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Marine Royal
Marine Royal, a military force drilled as infantry, whose special province is to serve on board ships of war when in commission. The force was first established about the middle of the 18th century. When serving...
Mercen-Lage
Mercen-Lage, the Mercian Laws, which were observed in many of the Midland counties, and those bordering on the Principality of Wales, the retreat of the ancient Britons-one of the three principal systems of law prevailing indifferent...
Of its members
Of its members, means derived or coming from, belonging to, having to do with, relating to, pertaining to, Webster's New Twentieth Century Dictionary (IInd End., 1979, p. 1241)
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Parliament, the Imperial
Parliament, the Imperial. Formerly the Legislature of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, now, by the Royal and Parliamentary Titles Act, 1927 (17 Geo. 5, c. 4), s. 2, styled the Parliament of the...
Partners
Partners, the distinction between co-owners and partners is that in the case of co-ownership the co-owners do not intend to carry on a business. On the other hand, the partnership intend to carry on business, K.T....
Political party
Political party, in UK origins of organised political parties are relatively recent. They were first acknowledged by Burke in 1769; according to some commentators, the parties originated in Whig and Tory Groups in the late seventeenth...
Prerogative of mercy
Prerogative of mercy. In early times the operation of the Royal Prerogative of Mercy was far wider than at the present day, as it was not only extended to some persons who in later ages would...
Prime Minister
Prime Minister. The statesman who in response to a summons from the King accepts the commission to form a Ministry; the Premier. The expression is of comparatively recent origin, dating from about the end of the...
Procure
Procure, means to obtain, or get by care; effort or the use of special means; to procure evidence; to bring about especially by unscrupulous and indirect means; to procure secret documents; to obtain (women or girls)...
Pronounce
Pronounce, means to proclaim, to utter formally, to utter rhetorically, to declare, to utter, to articulate, Chambers 20th Century Dictionary, New Edition, p. 1030. The term 'pronounce' means to proclaim, to utter formally, to utter rhetorically,...
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