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Tunisian Constitution of 1861
The Tunisian Constitution of 1861, also called Qānūn al-Dawla al-Tūnisīya, was the first written constitution in the Arab world, promulgated in 1861 by the bey of Tunis, Mohammed al-Sadok.
Tunisian Constitution of 2014
The Tunisian Constitution of 2014 (دستور الجمهورية التونسية) was adopted by the National Constituent Assembly on 26 January 2014 and repealed by the Constitution of 25 July 2022.
Tūpuna Maunga o Tāmaki Makaurau
Tūpuna Maunga o Tāmaki Makaurau, the ancestral mountains of Auckland, are fourteen volcanic cones returned to Māori collective ownership by the 2014 Ngā Mana Whenua Collective Redress Act, co-governed for all Aucklanders.
Turkish mafia
Turkish mafia: organized crime groups of Turkish origin in Turkey and the European diaspora, rooted in Laz migrant syndicates of early-20th-century Istanbul, historically dominant in the Balkan heroin route and now active in cocaine and methamphetamine trafficking.
Turn state's evidence
Turning state's evidence, also called turning King's or Queen's evidence, is when a defendant testifies against accomplices in exchange for reduced charges or a lighter sentence.
Turnhalle Constitutional Conference
The Turnhalle Constitutional Conference was a South African-sponsored meeting held in Windhoek from 1975 to 1977 to draft a constitution for South West Africa, present-day Namibia.
Turpin case
The Turpin case: 2018 Perris, California prosecution of David and Louise Turpin for torturing and starving their 13 children; guilty pleas, 25-years-to-life sentences, and the 2022 Larson Report on Riverside County's failed aftercare.
Twentieth Amendment to the United States Constitution
The Twentieth Amendment, the Lame Duck Amendment, ratified January 23, 1933, moved presidential terms to January 20 and congressional terms to January 3, set pre-inaugural succession rules, and was sponsored by Senator George Norris.
Twenty-fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution
The Twenty-fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution, ratified in 1967, clarifies presidential succession, lets a president fill a vice-presidential vacancy, and covers presidential inability.
Twenty-first Amendment to the United States Constitution
The Twenty-first Amendment (1933) repealed the Eighteenth Amendment, ending national Prohibition. Its Section 2 preserves state power over alcohol; it is the only amendment ratified by state conventions and the only one to repeal another.
Twenty-One Demands (対華二十一箇条要求)
Twenty-One Demands (対華二十一箇条要求, 二十一條要求): set of 21 demands in five groups presented by Japan to Yuan Shikai's China on 18 January 1915 during World War I; Group 5 dropped after leak and ultimatum; treaties signed 25 May 1915, annulled at the Washington Conference.
Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution
Twenty-second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, also Amendment XXII, ratified February 27, 1951, bars anyone from being elected president more than twice after Franklin Roosevelt's four terms, with a partial-term rule capping service at about ten years.
Twenty-seventh Amendment to the United States Constitution
The Twenty-seventh Amendment bars US congressional pay changes from taking effect until after an intervening House election. Proposed by Madison in 1789, ratified May 7, 1992 after Gregory Watson's campaign; certified by the Archivist, upheld narrowly in Boehner v. Anderson.
Twilight Zone accident
1982 helicopter crash during filming of Twilight Zone: The Movie at Indian Dunes, California, killed Vic Morrow and child actors Myca Dinh Le and Renee Chen; John Landis's manslaughter trial ended in acquittal but reshaped set-safety rules.
Twin Towers Correctional Facility
Twin Towers Correctional Facility (TTCF) is the Los Angeles County Sheriff's high-rise jail at 450 Bauchet St., downtown Los Angeles, opened 1997, housing maximum-security inmates and serving as the county jail system's main mental health facility.
Twinkie defense
Twinkie defense: popular name for Dan White's 1979 diminished-capacity defense in the Moscone-Milk killings, where junk food was cited as evidence of depression; the term prompted California's abolition of diminished capacity.
Types of adoption under Canadian law
Types of adoption under Canadian law are the statutory categories, chiefly public, private, relative and step-parent, and adult adoption, defined differently by each province and territory.
Types of prostitution in modern Japan
Types of prostitution in modern Japan (売春): despite the 1956 Anti-Prostitution Law banning intercourse for compensation, a diversified industry of soaplands, fashion health, sexy cabarets, and host clubs operates under adult-entertainment regulation.
Types of rape
Types of rape, also called categories of sexual assault: statutory rape, marital rape, acquaintance and date rape, prison rape, and conflict-related sexual violence, distinguished by consent- versus coercion-based legal models across jurisdictions.
Tzipi Livni
Tzipi Livni, full name Tzipora Malka Livni (born 1958), is a retired Israeli politician who was foreign minister from 2006 to 2009 and chief peace negotiator with the Palestinians.
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), independent federal regulator created by the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; protects investors, maintains fair markets, facilitates capital formation; five commissioners, oversees exchanges, broker-dealers, FINRA, and NRSROs.
U.S. state
U.S. state: one of 50 constituent units sharing sovereignty with the federal government, each with its own constitution. Distinguished by Tenth Amendment reserved powers, congressional admission under Article IV, and 144 state constitutions since 1776.
U.S.–German Peace Treaty (1921)
The U.S.–German Peace Treaty of 1921, commonly called the Treaty of Berlin, restored peace between the United States and Germany after the Senate refused to ratify the Treaty of Versailles.
Uber BV v Aslam
Uber BV v Aslam [2021] UKSC 5: UK Supreme Court case holding unanimously that Uber drivers are 'workers' under the Employment Rights Act 1996, entitled to minimum wage and holiday pay, and working whenever logged into the Uber app.
UCC-1 financing statement
UCC-1 financing statement: the standard form filed with state offices under UCC Article 9 to perfect a security interest in personal property collateral; effective five years, renewable by UCC-3 continuation within a six-month window.
Ujjwal Nikam (उज्ज्वल निकम)
Ujjwal Nikam (उज्ज्वल निकम), Indian special public prosecutor from Jalgaon, Maharashtra, led the 1993 Bombay blasts and 26/11 Kasab trials, won the Padma Shri in 2016, lost the 2024 Lok Sabha race, and was nominated to the Rajya Sabha in 2025.
Ukraine and the United Nations
Ukraine and the United Nations: founding UN member as the Ukrainian SSR (1945), independent member since 1991, three Security Council terms, and General Assembly-led responses to Russia's veto since 2022.
Ukrainian identity card
The Ukrainian identity card is Ukraine's plastic ID-1 national identity card, issued by the State Migration Service since 1 January 2016 to replace the 1994 booklet internal passport.
Ulpian
Ulpian (Domitius Ulpianus), Tyrian Roman jurist of the early 3rd century, chief adviser and praetorian prefect of Alexander Severus, murdered by the guard; over 40 percent of Justinian's Digest comes from his writings.
Ultra vires
Ultra vires (Latin, "beyond the powers") is the doctrine that acts exceeding a company's or public authority's granted powers are invalid; largely abolished in corporate law, still central in administrative law.