His case may have been blurred by the ambiguous status of his wartime service.

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This has several important implications, which include the increased costs resulting from this third-party interference and the ambiguous nature of trust protector status and duties in American case law.

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But the statute doesn't define "provokes, " and that ambiguous word may hold the key to the outcome of this tragic case.

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Police found no case to answer, because the victim's account was "ambiguous and inconsistent".

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