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Home Dictionary Name: civil war Page: 2 Page 2 of about 29 results (0.004 seconds)Memorial Day
A day originally May 30 appointed for commemorating by decorating their graves with flowers by patriotic exercises etc the dead soldiers and sailors who served the Civil War 1861 65 in the United States Also called Decoration Day It is a legal holiday in most of the States In the Southern States the Confederate Memorial Day is May 30 in Virginia April 26 in Alabama Florida Georgia and Mississippi May 10 in North Carolina and South Carolina the second Friday in May in Tennessee June 3 in Louisiana...
nightrider
member of a secret mounted band in the southern U S after the Civil War which committed acts of intimidation and revenge...
Seven thirties
A name given to three several issues of United States Treasury notes made during the Civil War in denominations of 50 and over bearing interest at the rate of seven and three tenths thirty hundredths per cent annually Within a few years they were all redeemed or funded...
Camera Stellata
Camera Stellata, the Star Chamber. Its authority was enlarged and confirmed by Rot. Parl. 3 Hen. 7, n. 17, and abolished in the reign of Charles I. a little before the commencement of the civil wars, Hume, iv. 96....
peacetime
A period of time during which there is no war as civil liberties are valued more highly in peacetime than in war...
Public order
Public order, expression 'public order' has a distinct corrodation. Investigation into the offence under the Essential Commodities Act, may not be equated with the maintenance of public order as is commonly understood, Romesh Lal Jain v. Naginder Singh Rana, (2006) 1 SCC 294.Public order, has a comprehensive meaning so as to include public safety in its relation to the maintenance of public order and maintenance of public order involves consideration of public safety. They are closely allied concepts, Revana Siddaiah v. State of Mysore, AIR 1952 Mys 85: (1951) ILR Mys 455: (1952) Cr LJ 1526.Public order, has a very wide connotation public order is the basic need in any organized society. It implies the orderly State of Society and Community in which citizens can peacefully pursue their normal activities of life, Kamlakar Shankar Patil v. B. Akashi, (1994) Cr LJ 1870.Public order, has in several decisions, been equated with public safety and tranquility. Each and every breach of tranqui...
military commission
military commission : a military court organized in time of war or suspension of the civil power to try offenses by persons (as civilians) not subject to trial by a court-martial ...
Hittite
A member of an ancient people or perhaps group of peoples whose settlements extended from Armenia westward into Asia Minor and southward into Palestine They are known to have been met along the Orontes as early as 1500 b c and were often at war with the Egyptians and Assyrians Especially in the north they developed a considerable civilization of which numerous monuments and inscriptions are extant Authorities are not agreed as to their race While several attempts have been made to decipher the Hittite characters little progress has yet been made...
Bar, trial at
Bar, trial at, the trial of a cause or prisoner before the Court itself instead of at Nisi Prius. It is confined to cases of great importance, and it is entirely discretionary with the court to grant it, unless the Crown be interested (see as to this, Dixon v. Farrar, Sec. of Board of Trade, (1886) 18 QBD 43), when the Attorney-General may demand it as of right. The procedure for obtaining it is regulated by Rules 150-155 of the Crown Office Rules of 1906.A celebrated trial at bar--of one Arthur Orton for perjury, in swearing that he was Sir Roger Tichborne--took place in 1873 before Cockburn, L.C. J., and Lush and Mellor, JJ. Others since that date are the action by the Attorney-General against Mr. Bradlaugh for penalties under the Parliament Oaths Act, A.G. v. Bradlaugh, (1885) 14 QBD 667; the trial of Dr. Jameson and many others, Reg. v. Jameson, 1896 (2) QB 425, for making an incursion into the Transvaal in contravention of the (English) Foreign Enlistment Act, 1870 (see that title...
Magna Carta
Magna Carta, [Latin 'great charter'] The English charter that King John granted to the barons in 1215 and Henry III and Edward I later confirmed. It is generally regarded as one of the great common-law documents and as the foundation of constitution liberties. The other three great charters of English Liberty are the Petition of Right (3 Car. (1628)), the Habeas Corpus Act (31 Car. 2 (1679)), and the Bill of Rights (1 Will. SM. (1689)). Also spelled Magna charta, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 963.This Great Charter is based substantially upon the Saxon Common Law, which flourished in this kingdom until the Normaninvasion consolidated the system of feudality, still the great characteristic of the principles of real property. The barons assembled at St.Edmund's Bury, in Suffolk, in the later part of the year 1214, and there solemnly swore upon the high alter to withdraw their allegiance from the Crown, and openly rebel, unless King John confirmed by a formal charter the ancient li...
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