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- ↑ "House Joint Resolution No. 84: RESOLUTION CONFIRMING THE NOMINATION OF THE HONORABLE ELIOT D. PRESCOTT OF WEST HARTFORD TO BE A JUDGE OF THE APPELLATE COURT AND A JUDGE OF THE SUPERIOR COURT". February 2014. Retrieved April 23, 2018.
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