* Legal expenses insurance covers policyholders for the potential costs of legal action against an institution or an individual.

Legal action by the Center for Biological Diversity led to federal listing of the cat on the endangered species list in 1997.

Legal action by rival RCA kept commercial use of the system off the air until June 1951, and regular broadcasts only lasted a few months before manufacture of all color television sets was banned by the Office of Defense Mobilization ( ODM ) in October, ostensibly due to the Korean War.

* Legal remedy, an action by a court of law to impose its will

Legal action has been taken in at least one such case.

Legal action over the ownership of the rights ended in victory for Carte, Gilbert and Sullivan.

Legal action by the Indian government followed, with the patent eventually being overturned in 2005.

Legal action between residents of Springville and what became Mapleton, largely over water rights, allowed Mapleton to chart its own course beginning in 1901.

Legal action against Union Carbide had dominated the aftermath of the disaster, however, other issues have also continued to develop, which include the problems of ongoing contamination, criticisms of the clean-up operation undertaken by Union Carbide.

Legal action from Intel, who objected to the use of the strings " P166 " and " P200 " in non-Pentium products, led to Cyrix adding the letter " R " to its names.

Legal action may be taken against the police or the Crown Attorney or the Attorney General, as they are no longer exempt from suit.

On 29 November 2004, The Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly ( PACE ) Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights published a report which concluded " the Assembly considers that the circumstances of the arrest and prosecution of leading Yukos executives suggest that the interest of the State's action in these cases goes beyond the mere pursuit of criminal justice, to include such elements as to weaken an outspoken political opponent, to intimidate other wealthy individuals and to regain control of strategic economic assets.

Legal action against rogue traders

Legal action by EMI prompted the album cover to be changed to the skeleton of an eagle.

Senate Rules authorize the Senate to direct the Senate Legal Counsel to file a civil action against any private individual found in contempt.

Legal action and rioting continued for some years.

Legal action came to a head on December 16 when Lucien Riopel won a court judgment expelling Allard.

Legal action led to the diversion of the canal.

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Marshall — working as special counsel for the NAACP Legal Defense Fund — determined that the first course of action should be a publicity campaign mounted with the aim of gathering public support for the release of the men.

Legal action was taken against Golden China by Nintendo for importing copied games in 1995 ; however, as these clones have been in South Africa for many years, and readily available at reputable stores, such action seems to have had little impact, and Nintendo and Sega seem to have otherwise shown little consideration for piracy in South Africa.

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Legal action started a year later, resulting in an out-of-court settlement totalling £ 1. 7 million.

Legal allegiance was due when an alien took an oath of allegiance required for a particular office under the Crown.

The Servicemembers Legal Defense Network was founded in 1993 to advocate an end to discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation in the U. S. Armed Forces.

The lawsuit was co-sponsored by the Association of Faith-Based Organizations and argued by the Christian Legal Society.

Legal realism was a view popular with some Scandinavian and American writers.

The Deutsche Rechtsalterthümer ( German Legal Antiquities, 1828 ) was a comprehensive compilation of sources of law from all Germanic languages, whose structure allowed an initial understanding of older German legal traditions not influenced by Roman law.

Legal risk was not the only kind Pasteur undertook.

Legal issues over back taxes possibly owed by the PDS on former SED assets were eventually settled in 1995, when an agreement between the PDS and the Independent Commission on Property of Political Parties and Mass Organizations of the GDR was confirmed by the Berlin Administrative Court.

* Legal realism was a view popular with some Scandinavian and American writers.

Legal and illegal home brewing was popular during Prohibition.

The advisory opinion was issued in response to a formal request made by the International Seabed Authority following two prior applications the Authority's Legal and Technical Commission had received from the Republics of Nauru and Tonga regarding proposed activities ( a plan of work to explore for polymetallic nodules ) to be undertaken in the Area by two State-sponsored contractors ( Nauru Ocean Resources Inc. ( sponsored by the Republic of Nauru ) and Tonga Offshore Mining Ltd. ( sponsored by the Kingdom of Tonga ).

Legal obstacles for cohabitation were removed in 1926 in a reform of the Criminal Code, while the phenomenon was socially accepted much later on.

This article was inspired in part by OpenLaw and has spawned The Wiki Legal Journal, a site set up by members of the Wake Forest Law Review where authors can submit papers for critique in a wiki environment.

During the Qing dynasty, criminal justice was based on extremely detailed Great Qing Legal Code.

Legal translation was very important from 1896 to 1936 during which period the Chinese absorbed and codified their version of Western laws.

The two were denied Legal Aid, as was policy for libel cases, despite having very limited income.

Legal actions were taken by his younger brothers and Latimer, at the time of his marriage to Catherine, was having financial difficulties.

Cello was an early shareware 16-bit multipurpose web browser for Windows 3. 1 developed by Thomas R. Bruce of the Legal Information Institute at Cornell Law School.

In response, the Legal Tender Act of 1862 was passed.

Legal argument ensued over the course of the next twenty years until, in October 1966, the UN General Assembly decided to end the mandate, declaring that South Africa had no other right to administer the territory and that henceforth South-West Africa was to come under the direct responsibility of the UN ( Resolution 2145 XXI of 27 October 1966 ).

Legal issues over back taxes possibly owed by the PDS on former SED assets were eventually settled in 1995, when an agreement between the PDS and the Independent Commission on Property of Political Parties and Mass Organizations of the GDR was confirmed by the Berlin Administrative Court.

During a case in the TV law drama Boston Legal, a method of proving reasonable doubt was credited to Perry Mason with much success.

The Home School Legal Defense Association was cofounded in 1983 by Michael Farris, who would later establish Patrick Henry College, and Michael Smith.

The legislation was debated at second reading at the end of November 1979 and was referred to the Standing Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs.