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Licensing, Duty and Regulatory Offenses

Offenses of failing a legal duty or acting without the required permission, including truancy, practising a profession without a license, unlicensed broadcasting, refusing public office, child labor, failure to support a child and fraternization where it is forbidden. An offense belongs here when the wrong is a breach of a duty or rule. It excludes disorder and violence. Entries placed here are Truancy, Practicing Without a License, Unlicensed Broadcasting, Refusal to Serve in a Public Office, Child Labor, Deadbeat Parent and Fraternization.

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Practicing Without a License (Wikipedia)
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Practising without a license is the act of working without the licensure offered for that occupation, in a particular jurisdiction.
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Wikipedia: Refusal to serve in a public office
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Refusal to serve in a public office was an offence under the common law of England and Wales and Ireland.
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Child labour (Wikipedia)
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Child labour is any work children engage in that interferes with their ability to attend regular school, or is mentally, physically, socially and morally harmful.
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Fraternization (Wikipedia)
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Fraternization (from Latin frater meaning "brother") is the act of establishing intimate relations between people or groups.
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Deadbeat parent (Wikipedia)
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Deadbeat parent is an American English pejorative term referring to parents who do not fulfill their parental responsibilities, especially when they evade court-ordered child support obligations or custody arrangements.
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USLegal, Inc.: Truancy Law and Legal Definition
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Truancy generally refers to being absent without permission or good reason, especially from school.
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Legal Information Institute, Cornell Law School: 47 U.S. Code § 301 - License for radio communication or transmission of energy
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No person shall use or operate any apparatus for the transmission of energy or communications or signals by radio (a) from one place in any State, Territory, or possession of the United States or in the District of Columbia to another place in the same State, Territory, possession, or District; or (b) from any State, Territory, or possession of the United States , or from the District of Columbia to any other State, Territory, or possession of the United States ; or (c) from any place in any State, Territory, or possession of the United States , or in the District of Columbia, to any place in any foreign country or to any vessel; or (d) within any State when the effects of such use extend beyond the borders of said State, or when interference is caused by such use or operation with the transmission of such energy, communications, or signals from within said State to any place beyond its borders, or from any place beyond its borders to any place within said State, or with the transmission or reception of such energy, communications, or signals from and/or to places beyond the borders of said State; or (e) upon any vessel or aircraft of the United States (except as provided in section 303(t) of this title ); or (f) upon any other mobile stations within the jurisdiction of the United States, except under and in accordance with this chapter and with a license in that behalf granted under the provisions of this chapter.
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