The lapsing occurs by operation of law -- that is, automatically upon the State's extinction.
If a partnership consists of only two persons, the partnership dissolves by operation of law when one of them departs.
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Hence, the ABM Treaty lapsed by operation of law - that is, automatically - when the USSR dissolved in 1991.
In most jurisdictions, corporations live on forever unless and until they are dissolved by shareholder action, operation of law or court order.
Consequently, we must decide whether the payment obligation would terminate upon the death of Ms. Charles by operation of Maine law.
It seems very likely that the unchecked operation of this law with the insurance industry reforms but without the individual mandate means death to the private health insurance industry.
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The investigation surrounding the planned attack was part of a cross-border operation involving Canadian law enforcement agencies, the FBI and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
Ackroyd was due to stand trial charged with taking part in a string of cyber-attacks, but today pleaded guilty to one charge of carrying out an unauthorised act to impair the operation of a computer, contrary to the Criminal Law Act 1977.
What this means for Israel is that the political and legal space has to be found to speedily embark on the law enforcement equivalent of a counterinsurgency operation.
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In a report the Commission said Serbia had "actively and constructively" engaged in dialogue with Kosovo and had improved its co-operation with Eulex, the EU rule-of-law mission in Kosovo.
The justices seemed unconcerned by this prospect, and were most intent on stopping the federal courts from interfering in the operation of the streamlined deportation procedures included in the 1996 law.
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The new contracts lack the security a new legal structure would grant, and Iraqi lawmakers have argued that they run contrary to existing law, which requires government control, operation, and ownership of Iraq's oil sector.
If it decides not to, the country which has led Europe in designing and implementing criminal-justice policies risks losing not only rapid co-operation and information but also influence over a fast-growing body of EU law.
Just look at what the Reagan administration said following Younis' capture: "This operation illustrates the intention and ability of the United States to invoke the rule of law in fighting terrorist lawlessness, " Attorney General Edwin Meese III declared at a news conference following the arrest.
He said co-operation between countries on family law was needed due to "globalisation, increasing movement of persons across borders, and the ever rising number of family units which are truly international".
AFI, a past history of mutual mistrust between Mexican and American law-enforcement officials has given way to closer co-operation under Mr Fox.
Reinares said French security services had asked their Spanish counterparts not to share intelligence on the suspected cell with the Spanish judiciary, fearing that open exposure of such information in court -- as required by Spanish law -- could blow the whole operation.
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