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PROTECTION, merc. law, The name of a document generally given by notaries public, to sailors and other persons going abroad, in which is certified that the bearer therein named, is a citizen of the United States.

PROTECTION, government. That benefit or safety which the government affords to the citizens.

PROTECTION, Eng. law. A privilege granted by the king to a party to an action, by which he is protected from a judgment which would otherwise be rendered against him. Of these protections there are several kinds. F. N. B. 65.

A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States. By John Bouvier. Published 1856.
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These included : Child Protection Advisory Board has been notified while proposal for creation of posts for Child Protection Institute has been approved by Management Services Wing, Establishment Division.
The meeting was agreed on that Punjab Social Protection Authority would ensure provision of technical assistance in establishing authority in Balochistan.
In addition to Ram Board Stair Armor, Builders Site Protection offers numerous unique and effective products for surface protection and dust control.
Most of the time, protection and rescue teams work in the field, in difficult terrain and conditions.
He informed that in the first phase Additional District and Sessions Judge, Wadeeya Mushtaq Malik has been appointed as presiding officer of the Child Protection Court at Peshawar, adding that PHC has successfully arranged training session at Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Judicial Academy for the Judicial Officers and representatives of all stakeholders involved in the child protection and welfare.
Khawaja Wajihud Din, Registrar Peshawar High Court, addressing the inauguration ceremony, said that primary role of Child Protection Court was to ensure protection of children from maltreatment, violence, exploitation, abuse and neglect.
He informed that in the first phase Additional District and Sessions Judge, Wadeeya Mushtaq Malik has been appointed as presiding officer of the Child Protection Court at Peshawar, adding that PHC has successfully arranged a training session at Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Judicial Academy for the Judicial Officers and representatives of all stakeholders involved in the child protection and welfare.In the second phase, the Child Protection Court would be extended to Divisional Headquarters followed by setting up these courts at every district across the province.
This is for the first time that a separate child protection court is being set up under the Child Protection and Welfare Act (CPWA).
Rehana Ahsan Khan from Malir to Consumer Protection Court Tando Allahyar, Mohammad Amir Rajput from Umerkot to Consumer Protection Court Badin, Noor Ahmed from Kotri to Consumer Protection Court Mirpurkhas, Hameedullah from Johi to Consumer Protection Court Karachi Central, Kashif Bhatti from Sanghar to Consumer Protection Court Umerkot, Mangha Ram from Badin to Consumer Protection Court Tharparkar @Mithi, Ghulam Mustafa Jamali from Nagarparkar to Consumer Protection Court Sanghar.
The settings correction is calculated according to determined dependence of settings on changing electric network parameters, separately for each type of protection (instantaneous overcurrent protection, definite time overcurrent protection, earth fault protection).
In addition, from the point of view of the influence on relay protection, it needs to consider the ratio of the capacitance value of the series capacitor compensation and the system equivalent impedance, which is different from the line series compensation degree, and also will affect the protection.

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