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698
699		if (inElementsArray != -1) {
700		options.elements.splice(inElementsArray, 1);
701		}
702
703		if (inCacheArray != -1) {
704		cache.splice(inCacheArray, 1);
705		}
706
707		});
708
709		};
710
711		/*
712		* Throttle function borrowed from:
713		* Underscore.js 1.5.2
714		* https://underscorejs.org
715		* (c) 2009-2013 Jeremy Ashkenas, DocumentCloud and Investigative Reporters & Editors
716		* Underscore may be freely distributed under the MIT license.
717		*/
718
719		function throttle(func, wait) {
720		var context, args, result;
721		var timeout = null;
722		var previous = 0;
723		var later = function() {
724		previous = new Date;
725		timeout = null;
726		result = func.apply(context, args);
727		};
728		return function() {
729		var now = new Date;
730		if (!previous) previous = now;
731		var remaining = wait - (now - previous);
732		context = this;
733		args = arguments;
734		if (remaining <= 0) {
735		clearTimeout(timeout);
736		timeout = null;
737		previous = now;
738		result = func.apply(context, args);
739		} else if (!timeout) {
740		timeout = setTimeout(later, remaining);
741		}
742		return result;
743		};
744		}
745
746		/*
747		* Scroll Event
748		*/
749
750		function bindScrollDepth() {
751
752		scrollEventBound = true;
753
754		$window.on('scroll.scrollDepth', throttle(function() {
755		/*
756		* We calculate document and window height on each scroll event to
757		* account for dynamic DOM changes.
758		*/
759
760		var docHeight = $(document).height(),
761		winHeight = window.innerHeight ? window.innerHeight : $window.height(),
762		scrollDistance = $window.scrollTop() + winHeight,
763
764		/* Recalculate percentage marks */
765		marks = calculateMarks(docHeight),
766
767		/* Timing */
768		timing = +new Date - startTime;
769
770		checkMarks(marks, scrollDistance, timing);
771		}, 500));
772
773		}
774
775		init();
776		};
777
778		/* UMD export */
779		return $.scrollDepth;
780
781		}));
782
783		jQuery.scrollDepth();
784		} else {
785		setTimeout(monsterinsights_scroll_tracking_load, 200);
786		}
787		}
788		monsterinsights_scroll_tracking_load();
789		});
790		}
791		/* End MonsterInsights Scroll Tracking */
792			/* MonsterInsights Conversion Event */
793	jQuery(document).ready(function() {
794		jQuery('a[data-mi-conversion-event]')
795			.off('click.monsterinsightsConversion')
796			.on('click.monsterinsightsConversion', function() {
797				if ( typeof(__gtagTracker) !== 'undefined' && __gtagTracker ) {
798					var $link = jQuery(this);
799					var eventName = $link.attr('data-mi-event-name');
800					if ( typeof eventName === 'undefined' || ! eventName ) {
801						// Fallback to first word of the <a> tag, lowercase, strip html
802						var text = $link.text().trim();
803						text = text.replace(/(<([^>]+)>)/gi, '').toLowerCase();
804						var firstWord = text.split(/\s+/)[0] || '';
805
806						if ( firstWord ) {
807							eventName = 'click-' + firstWord;
808						} else {
809							eventName = $link.parent().hasClass('wp-block-image') ? 'image-click' : 'button-click';
810						}
811					}
812					__gtagTracker('event', 'mi-' + eventName);
813				}
814			});
815	});
816	/* End MonsterInsights Conversion Event */
817	
818</script>
818<script src="https://my.hellobar.com/.js" type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8" async="async"></script>
818<script src="https://www.legalcheek.com/wp-content/themes/legal-cheek-2017/build/js/main.js?v=1" defer="defer" type="text/javascript"></script>
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818
819<script async data-wp-strategy="async" fetchpriority="low" id="comment-reply-js" src="https://www.legalcheek.com/wp-includes/js/comment-reply.min.js?ver=7.0.6"></script>
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819
820<script id="advanced-ads-find-adblocker-js" src="https://www.legalcheek.com/wp-content/plugins/advanced-ads/admin/assets/js/advertisement.js"></script>
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820
821<script id="advadsTrackingScript-js-extra">
822var advadsTracking = {"impressionActionName":"aatrack-records","clickActionName":"aatrack-click","targetClass":"legal-target","blogId":"1","frontendPrefix":"legal-"};
823//# sourceURL=advadsTrackingScript-js-extra
824</script>
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824
