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Act of Six Articles
Six Articles, Act of, 1539 (31 Hen. VIII c. 14). The Act gave legal and penal authority to a set of highly reactionary statements on issues of church belief and practice. The Six Articles, decided by debate within the House of Lords and approved by convocation, upheld (a)the catholic doctrine of the... Read more |
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Twenty-Second Amendment
TWENTY-SECOND AMENDMENT The Twenty-second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution reads: Section 1. No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice, and no person who has held the office of President, or acted as President, for more than two years of a term to which some... Read more |
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Thirty-nine Articles
Thirty-Nine Articles The set of doctrinal formulae first issued in 1563 and finally adopted by the Anglican Communion in 1571 as a statement of its position. Many of the articles allow a wide variety of interpretation. They had their origin in several previous definitions, required by the shifts and... Read more |
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European Communities Act
European Communities Act, 1972. Act of the British Parliament giving legal effect to the treaties and legislation of the European Communities, effectively confirming Parliament's acceptance of British entry. The primacy of European over British law introduced by the Act was most vividly shown by the... Read more |
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Food and Drug Act of 1906
Pure Food and Drug Act (1906) Daniel P. Carpenter Excerpt from the Pure Food and Drug Act An Act— For preventing the manufacture, sale, or transportation of adulterated or misbranded or poisonous or deleterious foods, drugs, medicines, and liquors, and for regulating traffic... Read more |
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tortoiseshell
tortoiseshell horny, translucent, mottled plates covering the carapace of the tropical hawksbill turtle. The plates, too thin for most purposes in their original form, are usually built up in layers that are molded or compressed after the surfaces have been liquefied by heat; thus, a firm union is... Read more |
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Edward Alsworth Ross
ROSS, EDWARD ALSWORTH 1866 - 1951 P ROFESSOR ANDS OCIALA CTIVIST Background The progressive movement found one of its greatest proponents in Edward Alsworth Ross, a gargantuan man with what contemporaries referred to as a "magnificent" head. He stood six feet... Read more |
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