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259Table 30. Linguistic realizations of the core FE JUDGE in the Portuguese corpus5.2.3.3. IRREGULARITY, ISSUE and LAWThere are three other participants that proved to be very productive across frames:IRREGULARITY, ISSUE and LAW. Corpus observation allowed us to differentiate between thethree.IRREGULARITY is the core FE in frames such as [Contesting] and [Irregularity]. TheBLD online defines the term irregularity on which the FE label was inspired as follows:Violation or nonobservance of established rules and practices. The want ofadherence to some prescribed rule or mode of proceeding; consisting either inomitting to do something that is necessary for the due and orderly conducting of asuit, or doing it in an unseasonable time or improper manner. 1 Tidd, Pr. 512. Andsee McCain v. Des Moines, 174 U. S. 168, 19 Sup. Ct. 644, 43 L. Ed. 936; Emericv. Al- varado, 64 Cal. 529, 2 Pac. 418; Hall v. Mun- ger, 5 Lans. (N. Y.) 113; CornExch. Bank v. Blye, 119 N. Y. 414. 23 N. E. S05; Salter v. Hilgen, 40 Wis. 365;Turrill v. Walker, 4 Mich. 1S3.