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| | Indictable offence - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | In English law it is usual to use the term for those crimes the trial of which may be begun by an indictment. | | | In the United States, a crime of similar severity is usually referred to as a felony although it too proceeds after an indictment. | | | United Kingdom, Canada, United States, Australia), an indictable offence is an offence which can only be tried on an indictment after a preliminary hearing or by a grand jury. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indictable_offence
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| | A criminal offence is perpetrated by omission when the perpetrator, who is legally obliged to avert the consequence of a criminal offence defined by law, fails to do so, and such failure to act is tantamount in its effect and significance to the perpetration of such an offence by an act. | | | Criminal Offences not subject to the Statute of Limitations Article 19 Criminal prosecution and execution of a sentence are not subject to the statute of limitations for criminal offences of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes, or for other criminal offences that, pursuant to international law, are not subject to the statute of limitations. | | | For criminal offences referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article, to a legal person a punishment of dissolution of the legal person may be imposed instead of the fine, under the requirements referred to in Article 134 (Dissolution of a Legal Person) of this Code. |
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http://www.ohr.int/ohr-dept/legal/oth-legist/doc/criminal-code-of-bih.doc
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| | Provincial statute offences are not criminal offences but are prosecuted using the same legal procedures as criminal offences. | | | These are provincial offences which are non-moving or non-traffic (offences not directly related to driving, but to licencing, permits, plates, passengers, overweight loads and wildlife. | | | The accused person’s promise to pay a specific amount of money if he or she fails to comply with certain conditions set by the court. |
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http://www.saskjustice.gov.sk.ca/courts/court_terms/court_terms.shtml
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| | Sexual Offences Act 2003 |
| | Although this offence is not specifically limited to cases where the person controlled is aged 18 or over, it is aimed at those cases, as the offence at section 49 specifically covers cases where the person controlled is under 18. | | | Although this offence is not specifically limited to where B is aged 18 or over, it is aimed at cases where B is an adult, as the offence at section 48 specifically covers cases where B is under 18. | | | A separate offence is needed to cover trespass (as opposed to relying on section 62) because trespass is a civil tort and not a criminal offence. |
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http://www.legislation.hmso.gov.uk/acts/en2003/03en42-b.htm
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| | Mobile Phones and Driving: Frequently Asked Questions |
| | The offence is subject to a £30 fixed penalty or maximum fine of £1000 for conviction in court (maximum of £2,500 for drivers of goods vehicles or buses/coaches. | | | The penalty is a £30 fixed penalty or up to £1,000 on conviction in court (£2,500 for drivers of goods vehicles, buses or coaches). | | | The penalties on conviction for such offences include heavy fines, endorsement, disqualification and, in serious cases, imprisonment. |
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http://www.dft.gov.uk/stellent/groups/dft_rdsafety/documents/page/dft_rdsafety_025216.hcsp
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| | Police-information.co.uk legislation index - Scotland |
| | Offence: It is an offence for a person to have a controlled drug in their posession, whether lawful or not, with intent to supply it to another. | | | Offence: It is an offence for a person in connection with an application for a vehicle licence or a claim for a rebate to make any declaration which to his knowledge is either false or in any material respect misleading. | | | Offence: It is an offence for any person, without lawful authority, to abandon on any land in the open air, or on any land forming part of a highway. |
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http://www.police-information.co.uk/legislation/legislationindexsco.html
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| | (2) In cases where one offence would be punished by imprisonment and two or more other offences by a fine, the court can pass a joint sentence of imprisonment for all the offences or a joint sentence of imprisonment for some of the offences and, in addition, a fine for the other offences. | | | If an offence is, in addition to a general punishment, also punishable by removal from office or by another sanction, the sanction shall be imposed in addition to the joint punishment, if so called for in law. | | | If the offence has been committed in territory not belonging to any State, it is a precondition for punishability that, according to Finnish law, the act may be punishable by imprisonment for more than six months. |
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http://wings.buffalo.edu/law/bclc/finnish.htm
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| | Criminal Code |
| | No person shall be convicted of an offence in respect of an act or omission in obedience to the laws for the time being made and enforced by persons in de facto possession of the sovereign power in and over the place where the act or omission occurs. | | | A warrant or summons that is authorized by this Act or an appearance notice, promise to appear, undertaking or recognizance issued, given or entered into in accordance with Part XVI, XXI or XXVII may be issued, executed, given or entered into, as the case may be, on a holiday. | | | No person shall be convicted of an offence in respect of an act or omission on his part while that person was under the age of twelve years. |
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http://laws.justice.gc.ca/en/C-46/text.html
