damages based on the claim that a vaccine caused autism.

In patent law, a disclaimer are words identifying, in a claim, subject-matter that is not claimed.

By extension, a disclaimer may also mean the action of introduction a negative limitation in a claim, i. e. " an amendment to a claim resulting in the incorporation therein of a " negative " technical feature, typically excluding from a general feature specific embodiments or areas ".

Notice how the disclaimer is printed in the upper right hand corner.

An e-mail signature is a block of text appended to the end of an e-mail message often containing the sender's name, address, phone number, disclaimer or other contact information.

In November 2005, AIM columnist Cliff Kincaid criticized Fox News for broadcasting a program The Heat is On, which reported that global warming represents a serious problem ( the program was broadcast with a disclaimer ).

One well-known case which upheld such a disclaimer is Mortenson v. Timberline.

A written disclaimer, similar to the words spoken by Goldberg in Volume 3, is shown at the beginning of each DVD in the Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 4, Volume 5, and Volume 6 sets, as well as the Daffy Duck and Foghorn Leghorn Looney Tunes Super Stars sets:

Furthermore, in the opening credits there is a mock disclaimer which reads ( in translation ): “ Any resemblance to real events, to persons dead or living, is not accidental.

IAAL (" I am a lawyer ") is sometimes used as well, usually with an explicit disclaimer such as " IAAL, but I'm not your lawyer ".

Attorneys may use a disclaimer to reduce confusion, and " I am not your lawyer " is part of a typical disclaimer.

For example, in the case of Anglia Ruskin University a disclaimer is added absolving the University for errors or omissions or for any consequences arising from the use of information contained on the University website.

Although much of the latter's material is derived from Franny Moyle's factual book Desperate Romantics: The Private Lives of the Pre-Raphaelites, the series occasionally departs from established facts in favour of dramatic licence and is prefaced by the disclaimer: " In the mid-19th century, a group of young men challenged the art establishment of the day.

Although some terms in academia do go out of style, such as " Dark Ages ", the term Barbarian is in full common currency among all mainstream medieval scholars and is not out of style or outdated, though a disclaimer is often felt to be needed, as when Ralph W. Mathisen prefaces a discussion of barbarian bishops in Late Antiquity, " It should also be noted that the word " barbarian " will be used here as a convenient, nonpejorative term to refer to all the non-Latin and non-Greek speaking exterae gentes who dwelt around, and even eventually settled within, the Roman Empire during late antiquity ".

" while the same disclaimer is shown on-screen.

A similar disclaimer is also used for the Chilean version of Gigante hosted by Don Francisco's daughter, Vivi.

Windows Media Player's default behaviour is to add copy protection measures to ripped music, with a disclaimer that if this is not done, the end user is held entirely accountable for what is done with their music.