For a 20-character code, the Legal Entity Identifier generates a lot of passion.

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Decades-old demands for the Islamic legal code to be strictly applied in Aceh have also been ignored, partly because the idea worries many other Indonesians, the majority of whom are Muslim but not pious.

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They are also asked to verify the 15-digit IMEI (International Mobile Equipment Identity) code of legal devices.

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First he argued laches, the legal term meaning Lemelson had waited too long to press claims over his bar-code reader supposedly invented in the early 1950s.

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Within large mutual fund organizations, only in- house legal counsel is in a position to monitor manager personal trading compliance with the code of ethics.

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The source code for the existing Silent Text version is here and the company tells me that the new Silent Text source code will be released sometime in March or April after confirming legal issues such as licenses for third-party libraries.

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This, with respect, contravenes a number of legal principles and rights afforded to the accused, as well as the specific regulations of the World Anti-Doping Agency Code and the Regulations of the IAAF, which clearly state that the accused has the right to be represented at the hearing live, with the right to also call witnesses, present evidence and the right to cross-examine witnesses and rebut evidence, if any, against her.

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