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laurels

An honor or honors conferred for some notable achievement

amount to a 'Parliament' for this purpose, see St. John Peerage Claim, 1915, AC 282, and the (English) Honours (Prevention of Abuses) Act, 1925 (15 & 16 Geo. 5, c. 72), an Act to prevent abuses in

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Tenure

Those who held immediately from the king were called tenants in capite (in chief), which was the most honourable tenure. This was of two kinds, either ut de honore, where the land was held of the king

Nobility

of the people, comprehending dukes, marquesses, earls, viscounts, and barons. These had anciently duties annexed to their respective honours; they are created either by writ, i.e., by royal summons to attend the house of peers, or by

Honour Courts

Honour Courts, tribunals held within honours or seigniories

Advocatus diaboli

Rome, whose duty is to prepare all possible arguments against the admission of any one to the posthumous honours of beatification and canonization, Enc. Brit.

Bribe

1906 (6 Edw. 7, c. 15), (see EXTRADITION), adds bribery to the list of extradition crimes. The (English) Honours (Prevention of Abuses) Act, 1925 (15 & 16 Geo. 5, c. 72), makes illegal any gift of money

Degree approved

Degree approved, means a degree in law or a mixed or joint honours degree conferred by a university in England and Wales or by the Council for National Academic Awards which

Honour

of nobility, knighthood, and other titles which flow from the Crown, the fountain of honour, and see the Honours (Prevention of Abuses) Act, 1925 (15 & 16 Geo. 5, c. 72). To honour a bill of exchange

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