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Electoral franchise
Electoral franchise. (1) The qualifications entitling persons to vote at Parliamentary elections. A brief sketch of the changes up to 1884 in (a) Counties, and (b) Boroughs is as follows: (a) Originally the freeholders elected the...
Reserve
Reserve, the term 'reserve' is not defined in the Act. The dictionary meaning of the word 'Reserve' is: To keep for future use or enjoyment; to store up for some time or occasion; to refrain from...
Canon law
Canon law. When Christian communities formed themselves into congregations ('kklhoiai), certain resolutions were agreed upon for their government; these were termed rules kavoves, forma, disciplina); and the phrases canonica sanctio, lex canonica, and canonum jura, were...
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Coptic Church
influences that in many respects it is the most ancient monument of primitive Christian rites and ceremonies But centuries of subjection to Moslem rule have weakened and degraded it
Pourpoint
A quilted military doublet or gambeson worn in the 14th and 15th centuries also a name for the doublet of the 16th and 17th centuries worn by civilians
Pehlevi
An ancient Persian dialect in which words were partly represented by their Semitic equivalents It was in use from the 3d century and perhaps earlier to the middle of the 7th century and later in religious...
VerbarFin de siegravecle
Lit end of the century mostly used adjectively in English to signify belonging to or characteristic of the close of the 19th century At that time the phrase was also intended to imply ldquomodernrdquo or ldquoup...
Bill of Exchange
Bill of Exchange. Defined in the (English) Bills of Exchange Act, 1882 (45 & 46 Vict. c. 61), s. 3, as an 'unconditional order in writing, addressed by one person to another, signed by the person...
Si
A syllable applied in solmization to the note B more recently to the seventh tone of any major diatonic scale It was added to Guidos scale by Le Maire about the end of the 17th century
Sequin
An old gold coin of Italy and Turkey It was first struck at Venice about the end of the 13th century and afterward in the other Italian cities and by the Levant trade was introduced into...
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