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Barber-chirurgeons
Barber-chirurgeons, a corporation of London instituted by Edward IV. The barbers were separated from the surgeons by 18 Geo. 2, c. 15, and the latter were erected into a Royal College of Surgeons at the commencement...
Black death
Black death, the great pestilence which visited England and other parts of Europe about the middle of the fourteenth century.
Roquelaure
A cloak reaching about to or just below the knees worn in the 18th century
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Cabinet, shadow
Cabinet, shadow, is a body of opposition leaders meeting from time to time and ready to take office, Chambers Concise 20th Century Dictionary, Davidson, Seaton and Simpson, p. 914.
Capital offences
Capital offences, those crimes upon conviction of which the offender is condemned to be hanged. The only crimes now punishable with death are high treason; murder; destruction of H. M. Ships, arsenals, etc. (12 Geo. 3,...
Causes celebres
work containing reports of the decisions of interest and importance in French Courts in the 17th and 18th centuries. The first series, in 22 vols., is by Gayot de Pitival; the second, called the Nouvelles Causes Celebres,
Chairman
Chairman, 'Chairman' according to the Concise Oxford Dictionary means a person chosen to preside over meetings, e.g., one who presides over the meetings of the Board of Directors. In Black's Law Dictionary, 6th Ed., p. 230,...
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, an officer before whom, or his Deputy, the court of the Duchy Chamber of Lancaster is held. This is a special jurisdiction concerning all mattes of equity relating to lands...
Civil Law
Civil Law, that rule of action which every particular nation, commonwealth, or city has established peculiarly for itself, more properly distinguished by the name of municipal law. The term 'civil law' is now chiefly applied to...
Rosicrucian
One who in the 17th century and the early part of the 18th claimed to belong to a secret society of philosophers deeply versed in the secrets of nature the alleged society having existed it was...
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