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    In criminal law, Blackstone's ratio (more recently referred to sometimes as Blackstone's formulation) is the idea that: It is better that ten guilty persons...
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    Fortescue, Blackstone's analysis is the one picked up by Benjamin Franklin and others, so that the term has become known as "Blackstone's Ratio". As John...
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    precision (and making many false alarms). In the other direction, Blackstone's ratio, "It is better that ten guilty persons escape than that one innocent...
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  • in many criminal justice systems, and its origin can be traced to Blackstone's ratio, "It is better that ten guilty persons escape than that one innocent...
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  • on evidence presented during the trial. Blackstone's ratio as expressed by the English jurist William Blackstone in his seminal work, Commentaries on the...
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  • produced about the event. Accusation Allegation Black propaganda Blackstone's ratio Blame Criminal accusation Cancel culture Defamation False alarm False...
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    acceptable atonements. Law portal Absence of Malice Abu Dhabi Secrets Blackstone's ratio Blind item Character assassination, smear campaign Chilling effect...
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    conviction is believed to be the longest in American history. Alford plea Blackstone's ratio Error of impunity False accusations False allegation of child sexual...
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  • as racial prejudice, "media frenzy", cognitive bias, and others. Blackstone's ratio False accusation Give me the man and I will give you the case against...
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  • Blackstone Academy Charter School, commonly known as Blackstone Academy or BACS, is an American secondary, independent day school in Pawtucket, Rhode...
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  • 1SAX Brix (°Bx), measurement unit of the dissolved sugar-to-water mass ratio of a liquid Belgium, World Meteorological Organization country code Brussels...
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    previous year and representing a CEO-to-median worker pay ratio of 549-to-1 for that year. "Blackstone goes with Nassetta over Hart as Hilton CEO: Travel Weekly"...
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    The proportion of sand was also changed, so that it was in a 1:1.3 to 1:3 ratio with the calcined gypsum. This resulted in a runnier mix, but the set up...
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  • The housing debt to income ratio or debt-service ratio is the ratio of mortgage payments to disposable income. When the ratio gets too high, households...
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    Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Black's Law Dictionary. According to William Blackstone's declaratory theory the common law reaffirmed pre-existing customs but...
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    Wortmann, and was continued by Hal Mather in his discussion of the P:D ratio, whereby P is defined as the production lead time, i.e. how long it takes...
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  • general run of mortmain forbiddance shapes the case's reasoning (ratio). William Blackstone wrote, in 1765, "The reason of [this] appellation Sir Edward Coke...
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  • Gilmore Girls on DVD, in regions 1, 2 and 4, mainly in full-screen 4:3 ratio due to Amy Sherman-Palladino's preference at the time of original release...
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    needed] Throughout his 30 years as CEO, he carried a low debt-to-capital ratio and a high credit rating, enabling him to gobble up such properties as Bally's...
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    used as a justification for nullifying the legislation, but by 1772, Blackstone's views had gained acceptance. The 1803 case Marbury v. Madison formed...
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    triangles, folded at the edges where two triangles meet. Its aspect ratio – the ratio of the strip's length to its width – is 3 ≈ 1.73 {\displaystyle {\sqrt...
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  • depending on the source of law involved: ratio decidendi for precedent, ratio legis for statutory law, and ratio iuris for unwritten legal principles. The...
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    156.00 (FTE) Grades 9–12 Enrollment 1,837 (2022-23) Student to teacher ratio 11.78 Campus size 33.477 acres (13.548 ha) Color(s)   Blue   Orange Mascot...
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  • details DVD Layout 14 episodes 2-disc DVD set 1.66:1 non-anamorphic aspect ratio Languages: English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo) DISC ONE (7 episodes): Boom...
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  • assembly of governance or discernment (thus synodal), accessed 30 July 2022 Blackstone, William. "Of Injuries to Real Property, and First of Dispossession, or...
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    Andrew Burrows, Sir Guenter Treitel, Jeremy Waldron, A. V. Dicey, William Blackstone, John Gardner, Robert A. Gorman, Timothy Endicott, Peter Birks, John Finnis...
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    Europe makes up the western fifth of the Eurasian landmass. It has a higher ratio of coast to landmass than any other continent or subcontinent. Its maritime...
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    as the best public high school in Massachusetts with a student-teacher ratio of 14:1, a diversity grade of A, and a college prep grade of A+. "Massachusetts...
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  • sole-sponsor buyout. Even when controlling for size, risk and leverage ratios, club deals required more lenders than sole-sponsor buyouts. According to...
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    interaction between students and professors via a 13:1 student to faculty ratio and an average class size of fewer than 25 students. Chartered in November...
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