While not in liquid form, the water might be the planet's largest reservoir and suggests water can be driven to these great depths by plate tectonics, which partially melt the rocks in the mantle, the authors said.
In a 2011 decision, the U.S. Tax Court ruled that an unmarried taxpayer could not deduct home mortgage interest that she paid until she became an equitable co-owner of the property with her boyfriend and was legally obligated to make the mortgage payments. On her 2007 Form 1040, the taxpayer had attempted to deduct a full year's worth of interest.
Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) Definition from Noloâs Plain-English Law Dictionary. So-called Defense of Marriage laws define marriage as a relationship between one man and one woman, for the purpose of excluding same-sex couples from the institution of marriage. The federal DOMA prohibits the federal government from recognizing same-sex legal relationships entered into in one of the states that recognize same-sex unions.