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| married women's property acts |
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| statutes removing all or most of the legal disabilities impose on women as to the disposition of their property. |
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| the transfer of an interest in land |
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| an agreement between spouses while they are married. If the are separated or contemplating a separation of divorce, the agreement is called a separation agreement. |
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| a transfer made to avoid an obligation ot a creditor. |
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| the share of a deceased spouse's estate that a surviving spouse elects to receive in spite of what the deceased provided or failed to provide for the surviving spouse in a will. |
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| the right to take a designated share of a deceased spouse's estate in spite of what the latter provided or failed to provide for the surviving spouse in a will. |
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| bona fide occupational qualification(BFOQ) |
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| Sex discrimination that is reasonably necessary for the operation of a particular business or enterprise. |
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| the stage of fetal development when the life of an unborn child may be continued indefinitely ourside the womb by natural or artificial life support systems. |
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| a court order requiring a person to do or to refrain from doing a particular thing. |
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| psychological helplessness because of a woman's financial dependence, loneliness, guilt, shame, and fear of reprisal from her husband or boyfriend who has repeatedly battered her in the past. |
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| assisted reproductive technologies |
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| treatments or procedures in which eggs are surgically removed form a woman's ovaries and combined with sperm to help a woman become pregnant. |
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| in virto fertilization IVF |
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| the surgical removal of a woman's eggs and their fertilization with a man's sperm in the lab. |
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| a woman who is artificially inseminated with the semen of a man who is not her husband, with the understanding that she will surrender the baby at birth to the father and his wife. |
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| an individual who coordinates various service providers needed to accomplish a legal objective such as an adoption. |
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| a surrogate mother who is not genetically related to the child she bears. |
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| a civil wrong that has caused harm to person or property for which a court will provide a remedy. |
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| a tort committed by one family member against another. |
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| a defense that prevents someone from being sued for what would otherwise be wrongful conduct. |
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| insurance that pays the liability that is incurred by an insured to a third party. |
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| a tort action for the loss or the interference with the companionship, love, affection, sexual relationship, and services that the plaintiff enjoyed with his or her spouse before the latter was wrongfully injured by the defendant. |
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| the right of a child to the normal companionship and affection of a parent. |
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| a tort action for the loss of or the interference with the right of a parent to the services and earnings of his or her unemancipated child because of the wrongful injury inflicted on the child by the defendant. |
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| the person or organization that probably has sufficient resources to pay damages if a judgment is awareded by the court. |
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| parental responsibility law |
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| a statute that imposes vicarious liability (up to a limited dollar amount)on parents for the torts committed by their chldren |
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| the owner of a car who makes it available for family use will be liable for injuries that result from an accident that is wrongfully caused by a member of the owner's immediate family while using the care with the owner's consent for a fmaily purpose. |
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