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Examples
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I think that in loco parentis is entirely irrelevant to this case.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Where, According to Tort Law, Should Accused Criminals and Ex-Convicts Live? 2010
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There are the great inequities of who has these opportunities and the role of the university in loco parentis is no longer in existence.
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No abh as uncle loco parentis therefore lawfull chastisement as concerned about child going out near main road unsupervised.
ACPO blames front-line cops for doing their job SHOCK! « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2010
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Gigot: You know, when I--when my parents were in college, there was a concept called in loco parentis, which means the college was supposed to substitute for the parents in some fundamental way in supervising their behavior.
Enter, Stage Right 2011
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Battered and beleaguered educators continue reeling from the inverse relationship between in loco parentis demands placed upon them by bureaucratic legislation, and reduced funding to pay for the execution of said demands.
Lori Day: The Gender Pendulum: How the Free Market Economy Creates Gender Polarization Lori Day 2011
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Give your school officials permission to model technology use "in loco parentis."
Miguel Guhlin: In Loco Parentis Miguel Guhlin 2010
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I'm not sure that I would think of it as in loco parentis, because, in a way we offer a continuation and, in some ways, an improvement on, or the next step in, the moral development and the intellectual development of our young people.
Enter, Stage Right 2011
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I'm not sure that I would think of it as in loco parentis, because, in a way we offer a continuation and, in some ways, an improvement on, or the next step in, the moral development and the intellectual development of our young people.
Enter, Stage Right 2011
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Gigot: You know, when I--when my parents were in college, there was a concept called in loco parentis, which means the college was supposed to substitute for the parents in some fundamental way in supervising their behavior.
Enter, Stage Right 2011
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The policies she calls for attack academic freedom itself, representing a clear return to the pre-1960's-era doctrine ofin loco parentis.
Dr. Logan Levkoff: Sex Educators Unite to Support University Sex Weeks Dr. Logan Levkoff 2010
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