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Acts of Parliament
Parliament, Acts of. The procedure whereby a bill becomes an Act of Parliament is lengthy and has evolved over many centuries. The main stages of a bill in the House of Commons are first reading, second reading, committee, report, and third reading. The first reading is purely formal with the title... Read more |
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Bill Pickett
Bill Pickett 1870–1932 Rodeo cowboy At a Glance Read more |
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Bill Campbell
Bill Campbell 1954– Mayor of Atlanta At a Glan... Read more |
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Bill Brandt
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Granville George Leveson-Gower 2d Earl Granville
Granville George Leveson-Gower Granville, 2d Earl , 1815-91, British statesman. He entered Parliament as a Whig in 1836 and held various cabinet positions under Lord John Russell, the earl of Aberdeen, and Viscount Palmerston. As colonial secretary (1868-70, 1886) under William Gladstone, he had a... Read more |
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John Charles Spencer Viscount Althorp 3rd Earl Spencer
Althorp, John Charles Spencer, Viscount, 3rd Earl Spencer (1782–1845). By temperament Althorp preferred the pleasures of private life to the tribulations of politics. He was not an eloquent speaker but won the confidence of the Commons by his honesty and ability to convince backbenchers that... Read more |
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Bank of Augusta v. Earle
Bank of Augusta v. Earle, 38 U.S. 519 (1839), argued 30 Jan.–1 Feb. 1839, decided 9 Mar. 1839 by vote of 8 to 1; Taney for the Court, Baldwin concurring, McKinley in dissent. This case marked the first time the Supreme Court ruled on the powers of a state over a corporation chartered in... Read more |
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Poyningss Law
Poynings's Law (1494), introduced by Sir Edward Poynings, lord deputy 1494–5. It required the lord deputy and council to seek the king's permission to summon an Irish parliament and his approval of proposed draft bills. The king and English privy council sent back a licence to hold... Read more |
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bill of health
bill of health, a certificate properly authenticated by the consul or other recognized port authority certifying that a ship comes from a place where there is no contagious disease, and that none of its crew, at the time of its departure, was infected with such a disease. A certificate of this kind... Read more |
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curlew
curlew , common name for large shore birds of both hemispheres, generally brown and buff in color and with decurved bills. There are eight species, belonging to the genus Numenius. The long-billed curlew, N. americanus, its bill almost one third the body length (about 2 ft/61 cm), is now rare in... Read more |
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Fed: Earls, Barons, Viscounts and a bloke called Bill
...17-2001 Fed: Earls, Barons, Viscounts and a bloke called Bill As Peter Hollingworth...GCVO,7th Earl of Hopetoun...fewer than four Earls, eight Barons, four ... |
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FED: Earls, Barons, Viscounts and a bloke called Bill
...28-2001 FED: Earls, Barons, Viscounts and a bloke called Bill As Peter Hollingworth...GCVO,7th Earl of Hopetoun...fewer than four earls, eight barons, four ... |