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Passive resisters
Passive resisters, those persons who, as a protest against the expenditure of a local authority in connection with an object of which they disapprove, decline to pay that part of a rate attributable to such expenditure,...
Prerogative of mercy
Prerogative of mercy. In early times the operation of the Royal Prerogative of Mercy was far wider than at the present day, as it was not only extended to some persons who in later ages would...
Persuasion
Persuasion, the word 'persuasion' is a synonym of faith, creed, etc. Webster's Third New International Dictionary Vol. II, p. 1688, gives the meaning of 'persuasion' among others (a) as 'a system of religious or other beliefs...
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Presbyterian Church of England
Presbyterian Church of England, a Protestant Church constituted under the 'Book or Order' of that Church.
Presbyterians
Presbyterians, a sect of Christians chiefly to be found in Scotland and Ireland (see 34 Vict. c. 24), who do not acknowledge the authority of bishops. In England the term 'Presbyterian' originally designated a distinct body...
Protestando
Protestando, a word made use of to avoid double pleading in actions; it prevented the party that made it from being concluded, by the plea he was about to make, that issue could not be joined...
Representation
Representation, by public bodies, associations or individuals ventilating individual grievances are considered by Petitions Committee of Lok Sabha. Representations in the form of letters, telegrams, copies of resolutions are treated as representation and considered by the...
Schism Bill
Schism Bill, the name of an Act passed in the reign of Queen Anne, which restrained Protestant dissenters from educating their own children, and forbade all tutors and schoolmasters to be present at any conventicle or...
Settlement, Act of
Settlement, Act of, the title of 12 & 13 Wm. 3, c. 2, by which the Crown is limited to the heirs of the body of the Princess Sophia, Electress of Hanover (daughter of James the...
Supremacy, Oath of
Supremacy, Oath of, the abolished oath prescribed for nearly 200 years, together with the oath of allegiance, was to be taken by various high officers and persons by 1 W. & M. c. 8, and also...
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