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Ranters
Ranters name given to the adherents of an antinomian movement in England about the time of the Commonwealth and Protectorate (1649-59). Its principal teaching was pantheistic, that God is present in nature. The Ranters appealed to the inner experience of Jesus and denied the authority of Scripture.... Read more
Nichiren
Nichiren [Jap.,=sun lotus], 1222-82, Japanese Buddhist priest, founder of Nichiren Buddhism. Of humble birth, Nichiren (whose given name was Zennichimaro) early became a monk, and traveled to many temples in search of true Buddhism. In 1253, convinced that contemporary Buddhism was inadequate for a... Read more
bail
bail in law, procurement of release from prison of a person awaiting trial or an appeal, by the deposit of security to insure his submission at the required time to legal authority. The monetary value of the security—known also as the bail, or, more accurately, the bail bond—is set by t... Read more
Ronald Firbank
Ronald Firbank (Arthur Annesley Ronald Firbank), 1886-1926, English author. Of a delicate and eccentric nature, Firbank lived the life of a leisured aesthete. His novels, which have appealed to a small but appreciative audience, include Vainglory (1915), Valmouth (1919), Prancing Nigger (1924... Read more
William Squire Kenyon
William Squire Kenyon 1869-1933, U.S. Senator (1911-22) from Iowa, b. Elyria, Ohio. He practiced law at Fort Dodge, Iowa, was county prosecutor, and became a state district court judge before serving (1910-11) as assistant to the U.S. Attorney General. He was elected to the U.S. Senate in 1911 and ... Read more
Samuel Woodworth
Samuel Woodworth 1784-1842, American author, b. Scituate, Mass. He edited (1823-24) the New York Mirror and was author of the song "The Old Oaken Bucket." His comedy The Forest Rose (1825) was one of the most popular American plays before the Civil War. ... Read more
Albert Bigelow Paine
Albert Bigelow Paine 1861-1937, American author, b. New Bedford, Mass. He is best remembered as the author of the authorized biography of Mark Twain (3 vol., 1912) and as the editor of Twain's letters (1917). Among his other works are several children's books, including The Hollow Tree and The A... Read more
Constitutions of Clarendon
Constitutions of Clarendon 1164, articles issued by King Henry II of England at the Council of Clarendon defining the customs governing relations between church and state. In the anarchic conditions of the previous reign, the church had extended its jurisdiction in various ways, and it was the ki... Read more
Mafia
Mafia , name given to a number of organized groups of Sicilian brigands in the 19th and 20th cent. Unlike the Camorra in Naples, the Mafia had no hierarchic organization; each group operated on its own. The Mafia originated in feudal times, when lords hired brigands to guard their estates in excha... Read more
J. K. Rowling
J. K. Rowling (Joanne Kathleen Rowling) , 1965-, English author known for her popular children's books, b. Chipping Sodbury, grad. Exeter Univ. (1986). While unemployed she completed her first book, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (1996), a vivid tale of a young wizard and his friends, ... Read more

Encyclopedia entries related to "Appeal to authority"

