dormant

(dôr′mənt)

adj.

1. Not awake; asleep: "[He] lay dormant on the scruffy couch, his mouth open, reading glasses slumped on his swollen nostrils" (Steven Heighton).

2. Present but not active or manifest though capable of becoming so: "a harrowing experience which ... lay dormant but still menacing" (Charles Jackson).

3. Temporarily inactive: a dormant volcano.

4. Being in a condition of biological rest or inactivity characterized by cessation of growth or development and the suspension of many metabolic processes: a dormant bud; a dormant bacterium.

dor′man·cy n.

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Devanand Mahadeva, director of Goodwins Law Corporation and a specialist in Inheritance & Personal Law said: "A legal heir of a dormant account has to provide an inheritance certificate issued by the personal status court in the UAE, naming the legal heir to the estate left behind by the deceased.

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The research team, led by Wang Hongyan of the Duke-NUS Medical School, described the process and molecules involved in reactivating fruit flies' (also known by their scientific name, drosophila) dormant neural stem cells, which can activate and generate new neurons.

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As with any product, be sure to read the label to make sure the plants you are treating will not be damaged by the dormant oil spray.

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"Pursuant to the dormancy rules, CDSC accounts (individual or corporate, local or foreign) with no activity for a continuous period of 24 months as at February 28, 2019, will be declared dormant on March 1 2019," CDSC announced on Wednesday."The declaration of dormancy is intended to safeguard investors' holdings in CDSC accounts.

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Canada's federal government is looking at ways to tax dormant money that is lying idle in bank accounts and unclaimed pension accounts.

Canada looking for ways to tax dormant accounts

The district court dismissed the complaint in its entirety, finding that the Flight Attendants had failed to allege a FLSA violation, and that the dormant Commerce Clause barred the state and local claims.

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On 24 April 2018, the Central Bank of the UAE ('the Central Bank') announced the Dormant Accounts Regulation pursuant to Circular No.

UAE introduces new Central Bank Regulation on Dormant Accounts

So, for now, there are no clear rules as to why certain bacteria survive antibiotics by going dormant while others do not.

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Legal advisers had opposed the idea to close down the companies but gave a go ahead to closure of the companies, which were dormant. The caretaker cabinet had then directed parent departments of the inactive companies to present their cases at the coming cabinet meeting.

Caretaker cabinet to close 12 dormant companies

Port Moresby [Papua New Guinea], Jan 7 ( ANI ): A dormant volcano erupted for the very first time in a dramatic fashion, spewing lava and sending an ash cloud at around two kilometres above the sea level.

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TENS of millions of pounds from dormant accounts will be used to help the homeless and back good causes in Wales as part of a new initiative launched today.

Cash in dormant accounts to help homeless and good causes

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