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| | (3) "contravention" is an offence to which a penalty of imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months or, if the penalty is a fine, a fine not exceeding the amount capable of being levied for an offence whose penalty is a fine of undetermined amount, is assigned. | | | The provisions of sections 4 and 5 shall not apply to an offence under an enactment by or in respect of which it is provided that it shall be in force for a specific period or which by its nature is of temporary validity. | | | A provision which prescribes for an offence a mandatory penalty or which prescribes a minimum penalty shall not be applied in a case of attempt. |
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http://wings.buffalo.edu/law/bclc/israeli.htm
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| | Offence classification: summary conviction or indictable? |
| | Also if you are convicted of a summary conviction offence as an adult, you are eligible for a pardon three years from the time you complete your sentence (e.g., payment of fine or restitution, completion of probation). | | | Unless a different penalty is specified, summary conviction offences are punishable by a fine of up to $2,000 or six months' jail or both. | | | Such offences are referred to as "hybrid" (or "Crown option" or "dual procedure"). |
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http://www.criminal-lawyer.on.ca/classification.html
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| | Hate Propaganda |
| | is guilty of an indictable offence and liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding ten years, or is guilty of an offence punishable on summary conviction. | | | is guilty of an indictable offence and liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding five years. | | | is guilty of an indictable offence and liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding ten years. |
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http://laws.justice.gc.ca/en/c-46/41491.html
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| | International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism |
| | None of the offences set forth in article 2 shall be regarded for the purposes of extradition or mutual legal assistance as a political offence or as an offence connected with a political offence or as an offence inspired by political motives. | | | None of the offences set forth in article 2 shall be regarded, for the purposes of extradition or mutual legal assistance, as a fiscal offence. | | | 3. For an act to constitute an offence set forth in paragraph 1, it shall not be necessary that the funds were actually used to carry out an offence referred to in paragraph 1, subparagraphs (a) or (b). |
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http://www.un.org/law/cod/finterr.htm
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| | Sexual Offences Act 2003 |
| | (3) A person guilty of an offence under this section is liable on conviction on indictment, where the offence is committed by kidnapping or false imprisonment, to imprisonment for life. | | | (a) B is subject to requirements imposed by or under an enactment on his release from detention for a criminal offence, or is subject to requirements imposed by a court order made in criminal proceedings, and | | | (4) A person guilty of an offence under this section is liable, on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for life. |
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http://www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts2003/30042--b.htm
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| | Computer Misuse Act 1990 (c. 18) |
| | Conviction of an offence under section 1 in proceedings for an offence under section 2 or 3. | | | (3) A person guilty of an offence under this section shall be liable on summary conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale or to both. | | | Territorial scope of inchoate offences related to offences under external law corresponding to offences under this Act. |
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http://www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts1990/Ukpga_19900018_en_2.htm
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| | Drunk Driving Offence in Spain -- marbella-lawyers.com |
| | Having said this, it should be pointed out that a minority of the votes of the magistrates expressed their dissent and opined disfavourably with regards to the legality of article 380 of the Spanish Crimes Act. | | | A person who is found driving a motor vehicle under the influence of toxic drugs, psicotropic substances, narcotic substances or alcoholic beverages will be sentenced from 8 to 12 weekends arrest or a fine from three to eight months and, in all cases, a driving licence suspension from one to four years. | | | This court attitude departs considerably from the ruling of the Spanish Constitutional Tribunal in that this high court deems the refusal to submit to the alcohol test as an offence itself, provided there is a deliberate and noticeable intention to avoid the test. |
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http://www.marbella-lawyers.com/DrunkDriving.shtml
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| | Offence Act |
| | (2) If a person is convicted of an offence under a prescribed enactment, the court may order that the defendant is liable, after review and the filing of a certificate under this section, for the costs of the investigation into the offence. | | | (b) a person who is convicted of that offence is not liable to punishment in respect of it other than the punishment prescribed by this Act or by the enactment that creates the offence. | | | (a) the offences in respect of which a certificate under subsection (1) is admissible, and |
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http://www.qp.gov.bc.ca/statreg/stat/O/96338_01.htm
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| | BBC NEWS Technology NZ aims to jail 'up skirt' snappers |
| | Knowingly possessing such material without reasonable cause will become an offence carrying a penalty of up to one year in jail. | | | Prosecution under the country's privacy laws could also fail if the images were only made for personal use. | | | Under New Zealand law, the classic peeping Tom offence, peering into a house, can be committed only at night. |
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4076353.stm
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| | Criminal Statistics England and wales 2002 |
| | Defendants proceeded against at magistrates’ courts for other summary offences, by offence, sex, court decision, and by age group: (52kb) | | | Defendants proceeded against at magistrates’ courts by offence, sex, result, and by age group: (1.2mb) | | | Defendants tried and/or sentenced at the Crown Court by offence, sex, result, and by age group |