825<script id="advadsTrackingScript-js" src="https://www.legalcheek.com/wp-content/plugins/advanced-ads-tracking/assets/dist/tracking.js?ver=3.0.14"></script>
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825
826<script id="wp-emoji-settings" type="application/json">
827{"baseUrl":"https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/17.0.2/72x72/","ext":".png","svgUrl":"https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/17.0.2/svg/","svgExt":".svg","source":{"concatemoji":"https://www.legalcheek.com/wp-includes/js/wp-emoji-release.min.js?ver=7.0.6"}}
828</script>
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828
829<script type="module">
830/*! This file is auto-generated */
831var e="script#wp-emoji-settings",t=document.querySelector(e);if(!(t instanceof HTMLScriptElement))throw new Error("Element missing: "+e);const r=JSON.parse(t.text),s=(window._wpemojiSettings=r,"wpEmojiSettingsSupports"),o=["flag","emoji"];function i(e){try{var t={supportTests:e,timestamp:(new Date).valueOf()};sessionStorage.setItem(s,JSON.stringify(t))}catch(e){}}function c(e,t,n){e.clearRect(0,0,e.canvas.width,e.canvas.height),e.fillText(t,0,0);t=new Uint32Array(e.getImageData(0,0,e.canvas.width,e.canvas.height).data);e.clearRect(0,0,e.canvas.width,e.canvas.height),e.fillText(n,0,0);const r=new Uint32Array(e.getImageData(0,0,e.canvas.width,e.canvas.height).data);return t.every((e,t)=>e===r[t])}function p(e,t){e.clearRect(0,0,e.canvas.width,e.canvas.height),e.fillText(t,0,0);var n=e.getImageData(16,16,1,1);for(let e=0;e<n.data.length;e++)if(0!==n.data[e])return!1;return!0}function u(e,t,n,r){switch(t){case"flag":return n(e,"\ud83c\udff3\ufe0f\u200d\u26a7\ufe0f","\ud83c\udff3\ufe0f\u200b\u26a7\ufe0f")?!1:!n(e,"\ud83c\udde8\ud83c\uddf6","\ud83c\udde8\u200b\ud83c\uddf6")&&!n(e,"\ud83c\udff4\udb40\udc67\udb40\udc62\udb40\udc65\udb40\udc6e\udb40\udc67\udb40\udc7f","\ud83c\udff4\u200b\udb40\udc67\u200b\udb40\udc62\u200b\udb40\udc65\u200b\udb40\udc6e\u200b\udb40\udc67\u200b\udb40\udc7f");case"emoji":return!r(e,"\ud83e\u1fac8")}return!1}function f(e,t,n,r){let a;const s=(a="undefined"!=typeof WorkerGlobalScope&&self instanceof WorkerGlobalScope?new OffscreenCanvas(300,150):document.createElement("canvas")).getContext("2d",{willReadFrequently:!0}),o=(s.textBaseline="top",s.font="600 32px Arial",{});return e.forEach(e=>{o[e]=t(s,e,n,r)}),o}function a(e){var t=document.createElement("script");t.src=e,t.defer=!0,document.head.appendChild(t)}r.supports={everything:!0,everythingExceptFlag:!0},new Promise(t=>{let n=function(){try{var e=JSON.parse(sessionStorage.getItem(s));if("object"==typeof e&&"number"==typeof e.timestamp&&(new Date).valueOf()<e.timestamp+604800&&"object"==typeof e.supportTests)return e.supportTests}catch(e){}return null}();if(!n){if("undefined"!=typeof Worker&&"undefined"!=typeof OffscreenCanvas&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&URL.createObjectURL&&"undefined"!=typeof Blob)try{var e="postMessage("+f.toString()+"("+[JSON.stringify(o),u.toString(),c.toString(),p.toString()].join(",")+"));",r=new Blob([e],{type:"text/javascript"});const a=new Worker(URL.createObjectURL(r),{name:"wpTestEmojiSupports"});return void(a.onmessage=e=>{i(n=e.data),a.terminate(),t(n)})}catch(e){}i(n=f(o,u,c,p))}t(n)}).then(e=>{for(const n in e)r.supports[n]=e[n],r.supports.everything=r.supports.everything&&r.supports[n],"flag"!==n&&(r.supports.everythingExceptFlag=r.supports.everythingExceptFlag&&r.supports[n]);var t;r.supports.everythingExceptFlag=r.supports.everythingExceptFlag&&!r.supports.flag,r.supports.everything||((t=r.source||{}).concatemoji?a(t.concatemoji):t.wpemoji&&t.twemoji&&(a(t.twemoji),a(t.wpemoji)))});
832//# sourceURL=https://www.legalcheek.com/wp-includes/js/wp-emoji-loader.min.js
833</script>
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833
834<script>!function(){window.advanced_ads_ready_queue=window.advanced_ads_ready_queue||[],advanced_ads_ready_queue.push=window.advanced_ads_ready;for(var d=0,a=advanced_ads_ready_queue.length;d<a;d++)advanced_ads_ready(advanced_ads_ready_queue[d])}();</script>
834<script id="legal-tracking">var advads_tracking_ads = {};var advads_tracking_urls = {"1":"https:\/\/www.legalcheek.com\/wp-content\/ajax-handler.php"};var advads_tracking_methods = {"1":"frontend"};var advads_tracking_parallel = {"1":false};var advads_tracking_linkbases = {"1":"https:\/\/www.legalcheek.com\/linkout\/"};</script>
834	</body>
835</html>
836
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