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manor house manor house
manor house dwelling house of the feudal lord of a manor, occupied by him only on occasional visits if he held many manors. Although not built specifically for fortification as castles were, many manor houses were partly fortified; they were enclosed within walls or moats that sometimes included... Read more
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Elizabethan style Elizabethan style
Elizabethan style , in architecture and the decorative arts, a transitional style of the English Renaissance, which took its name from Queen Elizabeth's reign (1558-1603). During this period many large manor houses were erected by the court nobility. The plans and facades tended more toward... Read more
Celia Fiennes Celia Fiennes
Celia Fiennes Celia Fiennes (1662-1741) made her mark as the foremost female travel writer of her day, providing one of the most inclusive personal accounts of England since the Elizabethan era. Rebellious Roots Celia Fiennes (pronounced fines ) was born June 7, 1662 at the manor of Newton... Read more
Maidstone Maidstone
Maidstone , city (1991 pop. 86,067), Kent, SE England, on the Medway River. It is a market city with agricultural, paper, printing, quarrying, brewing, and engineering industries. There is evidence of a Roman station. Chillington Manor (Elizabethan) contains the Maidstone Museum, the public library,... Read more
larceny larceny
larceny in law, the unlawful taking and carrying away of the property of another, with intent to deprive the owner of its use or to appropriate it to the use of the perpetrator or of someone else. It is usually distinguished from embezzlement and false pretenses in that the actual taking of the... Read more
Grand Larceny Grand Larceny
GRAND LARCENY A category of larceny—the offense of illegally taking the property of another Read more
collective bargaining collective bargaining
collective bargaining in labor relations, procedure whereby an employer or employers agree to discuss the conditions of work by bargaining with representatives of the employees, usually a labor union. Its purpose may be either a discussion of the terms and conditions of employment (wages, work... Read more
Avebury Avebury
Avebury , village, Wiltshire, S central England. The village, with a medieval church and Elizabethan manor house, lies within Avebury Circle, a Neolithic circular group of upright stones that is older and larger than Stonehenge but not so well preserved. The village and the circle have belonged... Read more
Umpire Umpire
UMPIRE A person chosen to decide a question in a controversy that has been submitted to arbitration but has not been resolved because the arbitrators cannot reach agreement, or one who has been chosen to be a permanent arbitrator for the duration of a collective bargaining agreement. Arbitration... Read more

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