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Oleron
Oleron, an island lying in the Bay of Acquitain, at the mouth of the river Charente, formerly in the possession of England. The inhabitants of Oleron have been able mariners for seven or eight hundred years...
Idem est non esse et non apparere
Idem est non esse et non apparere. Jenk. Cent. 207, (Not to be and not to appear are the same.) See Hale, de Jure Mars, pt. I, c. 4, p. 14; R. v. Lord Yarborough, (1824)...
Husband and wife
Husband and wife. the Common Law treated them, for most purposes, as one person, giving, with exceptions comparatively unimportant, the whole of a woman's property to her husband for his absolute use, and a husband could...
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Gules
Gules, the heraldic names of the colour usually called red. The word is derived from the Arabic word gule, a rose, and was probably introduced by the Crusaders. Gules is denoted in engravings by numerous perpendicular...
Episcopal and congregationalism
Episcopal and congregationalism, the basic or essential characteristic of 'congregationalism' and 'episcopal' is that in the former the authority vests in the congregation whereas in the latter it is controlled by the bishop as he is...
Contraband
Contraband [fr. Contra, Lat., against; and bando, Ital., edict], such goods as are prohibited to be imported or exported, bought or sold, either by the laws of a particular state or by special treaties; also a...
Mew
A gull esp the common British species Larus canus called also sea mew maa mar mow and cobb
Debauch
To lead away from purity or excellence to corrupt in character or principles to mar to vitiate to pollute to seduce as to debauch ones self by intemperance to debauch a woman to debauch an army
Marplot
One who by his officious interference mars or frustrates a design or plot
Marcian
Under the influence of Mars courageous bold
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