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Queen's Bench n. 1) the highest court in Great Britain during the reign of a Queen, so that opinions are identified as a volume of Queen's Bench (QB). 2) in the United States, organizations of women lawyers, dating from when women were a small minority of practicing attorneys and needed to encourage each other, urge employment of women attorneys, protect against discrimination, and promote the cause of equality for women lawyers. Recent bar admissions now include close to 50 percent women. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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The court may back the Human Rights Commission: in 2003, the Saskatchewan Court of Queen's bench upheld an SHRC ruling that biblical verses critical of homosexuality could be considered "hate speech. Court of Queen's Bench Justice Geoffrey Oliphant says sections of the province's Health Services Insurance Act are in violation of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. 1 at the Manitoba Court of Queen's Bench, Winnipeg, to four years in prison on each of eight counts of indecent assault and four counts of gross indecency. |
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