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SCOTUS

abbr.
Supreme Court of the United States
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Scotus

(ˈskəʊtəs)
n
(Biography) See Duns Scotus
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Duns Sco•tus

(dʌnz ˈskoʊ təs)
n.
John ( “Doctor Subtilis” ), 1265?–1308, Scottish scholastic theologian.
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References in classic literature ?
But Aristotle was out of all patience with the account I gave him of Scotus and Ramus, as I presented them to him; and he asked them, "whether the rest of the tribe were as great dunces as themselves?"
I have read Ockham, Bradwardine, and other of the schoolmen, together with the learned Duns Scotus and the book of the holy Aquinas."
Almost two years ago, SCOTUS ruled on the New York credit card surcharge case Expressions Hair Design et al.
Kavanaugh's appointment was especially contentious because he will hold the swing vote among the nine Scotus justices who are equally divided into four conservatives and four liberals.
However, SCOTUS reviewed that decision and ruled the special master should reconsider Florida's argument that a cap in Georgia's water consumption could benefit Florida's Apalachicola Bay.
It shows Waters during a CNN interview, over a banner that reads, "WATERS: SCOTUS PICK SHOULD BE ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT." The ticker below the breaking news banner says: "IT'S THE ONLY WAY THE DEMOCRATS CAN EVER WIN AGAIN." The screenshot appears to be taken from her Oct.
The case made its way through the system until finally landing on SCOTUS' docket. The Supreme Court ruled conclusively and unambiguously that anti-steering provisions do not violate antitrust law.
This crucial dimension of the term marks its overlap with the theology of Duns Scotus, in particular with his concept of haecceitas ("thisness").
The book contains a helpful introduction that explains Scotus's arguments and a variety of terms with which Scotus expects his reader to be familiar, for example, predication in quid and in quale.
Remarkably, the December 2017 SCOTUS Order contains only five sentences.
As troubling as that case is, the other case turned away by SCOTUS, Kolbe v.