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Home Dictionary Name: empiricallyMoghul empire
The empire created in India by invading Mongolians Tatars established under Baber who conquered Hindustan in 1526 The establsihed religion of the empire was Mohammedanism After the death of the Great Mogul Aurung Zeb in 1707 power passed to the Mahrattas and the British The empire existed only nominally in the early 1800s and was finally abolished in 1857 by the deposing of the last emperor...
Empiric
One who follows an empirical method one who relies upon practical experience...
British Empire, the Most Excellent Order of the
British Empire, the Most Excellent Order of the, founded in 1917 for both men and women. The various grades take precedence immediately after the corresponding grades of the Royal Victorian Order....
Empire
Empire, the dominion or jurisdiction of an emperor; the region over which the dominion of an emperor extends; imperial power; supreme dominion; sovereign command....
Empire Settlement Act, 1922 (English) (12 & 13 Geo. 5, c. 13)
Empire Settlement Act, 1922 (English) (12 & 13 Geo. 5, c. 13), 'to make better provision for furthering British settlement in His Majesty's Overseas Dominions,' provides for the raising up to 1,500,000l. for this purpose in 1922-23, and not more than 3,000,000l. in any subsequent year....
Empiric
Empiric, a practitioner in medicine or surgery who proceeds on experience only, without science or legal qualification; a quack....
Knights of the Order of the British Empire
Knights of the Order of the British Empire, founded 1917....
Knights of the Order of the Indian Empire
Knights of the Order of the Indian Empire, founded 1878....
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 that which the Romans complied from the laws of nature and nations.The 'Roman Law'and the 'Civil Law' are convertible phrases, meaning the same system of jurisprudence; it is now frequently denominated 'the Roman Civil Law.'The collections of Roman Civil Law, before its reformation in the sixth century of the Christian era by the eastern Emperor Justinian, were the following:--(1) Leges Regi'. These laws were for the most part promulgated by Romulus, Numa Pompilius and Servius Tullius. To Romulus are ascribed the formation of a constitutional government, and the imposition of a fine, instead of death, for crimes; Numa Pompilius composed the laws relating to religion and divine worship, and abated the rigour of subsisting laws; and Servius Tullius, the sixth king,...
Bundesrath
Lit a federal council esp of the German Empire In the German Empire the legislative functions are vested in the Bundesrath and the Reichstag The federal council of Switzerland is also so called...
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