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“Runa Simi” is allowed to screen commercially in the U.S. thanks to the fair use doctrine, which grants the filmmakers permission to use images from “The Lion King,” a copyrighted work.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 10, 2026

That doctrine applies when you have relied on a promise and were worse off because you spent money or gave up time or opportunities, or relied on that promise to the detriment of your finances.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 27, 2026

Some experts believe that courts could adapt legal doctrine to address malfeasance by A.I., much as they once found a way to convict companies, not just individuals, for crimes.

From Slate ● Oct. 25, 2026

The court applied this doctrine to the staffing of religious schools because educating students is integral to a school’s religious mission.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

Second, it is claimed that the doctrine of signs/signatures belongs to ‘low’ disciplines such as medicine and alchemy; no mention is made of the law or theology.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

Ballistic missiles used to be very expensive and imprecise, and mid-to-late 20th-century military doctrines treated them as mostly suitable for carrying nuclear weapons.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 2026

Circuit was the one that was really making tons of law around these areas, tons of doctrines and administrative law to guide the agencies without blocking them.

From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2026

In the two decades since, Purcell has become one of election law’s most invoked doctrines.

From Slate ● Jul. 30, 2026

Over centuries, similar conceptions of alien harbors grew in the minds of mystics and scientists, sometimes leading to fatal clashes with dominant religious doctrines.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 23, 2026

Her task had been to instruct the prince in the doctrines of the Faith, and she had done that.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin