/*
Theme Name: LawNestly
Theme URI: https://lawnestly.com/
Author: ZA IT FIRM
Description: Independent U.S. law and legal information WordPress theme. Mobile-first editorial design, categories, legal notices, accessible navigation, pagination and SEO-friendly semantic templates.
Version: 1.0.0
Requires at least: 6.2
Requires PHP: 7.4
License: GPL-2.0-or-later
Text Domain: lawnestly
Tags: blog, news, custom-logo, custom-menu, featured-images, threaded-comments, translation-ready, two-columns
*/
:root{
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}
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