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unusual facts about Waiting period


Cooling-off period

Waiting period, the time which a company making an IPO must be silent about it, so as not to inflate the value of the stock artificially



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Adult Industry Medical Health Care Foundation

This test is effective 10 days after potential infection, and anytime thereafter (HIV-1 DNA, by PCR) as compared to the alternative HIV test (HIV ELISA) which requires a six-month waiting period to be effective.

Gin marriage law

The New York state law requiring a three day waiting period was passed in 1936 championed by Jane Hedges Todd.

Haram

In terms of marriage proposals, it is considered haram for a Muslim man to propose to a divorced or widowed woman during her Iddah (the waiting period during which she is not allowed to marry again).

Hold Back the Dawn

He endures a waiting period to obtain a quota number of up to eight years with other hopeful immigrants in the Esperanza Hotel.

Jean Leising

Leising authored legislation requiring that women undergo a waiting period before seeking an abortion in Indiana.

No-fault divorce

In August 2010, New York's governor, David Paterson, signed into law a bill removing mutual-consent requirements and shortening the waiting period for "no-fault" divorce.