Because the first duke had no surviving sons, the title was allowed ( by a special Act of Parliament ) to pass to his eldest daughter in her own right.

Because of its chemical similarity to levomethorphan, DXM could also be treated as a Schedule II drug under the Federal Analog Act.

Because it was passed under the administration of President Abraham Lincoln, the False Claims Act is often referred to as the " Lincoln Law.

Because of these regulatory restrictions on ownership, hedge funds have been exempted from mandatory registration with the US Securities and Exchange Commission ( SEC ) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, which is generally intended to regulate investment funds sold to retail investors.

Because Sections 3 ( c ) 1 and 3 ( c ) 7 of the Investment Company Act of 1940 prohibit hedge funds from making public offerings, funds must sell their securities in accordance with the private offering rules under the Securities Act of 1933.

Because hedge funds do not have publicly traded securities, they are not subject to all of the reporting requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

Because of this codification approach, a single named statute ( like the Taft-Hartley Act, or the Embargo Act ) may or may not appear in a single place in the Code.

Because many forms of restraint upon commercial competition extended across state lines so as to make regulation by state action difficult or impossible, Congress enacted the Sherman Act, 21 Cong. Rec.

Because wild boar are included in the Dangerous Wild Animals Act 1976, certain legal requirements have to be met prior to setting up a farm.

* Law: Because the case Campbell v. Hall called into question the ouster of French law by the Royal Proclamation of 1763, the Act confirmed that French law continued to govern civil matters, but was ousted in favour of English law in criminal matters.

Because by 1900 much of the prime low-lying alluvial land along rivers had been homesteaded, an update called the Enlarged Homestead Act was passed in 1909.

Because the Act did not disturb existing private ownership of Indian reservation lands, it left reservations a checkerboard of tribal and fee land, which remains the case today.

Because these areas have tribal sovereignty, states have limited ability to forbid gambling there, as codified by the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act of 1988.

Because of these effects, the FCC designed the Communications Act 1996 “ to provide for a pro-competitive, de-regulatory national policy framework designed to accelerate rapidly private sector deployment of advanced information technologies and services to all Americans by opening all telecommunications markets to competition ..." The Telecommunication Act of 1996 also added and changed some rules to account for the emerging internet.

Because the Stamp Act was unpopular, a colonial jury was unlikely to convict a colonist of its violation.

Because the authorities were required to read the proclamation that referred to the Riot Act before they could enforce it, the expression " to read the Riot Act " entered into common language as a phrase meaning " to reprimand severely ", with the added sense of a stern warning.

Because of this, many leading Catholics were opposed to the repeal of the Act, fearing it would stir up anti-Catholic sentiment for little practical return.

Because of a Freedom of Information Act ( FOIA ) request, on July 30, 2010, the Federal Bureau of Investigation ( FBI ) released a file with 423 pages of information on Howard Zinn ’ s life and activities.

Because The Salvation Army is a church, Title VII of the U. S. Civil Rights Act of 1964 allows them to inquire into religious beliefs in its hiring practices.

Because of this persecution the Waabanowin went underground and have just begun to reemerge since the passage of the American Indian Religious Freedom Act.

Because of his work on Let's Make a Deal, Hall's name is used in a probability puzzle known as " The Monty Hall Problem ," which examines the counter-intuitive effect of switching one's choice of doors, one of which hides a prize, if " Monty " reveals an unwanted item behind a door the player did not choose.

Because of its light weight, Hall's statue was once known for its frequent changes of location, often due to student pranks.

Because the initial goal for the Hall's opening of selecting 10 players from the 20th century had now been met, it was further decided to delay the next election until 1942, even though observers widely believed that electing three players per year ( 12 had been elected in four regular BBWAA elections ) had turned out to be an ideal rate.

Because of the permafrost, Hall's body, flag shroud, clothing and coffin were remarkably well preserved.

Because the hub maintains a constant position, the airbag can be optimally shaped to spread the load across the greatest possible area of the driver's body in a collision, thus reducing the chances of serious injury.

Because V < sub > as </ sub > can rise significantly and F < sub > s </ sub > can drop considerably, with a trivial change in measured M < sub > ms </ sub >, the calculated sensitivity value ( η < sub > 0 </ sub >) can appear to drop by > 30 % as the level changes from 0. 5 V to 4 V. Of course, the driver's actual sensitivity has not changed at all, but the calculated sensitivity is correct only under some conditions.

