External passports were mere requests for safe conduct, rather than restrictive documents determining where you could go, says John Torpey at the City University of New York. (newscientist.com)
Proposed federal legislation (Bill C - 47) will if passed dispense with the putative need for a warrant and require ISPs to turn over this information on mere request. (slaw.ca)
The automatic stay, applicable to all types of bankruptcy filings, means that the mere request for bankruptcy protection automatically stops and brings to a cessation certain lawsuits, foreclosures, utility shut - offs, evictions, repossessions, garnishments, attachments, and debt collection harassment. (bankruptcyhome.com)