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Corporation Act
Corporation Act, 1661. This statute (13 Car. II c. 1) was the first part of the ‘Clarendon code’ and set out to reassert Anglican supremacy after the Restoration. Persons holding municipal office were obliged to qualify by taking communion with the Church of England. Many... Read more |
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Croton Aqueduct
Municipal and County Governments. Americans inherited both the institution of the municipal corporation and the county form of government from seventeenth‐century England, but over the course of four centuries these units of local rule have changed markedly.Colonial Era. During the Colonial... Read more |
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Yick Wo v. Hopkins
Yick Wo v. Hopkins, 118 U.S. 356 (1886), argued 14 Apr. 1886, decided 10 May 1886 by vote of 9 to 0; Matthews for the Court. During the summer of 1885, many Chinese in San Francisco, including Yick Wo, violated a municipal laundry ordinance to test its validity. This local law allowed only the... Read more |
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Solicitor
SOLICITOR A type of practicing lawyer in England who handles primarily office work. The title of the chief law officer of a government body or department, such as a city, town, or municipal corporation. England has two types of practicing lawyers: solicitors and barristers. Unlike the United... Read more |
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American Museum of Natural History (New York New York)
AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY in New York City is the largest natural history museum in the world. It displays more than 30 million specimens from all branches of natural history along with a wealth of anthropological artifacts in a vast complex of... Read more |
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Ordinance
ORDINANCE A law, statute, or regulation enacted by a municipal corporation. An ordinance is a law passed by a municipal government. A municipality, such as a city, town, village, or borough, is a political subdivision of a state within which a municipal corporation has been established to provide... Read more |
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international law
international law body of rules considered legally binding in the relations between national states, also known as the law of nations. It is sometimes called public international law in contrast to private international law (or conflict of laws ), which regulates private legal affairs affected by... Read more |
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Municipal Ownership
MUNICIPAL OWNERSHIP MUNICIPAL OWNERSHIP refers to city government's control and operation of property, services, and systems. In the late 1800s and early 1900s the term took on special meaning, however, as reformers, eager for better and more affordable services, encouraged the expansion of... Read more |
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Rosa Louise Parks
Rosa Louise Parks 1913-2005, American civil-rights activist, b. Tuskegee, Ala., as Rosa Louise McCauley. A seamstress and long-time member of the Montgomery, Ala., chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), her Dec. 1, 1955, arrest for refusing to give up her... Read more |
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