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  2. Life estate - Wikipedia

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    In common law and statutory law, a life estate (or life tenancy) is the ownership of immovable property for the duration of a person's life. In legal terms, it is an estate in real property that ends at death, when the property rights may revert to the original owner or to another person.

  3. Householder (Buddhism) - Wikipedia

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    The Buddhist notion of householder is often contrasted with that of wandering ascetics ( Pali: Pāḷi: samaṇa; Sanskrit: śramaṇa) and monastics ( bhikkhu and bhikkhuni ), who would not live (for extended periods) in a normal house and who would pursue freedom from attachments to houses and families.

  4. Button cell - Wikipedia

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    Devices using button cells are usually designed around a cell giving a long service life, typically well over a year in continuous use in a wristwatch. Most button cells have low self-discharge, holding their charge for a long time if not used.

  5. Estate (law) - Wikipedia

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    Under United States bankruptcy law, a person's estate consists of all assets or property of any kind available for distribution to creditors. [1] However, some assets are recognized as exempt to allow a person significant resources to restart his or her financial life.

  6. Committee on Standards in Public Life - Wikipedia

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    The Committee on Standards in Public Life (CSPL) is an advisory non-departmental public body of the United Kingdom Government, established by John Major in 1994 to advise the Prime Minister on ethical standards of public life. It promotes a code of conduct called the Seven Principles of Public Life, also known as the Nolan principles after the ...

  7. Life tenure - Wikipedia

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    A life tenure or service during good behaviour is a term of office that lasts for the office holder's lifetime, unless the office holder is removed from office for cause under misbehaving in office, extraordinary circumstances or decides personally to resign.

  8. Code of Hammurabi - Wikipedia

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    The Code of Hammurabi is a Babylonian legal text composed during 1755–1750 BC. It is the longest, best-organized, and best-preserved legal text from the ancient Near East. It is written in the Old Babylonian dialect of Akkadian, purportedly by Hammurabi, sixth king of the First Dynasty of Babylon.

  9. List of office-holders in the Government of India - Wikipedia

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    Droupadi Murmu. 25 July 2022 [1] Vice President and ex-officio Chairperson, Rajya Sabha. Jagdeep Dhankhar. 11 August 2022 [2] Prime Minister. Narendra Modi. 26 May 2014 [3] Chief Justice.

  10. Stictoleptura cordigera - Wikipedia

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    The adults grow up to 14–20 millimetres (0.55–0.79 in) and can be encountered from June through August, completing their life cycle in two-three years. Description. The head, pronotum and abdomen are black, while elytra have a bright reddish colour with a specific black drawing.

  11. Code of the Lifemaker - Wikipedia

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    Code of the Lifemaker is a 1983 novel by British science fiction author James P. Hogan. NASA's report Advanced Automation for Space Missions was the direct inspiration for this novel detailing first contact between Earth explorers and the Taloids, clanking replicators who have colonized Saturn's moon Titan.