Tags
A tag is a keyword or label that categorizes your question with other, similar questions. Using the right tags makes it easier for others to find and answer your question.
For questions about laws applying to musical works, recording and performance.
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Questions about ownership of property. More specific tags include real-estate, intellectual-property, common-property, community-property. More general tags include property.
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Laws and rights associated with schools, teachers, students, and the provision of and payment for educational services.
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For questions about groups in the workforce. Consider [employment] for questions concerning individuals in the workplace.
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Questions where the asker is interested in any jurisdiction
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Use this where a vehicle - for example, cars, trains, planes, boats - is essential to the question. Avoid using this just because a vehicle is involved.
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For questions regarding the Creative Commons suite of copyright licenses, created by the organization of the same name.
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For questions regarding the United States federal government. For questions about US federal law, use [united-states] instead.
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For questions regarding breaches (violations) of contracts.
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A panel of "peers" (often of 12) selected from the citizenry that acts as a "trier of fact" in a court case.
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First amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Related tags: "freedom-of-speech".
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For questions about trial in a court of law -- customs, procedures, and rules.
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For questions about the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on laws and other regulations, legal process and proceedings, and legality of action. Consider adding a location tag if the question is specific…
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Questions on use and classification of intellectual property as "public domain"
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Regarding "membership" among a country's "nationals," with rights and privileges bestowed upon them according to that country's laws, such as voting and other similar rights.
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A will or testament is a legal document by which a person expresses their wishes as to how their property is to be distributed at death.
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A tort is a civil wrong that does not necessarily rise to the level of a criminal act although torts and crimes can arise from the same acts or omissions.
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Questions concerning the laws, criminal justice system, civil court procedures and related topics specific to the state of New Jersey.
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Questions concerning the laws, criminal justice system, civil court procedures and related topics specific to the European country of France.
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Unlawful killing of a human by another human with malice aforethought. Related tags might be "homicide" or "manslaughter."
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For questions that seek to clarify the meaning of a term
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For questions about methods and sources for determining what the law is, or to find support for a legal argument.
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For questions regarding legally authorized search and seizure of private property
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Questions concerning the laws, criminal justice system, civil court procedures and related topics specific to the state of Oregon.
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Questions involving children, typically in relation to family-law. For questions about legal rights and responsibilities of young humans consider using tag "minor" instead.
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for questions relating to the custody, transfer, and management of money by banks.
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Legal allowance to use force to protect one's self. May encompass rights to use force to protect one's property or the person or property of others.
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Regulations: these are typically used to refer to rules and administrative codes issued by governmental agencies at all levels, municipal, county, state and federal. Although they are not laws, regula…
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regarding the losses (and the calculation thereof) suffered by a victim of a tortious action or omission
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Video and/or audio recording. For eavesdropping on telecommunications specifically use the "wiretapping" tag.
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For questions regarding laws that apply to the workplace. Related tags: [employment], [employment-law]
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For questions regarding ownership and control of digital data. This data is often held by a third-party technology platform, either on a user's behalf or for the platform's own purposes. Related tag…
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