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in Scots practice

1 the date fixed by a court for hearing a case.

2 a single session of a court.

Collins Dictionary of Law © W.J. Stewart, 2006

DIET. An assembly held by persons having authority to manage the public affairs of the nation. In Germany, such assemblies are known by this name:

A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States. By John Bouvier. Published 1856.

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We focused on consumption of caribou, beluga whale, and ringed seal because of their importance in the Inuit diet. Only data from consumers, defined as individuals who reported consuming more than 0 g/day of a particular country food, were included in the analysis.

Estimating wildlife harvest based on reported consumption by Inuit in the Canadian Arctic

The Inuit from Nunavik (Arctic Quebec, Canada) are heavily exposed to PCBs and methylmercury (MeHg) because of the long-range transport of these chemicals via atmospheric and ocean currents and their bioaccumulation in fish and sea mammals that are staples of the traditional Inuit diet. Boucher et al.

Pb, PCB, and MeHg effects on response inhibition in children

* DHA is an omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid found abundantly in fatty fish that is a staple of the Inuit diet.

Fish oil improves infants' cognitive and motor function

According to Gerd Mulvad and Henning Sloth Pedersen, two Greenlandic doctors, "A seventy-year old who has lived on the traditional Inuit diet of seal and whale has coronary arteries that are just as elastic as those of a twenty-year old Dane."

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