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Home Dictionary Name: novembermid November
the middle part of November...
Anniversary days
Anniversary days, solemn days appointed to be celebrated yearly in commemoration of the death of a saint or other event.The death of Charles I., 30th January, the Restoration of Charles II., 29th May, and the discovery of the Gunpowder Plot, November 5th, gave rise to 'anniversaries' and special church services, abolished by 22 Vict. c. 2. The anniversary of the accession of the sovereign is still observed by an Accession Service, and the signing of the Armistice on the 11th November, 1918, by Remembrance Day....
Chancellor, Lord
Chancellor, Lord, properly, 'the Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain' [fr. Cancellarius, low Lat., cancelli, Lat., latticework], the highest judicial functionary in the kingdom, and superior, in point of precedency, to every temporal lord. He is appointed by the delivery of the king's Great Seal into his custody. He may not be a Roman Catholic (10 Geo. 4, c. 7, s. 12). He is a cabinet minister, a privy councillor, and prolocutor of the House of Lords by prescription (but not necessarily, though usually, a peer of the realm), and vacates his office with the ministry by which he was appointed, but is entitled to a pension. When royal commissions are issued for opening the session, for giving the royal assent to bills, or for proroguing Parliament, the Lord Chancellor is always one of the commissioners, and reads the royal speech on the occasion. To him belongs the appointment of all justices of the peace throughout the kingdom, and the appointment and removal of county court judges (se...
Quarter-days
Quarter-days, the days which begin the four quarters of the year, viz., the 25th of March, or Lady-day; the 24th of June, or Midsummer-day; the 29th of September, or Michaelmas-day; and the 25th of December, or Christmas-day. The half-quarter days are February 8, May 9, August 11, and November 11. The Scottish quarter days are February 2, May 15, August 1, and November 11. In Northern Ireland the quarter-days are the same as for England....
Things done
Things done, is comprehensive enough to take in not only the things done, but also the effect onthe legal consequences flowing therefrom, Hasan Balak v. S.M. Limai, Assistant Charity Commissioner, Nagpur, AIR 1967 SC 1742: 1967 MP LJ 118: 1967 Jab LJ 526: AIR 1967 SC 1742: 1966 (68) Bom LR 133.The words 'things done' in paragraph 6 of the Order are comprehensive enough to take in a trans-action effected before the merger, though some of its legal effects and consequences projected into the post-merger period, Universal Imports Agency v. Chief Controller of Imports and Exports, AIR 1961 SC 41 (47): (1961) 1 SCR 305. [French Establishments (Application of Laws) Order (1954) Para 6](ii) The words 'things done' in paragraph 6 of S.R.O. 3315 were comprehensive so as to include a contract effected before November 1, 1954, through its legal effect and consequence projected into the post-transfer period and the goods were imported only after November 1, 1954, French India Importing Corporation...
immigration act of 1990
immigration act of 1990 Public Law 101-649 (Act of November 29, 1990), which increased the limits on legal immigration to the United States, revised all grounds for exclusion and deportation, authorized temporary protected status to aliens of designated countries, revised and established new nonimmigrant admission categories, revised and extended the Visa Waiver Pilot Program, and revised naturalization authority and requirements. Source: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services ...
Bielas comet
A periodic coment discovered by Biela in 1826 which revolves around the sun in 66 years The November meteors Andromedes or Bielids move in its orbit and may be fragments of the comet...
Chislev
The third month of the Jewish civil year the ninth month of the ecclesiastical year in the Jewish calendar occupying a part of November and a part of December same as Kislev...
VerbarFrimaire
The third month of the French republican calendar It commenced November 21 and ended December 20 See Vendeacutemiaire...
Gettysburg Address
The popular name of a speech given by Abraham Lincoln on November 19 1863 on the battlefield near Gettysburg Pennsylvania USA as part of a ceremony to dedicate a portion of that battlefield as a cemetary for soldiers who died fighting there See note below...
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