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The office's writs and appeals division, meanwhile, was combing through new evidence and questions surrounding evidence in the previous trials.
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Christopher Cann, USA TODAY, 17 Oct. 2024
This is a transitional year, not just in the TV industry writ large but at the Emmys.
—Meredith Blake, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2024
The writ was signed June 19, and the Los Angeles Times requested a copy of the document from the governor’s office Wednesday.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 1 Aug. 2024
Likewise, where the debtor's wages are involved, a creditor may garnish those wages by having a writ of garnishment served upon the employer and then the non-exempt amount of the debtor's wages are then ultimately paid over to the creditor.
—Jay Adkisson, Forbes, 13 Oct. 2024
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Christopher Cann, USA TODAY, 17 Oct. 2024
This is a transitional year, not just in the TV industry writ large but at the Emmys.
—Meredith Blake, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2024
The writ was signed June 19, and the Los Angeles Times requested a copy of the document from the governor’s office Wednesday.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 1 Aug. 2024
Likewise, where the debtor's wages are involved, a creditor may garnish those wages by having a writ of garnishment served upon the employer and then the non-exempt amount of the debtor's wages are then ultimately paid over to the creditor.
—Jay Adkisson, Forbes, 13 Oct. 2024
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The company reported a decrease in the fair value of warrants liability, reflecting the decline in both the price of public warrants and the company's shares.Quartz Bot, Quartz, 15 Nov. 2024
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Two of those cases were dismissed, however, after a judge ruled that Price’s office failed to seek the proper paperwork — in this case, an arrest warrant — before the statute of limitations expired.Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 8 Nov. 2024
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The largest and most powerful space telescope ever built, Webb's infrared instruments are capable of seeing objects so distant, the light from them takes up to 13.5 billion years to reach us, effectively providing a window back into the infancy of the universe.Dan Perry, Newsweek, 26 Nov. 2024
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For the new study, astronomers combined WEAVE’s data with observations from other instruments, including the Low Frequency Array, the Very Large Array and the James Webb Space Telescope.Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Nov. 2024
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The city subsequently released years of inspection reports, photos and criminal summonses filed against CBZ properties.Joe Rubino, The Denver Post, 3 Nov. 2024
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And the ticker-tape parade of summonses has spurred compliance.Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Curbed, 3 Sep. 2024
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According to court documents, some Union voters were disenfranchised while other voters in the unincorporated parts of the county may have incorrectly voted in the city election.Jolene Almendarez, The Enquirer, 22 Nov. 2024
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Outside, there is a basketball court, and toddlers will be able to play with tricycles and balls, according to the documents.Jessica Mathews, Fortune, 21 Nov. 2024
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She was arrested and jailed on a civil order called a capias for repeatedly refusing Moukawsher’s orders requiring her to cooperate with a trustee appointed to close her law practice and prohibiting her from withdrawing money from a client account.Hartford Courant, Hartford Courant, 6 June 2022
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Videos of three days worth of court proceedings obtained by cleveland.com and accompanying court records confirm that Carr issued multiple capiases -- the legal term for an arrest warrant -- and placed arrest bonds on several of them.Cory Shaffer, cleveland, 21 Mar. 2020
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The exhibition, which opens to the public Friday, features 300-plus canvases and works on paper that were donated by artist Martin Wong 30 years ago.Rosemary Feitelberg, WWD, 20 Nov. 2024
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This process is frequently done on paper, Martin said, which has obvious shortcomings.Worth Sparkman, Axios, 20 Nov. 2024
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And in September, the Colorado Attorney General’s Office issued investigative subpoenas to CBZ and several subsidiary companies as well as to Zev Baumgarten, according to records obtained by The Post.Joe Rubino, The Denver Post, 3 Nov. 2024
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Former President Donald Trump gained back a close ally on Tuesday after War Room podcast host Steve Bannon was released from a Connecticut prison following a four-month sentence for defying a congressional subpoena.Kaelan Deese, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 29 Oct. 2024
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The museum has had to eliminate 20 staff positions this year, and has reported a nearly $30 million deficit in tax filings for the last fiscal year.The Editors of ARTnews, ARTnews.com, 22 Nov. 2024
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The most recent filing said Iger is selling 372,412 shares, the maximum allowed under an option plan adopted earlier this year.Dade Hayes, Deadline, 22 Nov. 2024
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“Writ.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/writ. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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