McCardle, Ex Parte
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to the Supreme Court of the United States ...insurrection. Invoking the authority conferred by the Reconstruction...Congress possessed express authority to make exceptions to the...jurisdiction to hear McCardle's appeal and must dismiss the case...persons held under federal authority. Several months later, in...
Judicial Review
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to the Supreme Court of the United States ...the federal government. The authority of the federal government...that expands with the federal authority over the nation. Origins...the rights of Americans by appeal to a law superior to parliamentary...federal government and the authority of that government over the...
court
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...Conquest (1066), royal authority was gradually extended...consist of the Court of Appeal, the High Court (with...taken from the court of appeal to the House of Lords...the highest court of appeal. Courts in the United...local courts that have authority only in specific matters...
Architect
Encyclopedia entry from: West's Encyclopedia of American Law ...created under the inherent authority of a state to protect the...license. The architect can appeal a revocation. Qualifications...constructing the building. Authority and Powers The power and authority of architects are determined...
canon law
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to British History ...European countries accepted the authority of canon law and the conflict...were acknowledged as having authority in all matters spiritual...of Henry VIII the ultimate authority in matters spiritual lay with the papal curia, to which appeal ultimately lay, though there...
Judiciary Act of 1891
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to the Supreme Court of the United States ...areas, the Circuit Courts of Appeal could certify a division of...substantially pruned, but the right of appeal was preserved in many cases...Supreme Court had discretionary authority to review the decisions. Additionally...questions. Finally, the right of appeal to the Supreme Court was ...
Aeronautics
Encyclopedia entry from: West's Encyclopedia of American Law ...federal government and to the authority of a particular state while...FAA) is the agency with the authority to govern air commerce. The...immediate action. The pilot may appeal the order of suspension or...state or municipality has the authority to regulate the air traffic...
Professionalization
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to United States History ...professions maintained gentlemanly authority and honor within their own...replaced the broader social authority and honor once accorded to...predemocratic. This gave them great appeal and helped fuel a powerful...Samuel Haber . The Quest for Authority and Honor in the American...
Territories and New States
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to the Supreme Court of the United States ...tended to subvert congressional authority. Efforts by antislavery congressmen...California and New Mexico on appeal from territorial courts...challenge to congressional authority ran counter to the long...limitation on congressional authority over new state creation...
Moose Lodge v. Irvis
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to the Supreme Court of the United States ...court against the state liquor authority and the Moose Lodge, winning...injunction that required the liquor authority to suspend the lodge's liquor...in its guest policies. On appeal the Supreme Court reversed...Burton v. Wilmington Parking Authority (1961). In Burton , the...

Dictionary entries related to "Appeal to authority"

appeal
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable ...Macedon, father of Alexander the Great, who is said to have been the subject of such an appeal. appeal to Caesar appeal to the highest possible authority, originally with reference to the claim made by the apostle Paul to have his case heard...
authority
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church ...organized society, Church authority was enforced with temporal...In the Christian community authority now operates on the ground of an appeal to conscience , with the...For Christians the ultimate authority is God, revealed in Jesus...
Hinduism
Dictionary entry from: New Dictionary of the History of Ideas ...understand and use scriptural authority to legitimate a variegated set...and maintain its religious authority. The most common way Hindus of various sorts do this is to appeal to the authority of the Veda, the most ancient...
Administrative Justice
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...power gives the agency the authority to issue regulations, and...power gives the agency the authority to adjudicate contested cases...decision is frequently subject to appeal to intra-agency boards or...the highest administrative authority of the agency. The act further...
Supreme Court
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...is the final judicial authority in the U.S. system...power to hear cases on appeal from the Federal appellate...is the final judicial authority in American government...final legal or political authority in the political system...litigants may never appeal Supreme Court decisions...
Rome (early Christian)
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church ...established the Roman see as a court of appeal. Rome declined in political significance...sacked twice before it came under the authority of barbarian rulers in 476. The...caused Stephen II (III) in 753 to appeal to the Frankish King Pepin . The...
petition
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English ...people, appealing to authority with respect to a...x220E;  an appeal or request, esp...formal request to (an authority) with respect to...a solemn or humble appeal to (a figure of authority): Russell petitioned...
Catholic Church, Roman
Book article from: A Dictionary of Contemporary World History ...emphasized papal spiritual authority throughout the worldwide Church...This claim to worldwide authority, even if it was restricted...centralism strengthened the authority of the Church, while the...saints) further increased its appeal. In contrast to other Christian...
Nation
Dictionary entry from: New Dictionary of the History of Ideas ...The Nation and Political Authority, 1000 – 1500 The...older ethnographic meanings to appeal to their subjects, though...about legitimate political authority excluded notions of equal...Protestant resistance to authority took mainly sectarian and...
Pan-Islamism
Dictionary entry from: New Dictionary of the History of Ideas ...and Egypt. Here the logical appeal of Islam as universal glue...tried to extend his political authority beyond the Ottoman Empire by...adopted the same mantle of authority. This pan-Islamic appeal was tied to the growing Western...

