application
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Some of those arriving illegally - including by small boat - go on to claim asylum, which allows them to remain in the UK while their application is considered.
From BBC • Apr. 23, 2026
In a separate application for a temporary restraining order seeking Villegas’ release, Tolchin said immigration officials arrested and detained her client “without legal cause in violation of precedent and due process.”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 23, 2026
It declared that if a Supreme Court precedent “has direct application in a case,” the lower court must “follow the case which directly controls, leaving to this court the prerogative of overruling its own decisions.”
From Slate • Apr. 23, 2026
A patent application has been filed by Cambridge Enterprise, the University's innovation arm.
From Science Daily • Apr. 23, 2026
Our starting point in Chapter 5 is the invention of perspective painting, which involved the application of geometrical principles to pictorial representation.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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