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Plea Plea
PLEA A formal response by the defendant to the affirmative assertions of the plaintiff in a civil case or to the charges of the prosecutor in a criminal case. Under the old system of common-law pleading, a plea was the defendant's first pleading in a case, the document in which he set out reasons... Read more
John Campbell 1st earl of Breadalbane John Campbell 1st earl of Breadalbane
John Campbell Breadalbane, 1st earl of , 1635?-1717, Scottish nobleman. He took part in the royalist rising of 1654 and helped George Monck to further the restoration (1660) of Charles II. In 1688 he privately supported James II, but he did not commit himself openly and took advantage of the Act of... Read more
Sir Ewen Cameron of Lochiel Sir Ewen Cameron of Lochiel
Sir Ewen Cameron of Lochiel kăm´eren, lŏkh-ēl´ , 1629-1719, chief of the Scottish highland clan of Cameron after 1647. On behalf of Charles II he led his clan in an uprising against the Commonwealth in 1653, and only in 1658 did he submit to the Puritan general George ... Read more
James Edward Murdoch James Edward Murdoch
Murdoch, James E[dward] (1811?–93), actor. The son of a prominent Philadelphia family, he made his debut at the Arch Street Theatre in 1829 playing Frederick in Lovers' Vows. Murdoch quickly attained a national reputation, even though he performed far more frequently in his native city than... Read more
George Jeffreys 1st Baron Jeffreys of Wem George Jeffreys 1st Baron Jeffreys of Wem
George Jeffreys Jeffreys of Wem, 1st Baron 1645?-1689, English judge under Charles II and James II . A notoriously cruel judge, he presided over many of the trials connected with the Popish Plot (see Oates, Titus ) and was responsible for the judicial murder of Algernon Sidney and for the... Read more
Alfred Eisenstaedt Alfred Eisenstaedt
Alfred Eisenstaedt Alfred Eisenstaedt (1898-1995) was an established photographer when he moved to the United States from Germany in 1935. But the photograph that won him the most fame was the won he took in Times Square on V-J (Victory over Japan) Day in 1945, ending World War II. The picture,... Read more
James Galway James Galway
JAMES GALWAY Born: Belfast, Northern Ireland, 8 December 1939 Genre: Classical James Galway is second only to Jean-Pierre Rampal as popularizer of the flute in the twentieth century; in the 1990s no flutist was better known than Galway. With impeccable classical credentials, he has ventured... Read more
Sixtus IV Sixtus IV
Sixtus IV , 1414-84, pope (1471-84), an Italian named Francesco della Rovere (b. near Savona); successor of Paul II. He was made general of his order, the Franciscans, in 1464 and became (1467) a cardinal. Sixtus was expected to be a reformer, but he was too much embroiled in political difficulties.... Read more
James Douglas 4th duke of Hamilton James Douglas 4th duke of Hamilton
James Douglas Hamilton, 4th duke of 1658-1712, Scottish nobleman. He served at the courts of Charles II and James II and remained, after his grudging acceptance of William III, a sympathizer with the Jacobites. He became duke of Hamilton in 1698 and, although he had opposed the union of Scotland... Read more
Richard Le Scrope Richard Le Scrope
Richard Le Scrope , 1350?-1405, English archbishop. He probably studied law at both Oxford and Cambridge. Having taken priest's orders in 1377, he rose steadily in church rank. In 1386 he became bishop of Coventry and Lichfield, and in 1398 at the request of Richard II the pope made Scrope... Read more

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