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Is it legal for an American citizen to obtain BRICS currency and then exchange those bills for U.S. dollars sometime in the future?
Is it legal for an American citizen to obtain [foreign] currency and then
exchange those bills for U.S. dollars sometime in the future?
This answer only considers the U.S. law implications, not the ...
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Is it illegal to give false information about a person to a foreign-based telemarketer?
The first point is that citizenship is not the controlling issue, jurisdiction is. A US citizen in Saudi Arabia is subject to Saudi law, a Saudi citizen in the US is subject to US law. I assume the ...
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Is it an Offence to Sleep in a Campervan While Drunk?
england-and-wales
Section 4 Road Traffic Act 1988
4 Driving, or being in charge, when under influence of drink or drugs.
(1) A person who, when driving or attempting to drive a mechanically
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Legality of mercy killing
england-and-wales
In the scenario, on the face of it Man B is guilty of murdering Man A. Man B intended to kill Man A and did kill Man A. The reasonable force defences seem inapplicable: self-defence, ...
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Legality of mercy killing
brazil
Man B would be committing homicide under Brazilian criminal law, although he can have their sentence reduced by between one sixth and one third if the court rules that there was "relevant ...
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Legality of mercy killing
No
new-south-wales
The first major problem with the accused position is that all the elements of murder is not in dispute - they killed the victim and they intended to kill the victim. The second is ...
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Is it an Offence to Sleep in a Campervan While Drunk?
No
Providing you can prove “that at the material time the circumstances were such that there was no likelihood of his driving”; being tucked up in your cot would seem to do that.
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Legality of mercy killing
Currently it's Illegal in germany
The paragraphs on killing someone are StGB §211, 212, 213, and 216. None of them leave a gap to allow active euthanasia or mercy killing under any conditions, and it ...
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Legality of mercy killing
canada
Outside of the very specialized legislated regime for medical assistance in dying, a person cannot consent to being killed, and any such purported consent does not relieve the other party from ...
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Is there any way to legally sleep in your car while drunk?
In the-netherlands, belgium, poland, sleeping overnight in a parked car is interpreted as wild camping and therefore prohibited in most places (some motorway rest stops in The Netherlands are ...
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Is there any way to legally sleep in your car while drunk?
Different jurisdictions have different criteria for both "driving" and "drunk", sometimes beyond a sane person's understanding.
What you can (almost?) everywhere do safely:
get a ...
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Is it legal to pretend to be drunk?
united-states
The potential charge would be obstruction of justice, not pretending to be drunk. The critical factor making this potentially criminal conduct would be an intent to interfere with the ...
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Is it legal to pretend to be drunk?
Yes in germany
Driving in a fashion that makes it apparent that you have no capacity to drive is violating §23 StVO
(1) Anyone driving a vehicle is responsible for ensuring that their vision and ...
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Is there any way to legally sleep in your car while drunk?
england-and-wales
Yes, it is legal to sleep in your car when drunk, but...
This is the law (Road Traffic Act 1988, section 4) that covers the offence:
(1)A person who, when driving or attempting to ...
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Is there any way to legally sleep in your car while drunk?
In New Hampshire (USA) our law was as you stated until 2020. That is, if a person over the legal limit was sleeping it off in a car and either had the car keys in their possession or had unrestricted ...
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Is smart watch illegal while in control of the vehicle?
I'm having trouble finding one page with the most up to date version of "Road Vehicles Regulations" with all amendments included, but the important amendment for this question is from 2003. ...
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Is there any way to legally sleep in your car while drunk?
hungary
According to section 236 of the Criminal Code, you have to "drive" the vehicle in order to commit the crime. Driving is understood as starting (ie. putting it in motion) or ...
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Is smart watch illegal while in control of the vehicle?
It says hold and use. Having a smartphone in your backpack is fine. Having a smartwatch on your wrist is fine. Using the smart watch for a phone call or a game or whatever while driving is not.
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Is there any way to legally sleep in your car while drunk?
I'm a UK resident. The advice I received from a policeman one time, was that it was the intent to drive whilst drunk which was arrestable.
So if you are sleeping in your car, how do you show that you ...
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Is there any way to legally sleep in your car while drunk?
germany
TL;DR: You can sleep drunk in your car but you shouldn't give the impression that you're attempting to drive.
The German criminal code says, in section 316:
Whoever drives a vehicle in ...
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Is there any way to legally sleep in your car while drunk?
