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Army (UK)

Army (UK) [fr. armee, Fr.], the military force of a country. From1689 to 1879, the army was regulated by Annual Mutiny

Constable [fr. Comes stabuli, Lat., in the eastern empire a superintendent

instituted to the benefice. It must be in writing (29 Car. 2, c. 3), and is in the nature of letters-missive

Roman Catholics. Very severe laws, commonly called the penal laws, were passed

denotes a female human being of any age. (Indian Penal Code, s. 10) By the (English) Interpretation Act, 1889, s. 1,

Pension, an annual allowance made to any one, usually in consideration of past services. By the (English) Succession to the Crown

Slavery, that civil relation in which one man has absolute power over the

the peace for the execution of those powers which are confided to them by their commission, or by charter, and by

Piracy [fr. pirata, Lat.], the commission of those acts of robbery and violence upon the sea,

of a panel such as the panel of which the claimant's solicitors were members that, therefore, the Claimant's Solicitors had had