Questions tagged [is-x-legal]
Is X Legal? Questions that postulate a scenario or behavior, then ask if that scenario or behavior is legal. Please read Meta before asking a question of this form!
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Can an HOA control how a homeowner enters and exits their home?
Is it illegal for me to exit my bedroom via my first-floor bedroom window?
Is this likely to be against common or standard HOA regulations or rules?
Suppose that the house and land are owned by myself ...
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Is it legal to sell eyeglasses without a current prescription?
I lost a pair of eyeglasses and contacted the store from which I bought them asking if they could sell me an identical replacement. A clerk there said that they can't because my "prescription ...
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On the legality of replacing international transfers with intranational ones
Here is a fictional story based on this question.
Andrey is a Russian programmer residing in Germany who makes regular wire transfers to his father, Boris, who resides in Russia. Chris & Dasha, a ...
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Can I get in trouble for unknowingly receiving and selling stolen property?
UNITED STATES: WASHINGTON STATE: PIERCE COUNTY: TACOMA CITY
My friend gifted me a bunch of useless crap, and I'm trying to sell garbage on offer up now. Can people get in trouble for unknowingly ...
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Is it legal for public schools to require video for remote classes?
Is it legal for public schools to require a student to run a webcam-video for remote classes in Massachusetts?
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In Austria, are Microwave Guns illegal?
A friend of mine got a new Microwave oven, and let me have his old one. As a hobbyist engineer, I'd of course love to use the magnetron within to build a small Microwave Gun, which for example to use ...
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How can a community based not-for-profit be sued?
This question Is normally illegal kink legal inspired me to ask this.
The Metro Vancouver Kink Society is getting sued. In a short summary of events, one member of MVKS was accused of acting ...
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Can someone else use your deceased brother’s green card? [closed]
I just found out that my brother-in-law used my deceased brother’s green card. Is this legal?
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Is it legal to synthesize drug at home?
Is it legal to synthesize drugs (controlled substances) at home but not for reselling or consumption purposes?
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Is it legal in USA (FL) to organise tournaments (any sport) among friends, each player putting some money, with 100% going to the winners as a prize?
Is it legal in USA to organize no-profit tournaments (any sport) among friends, with each player putting some money to play, and 100% of the total pot goes to the winner (and possibly second/third ...
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Is it legal to ask to be shot?
Say I ask someone to shoot me non lethally. Not assisted suicide, Just shot. Is this legal? Isn't it like asking to be assaulted with a deadly weapon?
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Is it illegal to kill honeybees in Oregon or in the USA?
Recently had an issue with a honeybee hive and a beekeeper said to me "It's illegal to kill honeybees". Not completely believing this at face value, I did a little digging.
My research seems to show ...
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Is it illegal to steal someone's illegal drugs?
If I break into someone's house to steal their drugs is it burglary? Or is it ok? Or would it depend on the judge?
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Listing out-of-stock item for sale
I was purchasing a product off a website and the product only had one in stock, but it turns out the product was already sold and the product had still been up for quite some time after the purchase, ...
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Is it legal to host a website that gives users access to database leaks and guides on how to do illegal things?
Is it legal to own and operate a website that would host database leaks, accounts lists, Anarchist's Cookbook (guides on making bombs etc, drugs and more), and guides on stealing credit card info and ...
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