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Old Bailey the Central Criminal Court in London, formerly standing in a… Clothing , Sumptuary Laws. The boundaries of social and political hierarchy were delineated by the clothes one wore, and throughout the early-modern period sump… Poor Laws , In Britain, the term poor law was commonly applied to various laws that provided for the sick, disabled, and unemployed. A body of legislation from t… DESTROY , de·stroy / diˈstroi/ • v. [tr.] put an end to the existence of (something) by damaging or attacking it: the room had been destroyed by fire. ∎ comple… Old Sarum , Old Sarum
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