Because you condition the transaction on a transfer of legal rights (title and delivery), there is no constructive receipt.

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Government and hospital officials didn't comment on the reason for the transfer or Mr. Tsarnaev's current condition, but experts said the higher security offered at Devens likely contributed to the decision.

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They were in intensive care for nearly two weeks, she a little longer, before their condition improved enough so we could transfer them out and down the hall to their own rooms.

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It said about half the patients airlifted to hospital had a potentially life-threatening condition, where time saved in transfer to hospital could make a difference both with the type and success of treatment.

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Besides the two Carnival vessels that have come to transfer supplies -- and, in one case, take on a passenger with a pre-existing medical condition, said Gulliksen -- the U.S. Coast Guard cutter Vigorous is on-site to aid the stranded ship.

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