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http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/crimstats02.html
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| | National Speed Offence Database |
| | Deregulation of privileged information means you can now access your speeding offences on line. |
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http://www.e-database.co.uk
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| | Seven years jail, $150,000 fine if you don’t tell the world your email and home address The Register |
| | Mr Smith’s attempt to “provide additional civil and criminal remedies for domain name fraud” may be laudable, but his approach is as unthinking and blinkered as the Intellectual Property lobbyists that have his ear. | | | If you don’t tell the world your email, home address and telephone number you could face a seven-year jail sentence and a $150,000 fine under new legislation that the US Congress is trying to push past today. | | | The extensions to the Trademark Act would make the provision of misleading contact details when registering a domain an offence. |
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/02/05/seven_years_jail
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| | Italy approves 'jail for P2P users' law The Register |
| | The Italian parliament yesterday voted in favour of imposing jail sentences of up to three years on anyone caught uploading or downloading unauthorised copyright material to and from the Net. | | | Italy has made transferring content via the Internet without the permission of the copyright holder a criminal offence |
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/05/20/italy_p2p_law
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| | OFFENCE - The English Centre of International PEN |
| | English PEN launched a campaign in January 2005 to stop the British Government introducing legislation that could make it illegal to express provocative views on people’s religion. | | | The OFFENCE Campaign: Free Expression Is No OFFENCE | | | These include the PEN Protection of Free Expression Amendment. |
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http://www.englishpen.org/aboutenglishpen/campaigns/offence
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| | MediaGuardian.co.uk Media 'Sacrilegious' ads cause most offence |
| | "In such cases the ASA must judge whether the offence caused to a minority is so serious that the unoffended majority should be prevented from seeing the ads in question," said the ASA chairman, Lord Borrie. | | | However, TV shopping channel Auctionworld garnered the most complaints - 1,360 - prompting the ASA to fine the channel £450,000 and revoke its licence. | | | More than 800 people objected to a TV advert for Mr Kipling's mince pies, which appeared to show a woman called Mary giving birth in a modern hospital. |
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/Media/site/story/0,14173,1470519,00.html
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| | Criminal Offence Attorney Carole Kerr DWI Lawyer Fort Worth Texas TX |
| | With more than 14 years of experience in criminal law, Fort Worth defense attorney Carole Kerr is dedicated to protecting the rights of individuals accused of all types of criminal offences , including DWI (drunk driving) in Tarrant County. As a former Assistant District Attorney for Tarrant County, Ms. | | | Criminal Offence Attorney Carole Kerr DWI Lawyer Fort Worth Texas TX Home | | | Kerr has a full understanding of criminal cases from both the prosecutorial and the defense standpoint. Her familiarity with the judges and prosecutors in our area helps her understand when the state has a weak case. |
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http://www.cjkerrlaw.com
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| | CBC News:Pot possession most common drug offence: Statistics Canada |
| | Drug offences account for nine per cent of all adult court cases, and seven per cent of youth court cases. | | | StatsCan compiled its numbers using police and court statistics from across the country. | | | OTTAWA - The most common drug offence in Canada is one that the federal government plans to decriminalize, according to a Statistics Canada report released on Monday. |
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http://cbc.ca/stories/2004/02/23/stats_drugs040223
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| | Enquiry And Payment Of Parking Offence Notice |
| | Parking Offence Notices (PONs) for which Court Summonses had already been issued and the offences cannot be compounded are NOT AVAILABLE in this system. | | | If you do not agree to these terms and conditions, do not proceed with the use of the eService. | | | Payment made after 5pm will be updated in the system one (1) working day following the date of the payment. |
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http://spring.ura.gov.sg/lad/ecas/motorist/pon_enquiry/PonEnquiryMain.cfm
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| | BBC NEWS Technology New laws on spam come into force |
| | The laws make it a criminal offence to send e-mails or text messages unless the recipient has agreed in advance to accept them. | | | Firms which continue to send junk mail face hefty fines and can even be sued by the recipients. | | | New European laws banning the sending of unwanted e-mails - spam - come into force on Thursday. |
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/3308989.stm
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| | The Crown Prosecution Service : The CPS is responsible for prosecuting people in England and Wales charged with a ... |
| | The Crown Prosecution Service : The CPS is responsible for prosecuting people in England and Wales charged with a criminal offence | | | The Crown Prosecution Service is responsible for prosecuting criminal cases investigated by the police in England and Wales. | | | The work of the Crown Prosecution Service and the police will be part of a Europe-wide conference on human trafficking and illegal immigration just a week after three people in Sheffield were jailed for up to 21 years for trafficking women into the sex trade. |
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http://www.cps.gov.uk
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| | Allwords.com Definition of offence |
| | The breaking of a rule or law, etc; | | | Your Query of 'offence' Resulted in 1 Matches | | | Your Query of 'offence' Resulted in 2 Matches |