Assuming you have a vehicle with an actual key, and not a wireless fob, put the keys in the trunk, get in the back seat and lock the doors. If the cops come knocking, do not answer questions.
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Is there any way to legally sleep in your car while drunk?
england-and-wales
Logically it must be possible in theory to enter (and presumably sleep in) a vehicle whilst drunk, otherwise you couldn't (for example) enter a motor home or a coach whilst drunk.
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Can I sell an unscheduled compound as a recreational drug in the USA?
If you are offering it as a recreational drug, then it requires FDA approval.
If you do sell it, though, you face criminal charges for selling a drug not approved by the FDA which is, generally ...
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Is there any way to legally sleep in your car while drunk?
Drunk driving laws require two facts, that the BAC of the operator exceeds a legal limit, and that the operator was causing the vehicle to move. While you can do extreme things like sleeping on the ...
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Is there any way to legally sleep in your car while drunk?
Don’t be in the driver’s seat
new-south-wales
If you are in the back seat or passenger seat or boot (trunk), you aren’t in control of the vehicle.
s112 of the Road Transport Act 2013 says:
(1) A ...
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Can an employer deduct PPE from pay?
You do not have to pay, however, IANAL.
For California, please see California Labor Code §6401. As shown in Westlaw, it says:
Current as of January 01, 2023 | Updated by FindLaw Staff
Every employer ...
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Who is breaking the law if a child engages in the gig economy?
Alice sets up a food delivery gig economy website alice.com, and requires people to be 18 or older to register in the terms and conditions.
Bob, aged 19, registers on the website.
Nothing illegal ...
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Is it illegal to take turns going to the bathroom with an unrelated 3 year child in the same room if the child doesn't see anything?
Yes, it’s legal
Even if they see everything.
Sexual offences under the Crimes Act require either a sexual act or the purpose of obtaining sexual gratification. Regular use of a bathroom for urination ...
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Is it illegal to take turns going to the bathroom with an unrelated 3 year child in the same room if the child doesn't see anything?
canada
Without more, the facts you describe do not describe an offence known to Canadian law.
It is hard to prove a negative (you would have to review the entire Criminal Code), but you can review the ...
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Is it possible the destruction of tents in central London is legal?
Is it possible the destruction of tents in central London is legal?
Yes, it is possible the destruction of tents in central London is legal. There may be a legal justification that we are not aware ...
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Can an employer deduct PPE from pay?
germany
Arbeitsschutzgesetz - § 3 Grundpflichten des Arbeitgebers:
Der Arbeitgeber ist verpflichtet, die erforderlichen Maßnahmen des Arbeitsschutzes unter Berücksichtigung der Umstände zu treffen, ...
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Is it possible the destruction of tents in central London is legal?
Your question would be much improved if it acknowledged more prominently that Veolia is working as a cleaning and garbage collection company.
Coming in after the police forced homeless people to leave ...
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Can an employer deduct PPE from pay?
australia
The Person Controlling the Business or Undertaking (PCBU) is required to provide and is not permitted to charge for Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
A PCBU is a term that includes but is ...
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Can a computer be guilty of insider trading?
You are anthropomorphizing the computer. While talking about a computer program "deciding" to make a trade can be a useful abstraction, ultimately it's just computer code. Perhaps someday AI ...
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What legal actions can a minor take against an adult having photos of her
The people who took those photos may be able to sue the man for copyright infringement, depending on the terms of use for the social-media sites from which he printed them.
The subjects of those ...
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Can a computer be guilty of insider trading?
I think there are two points on the problem.
Can a computer be guilty?
No. A computer cannot be guilty. The responsibility would be on whoever made the computer, programmed it, decided to use it, was ...
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Can a computer be guilty of insider trading?
I am in the US so my answer will be with our definition of Insider Trading (I doubt there are any real differences).I happen to work in software engineering for a large prop derivative trading firm ...
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Can a computer be guilty of insider trading?
The Bot is a means to trade. Just like a telephone to call a broker or a fax to the bank or an app where you click on "buy now".
Means cannot be "guilty" of anything. It's just ...
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Can a computer be guilty of insider trading?
However, if we take the demonstration at face value, and pretend it was happening in the real world, would a crime have occurred here? Assume none of the people involved expected the algorithm to use ...
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Can a computer be guilty of insider trading?
Can a computer be guilty of insider trading?
No.
In the united-kingdom a computer or "AI Bot" isn't an entity that can be prosecuted or sued.
The employees and the company are entities that ...
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