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Is accusing someone of a crime slander if you believe the accusation to be true?
I have just read a short story ("The Disagreeable Man", by Henry Cecil) in which a dubious (to me) legal trick is used to con a small town out of a significant amount of money. I want to know if the story is legally plausible. Spoilers abound in…
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When ordering off Amazon, are you allowed to keep a product that's significantly more valuable than what you originally ordered?
A friend of mine ordered a 60 EUR PC case off of Amazon.nl, but when receiving it today it turns out it is an entire prebuilt gaming PC valued at around 1400 EUR. in the friends group, we speculated that it's returned product that was processed…
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Can you own a copyright of something where no remaining copies exist?
Suppose Bob owns the copyright to a TV show. Unfortunately, Bob isn't very smart, and he keeps the only copy in the world in a warehouse, and the warehouse accidentally burns down. Does this have any effect on Bob's ownership of the copyright?
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Theft on golf course
Let's say hypothetically two men are playing golf on a public golf course.. One man loses his ball in a stream (which is on the golf course's property)... The man goes to collect his ball from the stream and comes back with his original ball and 10…
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Is it legal to take an attacker's illegal gun?
Suppose that Bob, with no justification, draws a gun¹ and aims it at Bill. This gun is illegal to possess in their jurisdiction. Bill, who was unarmed initially, manages to overpower Bob and take the gun before Bob can fire it.
Has Bill committed a…
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If someone commits a crime, but suffers brain damage and has no memory of the crime, will they get punished?
Say that Bob is a horrible person who commits murder, theft, and a bunch of other bad stuff. Before getting caught, he shoots himself in the head. Miraculously, he survives, but with a severe case of amnesia where he's basically a new person with no…
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Is it legal for the police to take you away from home and abandon you without means of getting to safety?
It is reported that police arrested a man at his home in the middle of the night, drove him three miles away and "dearrested" him nine minutes later. He was left with no money, phone and bare footed and was struck by a car and killed attempting to…
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Why don't alcoholic beverages have the ingredients list?
Most alcoholic beverages (such as beers and wines) don't list the ingredients or nutritional information. Why is this? Is there a special exception for alcoholic beverages?
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Is there any merit in continuing to fight a trial despite an overwhelming chance of losing and there being no plea deal?
For example, if the evidence is overwhelmingly against them and the defendant knows they are guilty and there is no chance for a lesser sentence or a plea deal (happens in certain jurisdictions), is there still any merit to continuing with a trial?
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Do I have to name all editors when reusing text from Wikipedia and SE?
Wikipedia writes that
You should not cite any particular author or authors for a Wikipedia article, in general. Wikipedia is collaboratively written. However, if you do need to find the list of authors of a particular article, you can check the…
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Is it illegal to block, on social media, a person who sends a legal threat?
I live in the middle east, and two weeks back I left a negative factual review on a certain hostel in Abu Dhabi. They gave me a scare threat today, saying that they will file a police case for this. I responded by blocking them. They responded with…
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Can numbers be illegal?
This video explaining this wikipedia article says that possessing a particular number can be illegal. Is this true?
From the article (internal links and formatting removed):
An illegal prime is a prime number that represents information whose…
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What can a lawyer do if the client wants to be acquitted of everything despite serious evidence?
Alex the accused has been charged with a series of crimes. The list of charges is long (beating up his wife, speeding while drunk, trafficking...) and for most crimes, the evidence presented by the state attorney is very strong.
Dave the defense…
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How would one comply with a court order to unpublish unlimitable information?
(If this has been asked, please deduplicate; I searched but couldn't find anything similar. Thanks!)
This is wholly hypothetical, I hope. Let's have two people, "Alice" and "Bob". Alice publishes some data that, for whatever legal reason, they ought…
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Why is place of birth shown on European driving licences?
Driving licences issued by the EEA-countries display the place of birth of the license holder. Why is this information so important that it needs to be on the driving license?
I've tried to research this topic but all answers boil down to the fact…
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