Thesaurus entries related to "Appeal to authority"

beg
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus ...implore, entreat, plead with, appeal to, supplicate, pray to, importune...urgency, as well as an emotional appeal (he beseeched her to tell the...invitation). Petition suggests an appeal to authority (to petition the government to...
pull
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus ...lure, allurement, enticement, magnetism, temptation, fascination, appeal.   3. he has a lot of pull in finance synonyms : influence, sway, power, authority, say, prestige, standing, weight, leverage, muscle, teeth, clout...

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HOOSICK SET TO APPEAL TRASH AUTHORITY RULING.(Local)
Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY); 9/2/1992; 700+ words ; ...today to file a notice of appeal with the state's highest...of a regional solid waste authority. The Town Board voted Monday night to appeal Thursday's ruling by the...County Solid Waste Management Authority. That ruling overturned...
Appeal on airport authority pending
Newspaper article from: Michigan Citizen; 11/23/2002; ; 700+ words ; ...commission had an automatic appeal to the National Transportation...favor of the private authority. During the term of the appeal, a stay of the action...Wayne County Airport Authority after a back room deal...any decision on an appeal to the Michigan Supreme...
PARISH ON CLOSING LIST TAKES APPEAL TO HIGHER AUTHORITY
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 10/10/2004; ; 700+ words ; ...diocesan priests. The appeal also argues that the archbishop lacks the authority to close St. Anselm...be suppressed," the appeal states. A spokesman...emphasizing the bishops' authority, criticized "certain...Anselm, noted that the appeal is based partly on the...
Bangla SC allows govt to file appeal against HC authority.
News Wire article from: PTI - The Press Trust of India Ltd.; 9/20/2007; 385 words ; Bangla SC allows govt to file appeal against HC authority Dhaka, Sept 20 (PTI) Bangladesh Supreme...allowed the interim government to file an appeal challenging the High Court authority to grant bail despite a bar under emergency...
MDA will gauge towns' curb appeal.(Mississippi Development Authority)
Magazine article from: Mississippi Business Journal; 9/6/2004; ; 700+ words ; ...effort to improve their curb appeal, Mississippi towns are lining...the Mississippi Development Authority (MDA) visit and assess their...take a look at how its curb appeal may affect economic prospects...call this initiative 'curb appeal.' He can relate to that...
Two bars surrender liquor licenses; Third establishment closed, pending appeal, as state authority acts against troubled Capital Region premises.(Capital Region)
Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY); 4/6/2006; 700+ words ; ...Tuesday to the state Liquor Authority without admitting guilt...Albany shuttered, pending appeal. The State Liquor Authority closed the bar, using an...revoked after the State Liquor Authority contended underage patrons...
Jockeys have five days to appeal against regulatory authority's bans
Newspaper article from: South Wales Evening Post; 7/11/2007; 522 words ; ...Mernagh have until Monday evening to appeal over the riding bans they received from the Horseracing Regulatory Authority. Culhane was suspended for 12 months...will consider the possibility of an appeal on receipt of the HRA panel's written...
Right of appeal to independent authority.(Features)
Newspaper article from: Daily Post (Liverpool, England); 1/15/2008; 434 words ; ...into account all the circumstances of an application. "If an application is refused, there is a right of appeal to an independent authority. An independent immigration judge will fully consider all aspects, including further information not provided...
SPECTRAVISION WINS ON APPEAL; CALIFORNIA TAXING AUTHORITY RULES IN FAVOR OF COMPANY
PR Newswire; 11/2/1995; 700+ words ; ...State Board of Equalization, the state's highest taxing authority, reversed a position of its audit staff. Consequently, the...hotels, and at no cost to them, SpectraVision pursued this appeal demonstrating their loyalty to the hotels they serve." The...
Union's appeal to authority.(News)
Newspaper article from: South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales); 4/4/2002; 468 words ; A TEACHING union is pressing a Valleys authority to drop proposals to replace all its sixth forms with a tertiary college. The move would see the closure of Merthyr Tydfil's...