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http://www.allwords.com/word-offence.html
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| | Comparative Sentences |
| | The median sentence for this offence is 2 to 4 years. | | | Jonathan Pollard is the only person in the history of the United States to receive a life sentence for spying for an American ally. | | | The maximum sentence today for such an offence is 10 years. |
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http://www.jonathanpollard.org/sentences.htm
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| | SRI LANKA: Three-wheeler driver shot to death for alleged traffic offence |
| | That this is the case is not simply the fault of the particular police officers involved but also their superiors, who are responsible for the effective supervision of their subordinates. | | | I urge you to investigate this matter and take action against both the perpetrators and their superior officers. | | | I am shocked to hear of the killing of T. Premachandra by two officers attached to the traffic police attached to the Kalutara South Police Station on February 1. |
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http://www.ahrchk.net/ua/mainfile.php/2003/406
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| | The Offence (1973) |
| | The Offence is Sean Connery's best performance in a major motion picture, the problem though is that the film bombed and was rarely seen in the cinema, probably due to the material content of this very dark and dramatically compelling story. | | | Discuss this movie with other users on IMDb message board for The Offence (1973) | | | When The Offence failed at the box-office and Polanski beat Connery to the screen with his version, MacBeth was canceled. |
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http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070468
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| | Bush admin to make hacking a terrorist offence The Register |
| | "The Administration's bill includes provisions for the prosecution of certain computer crimes as terrorist offences. | | | What about this type of offense makes it necessary to include them in the definition of terrorism," he asked suggestively. | | | Geeks agree - 'We need to dress better' |
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/21854.html
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| | Canadian Statistics -- Crimes by type of offence |
| | Canadian Statistics -- Crimes by type of offence | | | Find information related to this table (CANSIM table(s); Definitions, data sources and methods; The Daily; publications; and related Canadian Statistics tables). |
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http://www.statcan.ca/english/Pgdb/legal02.htm
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| | Amazon.com: The Offence (1973) : Video |
| | THE OFFENCE was a not entertaining film about whether or not Sean Connery could act. | | | I would rather have been watching "Waiting for Godot." Lumet's directing was as hopeless as a non-Scotsman trying to tune a bagpipe. | | | For more information about "The Offence," visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb) |
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http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/630265873X?v=glance
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| | CBC Sports: Ticats shut down Alouettes' offence |
| | Making his first start in an Alouettes uniform, White struggled to move Montreal's potent offence and was picked off three times to account for three of his team's five turnovers at Ivor Wynne Stadium. | | | White completed 14 of 36 passes for 163 yards and no touchdowns as the Alouettes offence generated just 237 yards. | | | Ted White, who threw three interceptions in relief of Calvillo in last year's Eastern Division final, was equally ineffective on Friday night as Montreal finished the regular season with a 15-9 loss to the Tiger-Cats in Hamilton. |
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http://www.cbc.ca/story/sports/national/2005/11/04/Sports/ticats-alouettes051104.html
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| | Amazon.ca: Books: Art of Offence Around the World, the |
| | If you would like to purchase this title, we recommend that you occasionally check this page to see if it has become available. | | | I have read this book, and I want to review it. | | | Use Your Account to view or change your orders |
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http://www.amazon.ca/exec/obidos/ASIN/190281374X
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| | Jagged Offence - Forum |
| | Please Click here to visit Jagged Offence - Forum |
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| | 2003 SALMON SEASON WRAP-UP |
| | Campbell River, B. Two companies that own and operate the Dent Island Lodge near Stuart Island were fined a total of $22,500 under the Fisheries Act for depositing diesel fuel into Cordero Channel, Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) announced today. | | | Dent Island Management Consulting Ltd. also hired a consultant, as recommended by DFO, to coordinate cleanup of the contaminated upland area surrounding the fuel tank at an additional cost of $30,000. | | | SPORT FISHING LODGE FINED $22,500 FOR POLLUTION OFFENCE |
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http://www-comm.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/pages/release/p-releas/2005/nr001_e.htm
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| | Greek lexicon based on Thayer's and Smith's Bible Dictionary plus others; this is keyed to the large Kittel and the "Theological Dictionary of the New Testament." These files are public domain. | | | trespass 9, offence 7, sin 3, fall 2, fault 2 |
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http://bible.crosswalk.com/Lexicons/Greek/grk.cgi?number=3900&version=kjv
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| | TheStar.com - Leafs hoping Sundin will lift sagging offence |
| | For information please contact us using our webmaster form. | | | Centre ready to go tonight against the Lightning | | | TheStar.com - Leafs hoping Sundin will lift sagging offence |
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| | Translation of offence |
| | offence in Swedish is förseelse, förnärmelse, anstöt, förolämpning |
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http://www.brainytranslation.com/translations/of/offence316289.html
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