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appeal
to seek review by a higher court of a lower court’s decision.
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artists right act of 1990
an artist who creates an original work of visual art has the right to thwart any destruction or alteration to that work.
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bad faith
intent to deceive or mislead in order to gain advantage; violation of basic standards of honesty when dealing with others.
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breach of contract
failure to perform any material term of a contract (written or oral) without a legal excuse.
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captive audience
a person or group of people forcibly subjected to view or hear expression in the use of public facilities or places where they are reasonably unable to avoid seeing or hearing the expression.
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certiorari
an order by a higher court directing a lower court, tribunal, or public authority to send the record in a given case for review. This is mostly used in regards to the U.S. Supreme Court granting a petitioner the right to have their case heard before the court.
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chilling effect
the idea that vague and overly broad rules regulating speech are likely to result in people censoring themselves, even censoring acceptable speech, since they cannot be sure whether their speech is illegal or not.
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community standards test
one prong of the Miller obscenity test that uses the prevailing opinions of the community to determine whether something is obscene for purposes of the law. (See MILLER OBSCENITY TEST.)
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conspiracy
n. An agreement by two or more persons to commit an unlawful act, coupled with an intent to achieve the agreement's objective, and (in most states) action or conduct that furthers the agreement; a combination for an unlawful purpose. Conspiracy is a separate offense from the crime that is the object of the conspiracy. A conspiracy ends wh [..]
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content-based considerations
factors based on the subject matter of the work or material weighed before formulating a decision or opinion.
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