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Barring exceptional circumstances or strict exigency, Congress should not consider any major legislation or presidential nominations during a so-called lame-duck session—that is, between each November election and January 3, when a new Congress forms. Doing so undermines representative government by weakening the accountability link between the American people and their elected representatives.

Guidance on the law relating to National Insurance contributions including classification, refund and confirming National Insurance Numbers (NINO)

John Curiel Jul 18, 2021 10:10 PM ET Understanding the Apportionment Act of 1929 makes evident that there is no mathematical or well-founded politically principled reason for 435 members; it was largely an accident. Due to the freeze at 435 members, the average House district now represents over 760,000 people, which is set to increase to over 800,000 by 2030. Worse yet, House members effectively represent more constituents than every other major Organisation of Economic Co-operation and Development country in the world. Pakistan ranks second to the U.S. at just under 600,000 people per distr...

A Abatement Abatement is the proportional reduction of a legacy. It is necessary when an estate is insufficient to meet a legacy in full. Absolute interest Absolute interest is a full and complete interest in both income and capital. It can refer to the present or to the future when the interest vests. Some old ‘rulings’ given by trust deed examiners in Claims Branch, Bootle, refer to ‘an absolute interest in income’. This means the beneficiary is entitled to income, but not to capital. An ‘absolute interest in residue’ is statutorily defined in ITTOIA/S650(1) Absolute title A cer...

Corn fields are harvested at Ivordale Farm on August 1, 2018 outside Harare, Zimbabwe [Dan Kitwood/Getty Images] On August 31, the government of Zimbabwe announced that foreign white farmers settled in the country who lost land between 2000 and 2001 under former President Robert Mugabe’s controversial programme of land reform designed to empower landless Black peasants could apply to get it back. To enforce this dubious arrangement, the government will revoke offer letters to Black farmers who were resettled on the land formerly belonging to white farmers. And where restitution proves impr...