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31pimping — Obtaining customers for a prostitute. Sharing in the earnings of a prostitute. To constitute the statutory offense of pimping, the defendant must be a male person; he must have knowledge that a certain person is a prostitute; there must he… …
32recruiting — Obtaining persons to strengthen a force, particularly for the armed forces. Recruiting heretofore usually having been accomplished by getting volunteers, the word is apt to call up that method only in our minds. But recruiting is gaining fresh… …
33use of ticket — Obtaining the admission, transportation, etc. to which one is entitled as the holder of a ticket. Where a passenger s ticket stipulates that it is to be used within a specified time, the general rule that the condition is complied with if he… …
34uttering worthless check — Obtaining goods or money by drawing and delivering a check on a bank in which the drawer has no funds or credit. 32 Am J2d False Pret § 19 …
35False pretenses — For the films, see False Pretenses (film). Criminal law …
36Deception offences — In English law, the main deception offences are defined in the Theft Act 1968 (TA68), the Theft Act 1978 and the Theft (Amendment) Act 1996. This page deals only with ss15 and 16 TA68. The same definition of deception applies in all the relevant… …
37Theft Act 1968 — The Theft Act 1968 (1968 c.60) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, governing most of the general property offences in English law. On 15 January 2007 the Fraud Act 2006 came into force repealing most of the offences of… …
38Gun laws in the United States (by state) — U.S. Firearms Legal Topics Assault weapons ban ATF Bureau Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act Concealed carry in the U.S. Domestic Violence Offender Gun Ban …
39Checking whether a coin is fair — In statistics, the question of checking whether a coin is fair is one whose importance lies, firstly, in providing a simple problem on which to illustrate basic ideas of statistical inference and, secondly, in providing a simple problem that can… …
40Checking if a coin is fair — In statistics, a fair coin is an idealized randomizing device with two states (usually named heads and tails ) which are equally likely to occur. It is based on the ubiquitous coin flip used in sports and other situations where it is necessary to …
