Oakes may refer to:
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Oakes (surname)
Oakes is a surname of Old English origin, meaning someone who lives by an oak tree or oak wood. It originates from the Old English word 'ac' meaning oak. The first recorded mention of the surname is in Somerset.
* Alan Oakes (born 1962), English ...
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Oakes, Huddersfield
Oakes is a district of Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England. It is situated to the west of the town centre off the A640 New Hey Road towards the M62 motorway, between Marsh
A marsh is a wetland that is dominated by herbaceous rathe ...
, England
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Oakes, North Dakota
Oakes is the most populous city in Dickey County, North Dakota, United States. The population was 1,798 at the 2020 census. Oakes was founded in 1886.
History
Oakes was laid out in 1886. It was named for Thomas F. Oakes, a railroad official. A p ...
, US
See also
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Oakes test
Section 1 of the ''Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms'' is the section that confirms that the rights listed in the Charter are ''guaranteed''. The section is also known as the reasonable limits clause or limitations clause, as it legally all ...
, a legal analysis used in Canada to determine under what situations infringements on rights and freedoms are justifiable
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R. v. Oakes
''R v Oakes'' 9861 SCR 103 is a case decided by the Supreme Court of Canada which established the famous ''Oakes'' test, an analysis of the limitations clause (section 1) of the ''Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms'' that allows reas ...
, a 1986 decision of the Supreme Court of Canada that established the Oakes test
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Oaks (disambiguation)
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