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Court of Appeal
COURT OF APPEAL An intermediate federal judicial tribunal of review that is found in thirteen judicial districts, called circuits, in the United States. A state judicial tribunal that reviews a decision rendered by an inferior tribunal to determine whether it made errors that warrant the reversal... Read more |
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Protestantism
protestantism The term originated with the protest of the reforming minority at the diet of Spires in 1529 against the catholic majority. As a general description of the anti‐catholic position, it was adopted with some caution: several of the churches into which the new movement dissolved... Read more |
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Individualism
INDIVIDUALISM. Individualism endorses the principle that the ends or purposes of the human individual possess dignity and worth that take precedence over communal, metaphysical, cosmological, or religious priorities. While individualism may appeal to certain metaphysical or epistemological schools... Read more |
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Court of Arches
Arches, Court of. This was one of the ecclesiastical courts. Before and after the Reformation, appeal from the consistory court of the diocese lay to the court of one of the two archbishops, York or Canterbury. The Court of Arches was the court of the Archbishop of Canterbury. It sat in the church... Read more |
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Roberta Flack
Roberta Flack 1940– Singer, songwriter Interested Mainly in Music and Food Demo Led to Atlantic Contract Slew Audiences Softly Celebrated Love With Bryson Selected discography Sources So timeless is the appeal of Roberta Flack’s soulful singing that some of her hits of the 1970s are... Read more |
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Deborah
Deborah , in the Bible, prophetess and judge of Israel, the only woman to hold that office. Under her guidance Barak conquered Sisera and delivered Israel from the oppression of the Canaanite King Jabin. The triumphant "Song of Deborah" is one of the most ancient literary pieces in the Bible,... Read more |
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Saint Julius I
Saint Julius I pope (337-52), a Roman; successor of St. Marcus. In the controversy over Arianism , when both sides appealed to him for support, he convened a synod at Rome (340), at which were present St. Athanasius , Marcellus of Ancyra, and many other Catholic exiles from the East. The Arians... Read more |
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Justiciary Court
Justiciary Court (Scotland). The High Court of Justiciary is the supreme criminal court in Scotland. It was established in 1672, and consisted of the lord justice general, the lord justice clerk, and five of the lords of Session. From 1887 all lords of Session have been lords commissioners of... Read more |
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Areopagus
Areopagus [Gr.,=hill of Ares], rocky hill, 370 ft (113 m) high, NW of the Acropolis of Athens, famous as the sacred meeting place of the prime council of Athens. This council, also called the Areopagus, represented the ancient council of elders, which usually combined judicial and legislative... Read more |
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Pieter Willem Botha
Pieter Willem Botha , 1916-2006, South African political leader. An Afrikaner and a member of the right-wing National party, he first entered parliament in 1948. Botha gained prominence as minister of defense (1966-80) and became prime minister in 1978. He initiated a limited reform of apartheid ... Read more |
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