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Nineteenth
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the nineteenth letter of the English alphabet is a consonant and is often called a sibilant in allusion to its
abduction
or sexual intercourse NOTE: Sense 2 has its roots in common law. As statutorily defined, mainly in the nineteenth century, abduction is generally stated to include taking away or detention of a woman under a certain age,
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attainder
felony see also bill of attainder at bill, corruption of blood NOTE: In English law up to the nineteenth century, attainder was the harsh consequence of conviction for treason or a felony. It resulted in the forfeiture
Carbonaro
A member of a secret political association in Italy organized in the early part of the nineteenth centry for the purpose of changing the government into a republic
Mondays Child
A child who is fair of face a reference to a nineteenth century poem See below
VerbarScampavia
A long low war galley used by the Neapolitans and Sicilians in the early part of the nineteenth century
Barber-chirurgeons
c. 15, and the latter were erected into a Royal College of Surgeons at the commencement of the nineteenth century.
Commander-in-Chief
command was delegated to a Commander-in-Chief appointed by patent. The command was divided in the middle of the nineteenth century between the Commander-in-Chief and a Secretary of State for War. The latter gradually became predominant, which held
Duel
the undoubted law, duels were by no means unfrequent in England up to about the middle of the nineteenth century, e.g., the Duke of Wellington exchanged shots without effect with Lord Winchelsea in 1829; Lord Cardigan wounded
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