Because of the positioning of mirrors in the single entrance / exit ramp, buses entered the ramp and drove in on the left hand side of the ramp ( standard American practice is to drive on the driver's right side of the road or on a ramp ), where at the bottom, a display lamp would indicate which of the 15 berths the bus was to terminate at.

Because the shifter and parking brake cannot be mounted between the seats, the transmission selector or shifter is moved to the steering column, and the emergency brake is activated by a pedal in the driver's footwell.

Because of the incidents, the state of Colorado demands all seniors turn in their driver's licenses, much to the seniors ' anger.

Because Joy had begun with Ken Thompson's ed editor, ex and vi were derivative works and could not be distributed except to people who had an AT & T source license.

Because of an unusual copyright situation in which BBV was able to license K-9 but not Romana or other Doctor Who elements, the Mistress is not explicitly called Romana.

Because of the ease of obtaining a marriage license in Tennessee, Gatlinburg is a popular destination for weddings and honeymoons, with over twenty wedding chapels in the town and surrounding areas.

Because of national rules of professional license for top clubs in Norway, the stadium has only being certified for 3085 spectators.

Because of its aggressive feeding, it often mistakenly eats inedible objects, such as automobile license plates, oil cans, tires, and baseballs.

Because OSI does not have a registered trademark for the term " open source ", its legal ability to prevent such usage of the term is limited, but Tiemann advocates using public opinion from OSI, customers, and community members to pressure such organizations to change their license or to use a different term.

Because this Berkeley Software Distribution ( BSD ) contained copyrighted AT & T UNIX source code it was only available to organizations with a source code license for UNIX from AT & T.

Because of the strong ties she has made with Chicago, Corday decides to stay on after her fellowship is terminated, even though this means that she has to repeat her internship in order to get a license to practice in the United States during Season 5.

Because basic radio transmission equipment is relatively easy to obtain in the USA and because it is relatively easy to hide, the Federal Communications Commission ( FCC ), which has the authority to regulate radio communications, sometimes has difficulty in finding and prosecuting offenders who transmit without a license.

Because The Movie Network operates a singular feed and its license is restricted to broadcast solely in a geographical area covered by the Eastern, Atlantic, and Newfoundland time zones, the difference in local airtimes for a particular movie or program between two locations will be at most 90 minutes.

Because FRSC does not have a license from the Federal Communications Commission ( FCC ), the station is in open violation of US federal regulations.

Because the FM frequency offered better broadcast coverage of the region, the CBC found that it was able to surrender two FM repeater transmitters serving communities outside of the city — thus opening two new frequencies for license applications.

Because upload clearly states that the uploader / creator agrees to license under GFDL, hereby:

Because Movie Central operates a singular feed and its license is restricted to broadcast solely in a geographical area largely covered by the Pacific, Mountain and Central time zones, a particular movie or program will air up to three hours earlier or later depending on the location.

Because the drawing is dated on the day she died, and given the fact that the building houses a marriage license bureau, Ellen believes Dorothy had no motive to kill herself, and that the suicide note must have been mailed as a cover.

Because of the controversy, Wright's home district, the White River Conference, voted to rescind his license as minister.

Because WOWO's Nighttime Skywave Service caused WLIB, also 1190 kHz, in New York City to cease broadcasting at sunset each day and resume broadcasting at sunrise, Inner City Broadcasting bought WOWO in 1994 so that they could reduce WOWO's Class A clear-channel license to Class B, and WLIB, owned by Inner City Broadcasting could thereby increase its class from Class D to Class B.

Because his license had, however, been revoked in North Carolina, he had lost his right to drive in Florida at the time of the fatal crash.

Because Greenup didn't have a license for his elk farm ( which was composed of a dozen domesticated elk ) and therefore owed $ 25 in unpaid fees, legal action was started against him to recover some of the money he had withheld ; at the same time, the local bank began to foreclose his mortgage.

Because he was convicted of two felony counts of corruption in 2010, Leibell was forced to forfeit his law license.

Because ECW events were heavily traded via these bootleg-style " fan-cam " videos, it is often assumed that ECW didn't license their music, but in truth, all of ECW's official productions used properly licensed music.

Because CRTC regulations require a campus radio station to be governed by the university it serves, the CRTC issued CFFF a new license on October 17, 2007, officially reclassifying it as a community radio station.

Because of duopoly rules at the time, which would be partially repealed only two years later, both stations were launched as low-power stations ( though WFXI converted to a class A license in 2002 ).

Because the Supreme Court sidestepped the issue, it remains unclear to what extent a patentee can use a conditional license to impose restrictions on downstream purchasers .”