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Boston
Boston Massachusetts and to have been invented by officers of the French army in America during the Revolutionary war … fifty two cards each said to be so called from Boston Massachusetts and to have been invented by officers of the French army in America during the Revolutionary war
Gunroom
An apartment on the after end of the lower gun deck of a ship of war usually occupied as a messroom by the commissioned officers except the captain called wardroom in the United States … of the lower gun deck of a ship of war usually occupied as a messroom by the commissioned officers except the captain called wardroom in the United States navy
Rebellion
of the government to which one owes obedience and resistance to its officers and laws either by levying war or by aiding others to do so an organized uprising of subjects for the purpose of coercing or … and avowed renunciation of the authority of the government to which one owes obedience and resistance to its officers and laws either by levying war or by aiding others to do so an organized uprising of subjects
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Duel
officer liable to be cashiered and a soldier to suffer imprisonment by s. 38 (founded upon Articles of War made in 1844) of the (English) Army Act (44 & 45 Vict. c. 58) … send a challenge, R. v. Phillips, (1805) 6 East 464; and fighting or promoting a duel renders an officer liable to be cashiered and a soldier to suffer imprisonment by s. 38 (founded upon Articles of War
Sponsions
Sponsions, agreements or engagements made by certain public officers, as generals or admirals in time of war, either without authority, or in excess of the authority under which they purport to be made, Inter. Law. … Sponsions, agreements or engagements made by certain public officers, as generals or admirals in time of war, either without authority, or in excess of the authority under
Ordnance Office, or Board of Ordnance
Matched in: Term Ordnance Office, or Board of Ordnance
Earl marshal
ceremonials takes cognizance of matters relating to honor arms and pedigree and directs the proclamation of peace and war The court of chivalry was formerly under his jurisdiction and he is still the head of the heralds … An officer of state in England who marshals and orders all great ceremonials takes cognizance of matters relating to honor
Convoy
Convoy, ships of war which accompany merchantmen in time of war, to protect them from the attacks of the enemy. There are … are five things essential to sailing with convoy:-viz. (1) It must be with a regular convoy under an officer appointed by government; (2) it must be from the place of rendezvous appointed by government; (3) it must
Vote of credit
Vote of credit, in England, in conditions of National Emergency or War Parliament is called for to pass a vote of credit as it is impossible to draw up a … to draw up a detailed estimate of expenditure, however, votes of credit are regarded as undesirable in principle, Office of the Speaker in the Parliament of Commonwealth Wilding and Philip Laundy, p. 256. Vote of credit, the
Tenure
with 'terms and con-ditions of services' or payment of gravity or pension. Tenure when followed by words of office, means term of office, Punjab University v. Khalsa College, Amritsar, AIR 1971 P&H 479: 1971 Cur LJ 334. … attachment to the lord. The owner of a knight's fee was bound to attend the lord to the wars on horseback, armed as a knight, for forty days in every year, if called upon, and this attendance
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