internal affairs

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But as Exxon replies, a “substantial portion of the S&P 500 including the majority of Delaware incorporated issuers, maintain exclusive-forum provisions designating a single court for internal affairs litigation.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026

In his new job, he controlled criminal investigations, crime-scene investigations, internal affairs, the narcotics team and drug-analysis units.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026

China's foreign ministry spokesperson shrugged off criticism, saying "the relevant judicial cases are purely internal affairs" of Hong Kong.

From BBC • Feb. 9, 2026

“We categorically reject intervention in the internal affairs of other countries,” Sheinbaum said in her daily news conference.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 5, 2026

To be sure, it is hidden away in bone and conducts internal affairs in secrecy, but virtually all the business is the direct result of thinking that has already occurred in other minds.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas