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... English Dictionary English Literature ( I. ) . ( Oxford ) . Author of The Story of the Goths ; The Making of English ; & c . HUGH CHISHOLM , M.A. Formerly Scholar of Corpus Christi College , Oxford . Editor of the 11th edition English ...
... English Dictionary English Literature ( I. ) . ( Oxford ) . Author of The Story of the Goths ; The Making of English ; & c . HUGH CHISHOLM , M.A. Formerly Scholar of Corpus Christi College , Oxford . Editor of the 11th edition English ...
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... English law , a judicial | writ of execution , given by the Statute of Westminster II . ( 1285 ) , and so called from the words of the writ , that the plaintiff has chosen ( elegit ) this mode of satisfaction . Previously to the When ...
... English law , a judicial | writ of execution , given by the Statute of Westminster II . ( 1285 ) , and so called from the words of the writ , that the plaintiff has chosen ( elegit ) this mode of satisfaction . Previously to the When ...
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... English canon law . The marriage was declared invalid ab initio cither on the ground of Anne's precontract with Lord Percy or more probably on the ground of the affinity established between Henry and Anne by Henry's previous relations ...
... English canon law . The marriage was declared invalid ab initio cither on the ground of Anne's precontract with Lord Percy or more probably on the ground of the affinity established between Henry and Anne by Henry's previous relations ...
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... English philologist , mathematician , musician and writer on phonetics , was born at Hoxton on the 14th of June 1814. He was educated at Shrewsbury , Eton , and Trinity College , Cam- bridge , and took his degree in high mathematical ...
... English philologist , mathematician , musician and writer on phonetics , was born at Hoxton on the 14th of June 1814. He was educated at Shrewsbury , Eton , and Trinity College , Cam- bridge , and took his degree in high mathematical ...
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... English common law of emblements has been generally preserved . In North Carolina there has been legislation on the lines of the English Landlord and Tenant Act 1851. In some states the tenant is entitled to compensation also from the ...
... English common law of emblements has been generally preserved . In North Carolina there has been legislation on the lines of the English Landlord and Tenant Act 1851. In some states the tenant is entitled to compensation also from the ...
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