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• Mediocrity
  ...cted in the uses of Middle French ''médiocre'' and ''médiocrité'' and of [[English]] ''mediocrity''. Classical Latin ''mediocritās'' is used already with imp ...elements that make up these molecules are (to a greater or lesser extent) common to all [[stars]], and the laws of [[science]] we know apply to the entire [
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• Dominion
  .../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] dominioun, from Middle French dominion, modification of [[Latin]] dominium In [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_common_law English common law] the Dominions of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Crown British
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• Rogue
  In [[modern]] [[English]] [[language]], the term rogue is used pejoratively to [[describe]] a disho ...[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Harman Thomas Harman]'s ''Caveat for Common Cursitors'' (1566).
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• Seduction
  [[English]] common [[law]] defined the [[crime]] of seduction as a felony committed "when a [[male]] [[Category: Law]]
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• Suspension
  .../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] suspensyon, from Anglo-French suspension, from Late Latin suspension-, su :c : temporary abrogation of a [[law]] or rule
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• Sui Generis
  In [[law]], it is a term of [[art]] used to identify a legal classification that exi ...of the words is ambiguous or inherently unclear. For example, in criminal law, a statute might require a ''mens rea'' element of "unlawful and malicious"
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• Riot
  .../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Anglo-French riote rash [[action]], [[noise]], disorder ...by [[three]] or more [[persons]] assembled together and [[acting]] with a common [[intent]]
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• Visitor
  .../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Anglo-French visiter, from [[Latin]] visitare, frequentative of vise ...tor''', in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom United Kingdom] [[law]] and [[history]], is an overseer of an [[autonomous]] [[ecclesiastical]] o
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• Exile
  .../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] ''exil'' banishment, [[Latin]] ''ex(s)ilium'', equiv. to ''exsul'' banishe It is common to distinguish between internal exile, i.e., forced resettlement within the
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• Spirit
  ...ting ''[[Psyche (psychology)|psykhē]]''. The word was loaned into [[Middle English]] via [[Old French]] ''espirit'' in the 13th century. In India [[Prana]] me ...-existing or eternal soul because belief in souls is specific and far less common, particularly in traditional societies.
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• World Government
  ...Latin, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Monarchia De Monarchia], which in English translates literally as "On Monarchy". Dante's work was published in 1329, ...nal work in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_law international law].
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• Inertia
  ...ikipedia.org/wiki/Newton%27s_laws_of_motion First Law of Motion]''. This [[law]], [[expressed]] simply, says that an object that is not subject to any net # Isaac Newton, Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy translated into English by Andrew Motte, First American Edition, New York, 1846, page 72.
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• Share
  ...refers to joint or alternating use of an inherently finite good, such as a common pasture or a shared residence. It is also the process of dividing and distr ...t role in market economies, for example in car sharing. Share housing is a common and informally negotiated example of sharing of householders' labour, (for
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• Marriage
  .../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] mariage, which first appears in 1250–1300 C.E. This in turn is derived f ...one or more men to one or more women that is recognised by [[custom]] or [[law]]".
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• Cooperation
  ...of which individuals are part (out of own [[choice]], or by the force of [[law]]). ...ntithesis]] of competition, the need or desire to compete with others is a common impetus that motivates individuals to organize into a [[group]] and coopera
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• Roman law
  ...Corpus Juris Civilis]] of Emperor [[Justinian I]] (around [[530]]). Roman law as preserved in Justinian's codes became the basis of legal practice in the ...system than on the legal systems of the continent. The influence of Roman law is shown by the wealth of legal terminology, retained by all legal systems,
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• Jurors
  .... A trial without a jury (in which both questions of fact and questions of law are decided by a judge) is known as a bench trial. ...bject to fraud. Royal justices supervised trials, answered questions as to law and announced the court's decision which was subject to appeal. Sheriffs ex
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• Canon
  ...mewhat analogous to the precedents established in [[common law]] by [[case law]]. ...rnational church law. It is analogous to the English system of [[statute]] law.
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• Analogy
  ...including them. Analogy is important not only in ordinary language]] and common sense, where proverbs and [[idiom]]s give many examples of its application, ...discussed since [[classical antiquity]] by philosophers, scientists and [[law]]yers. The last few decades have shown a renewed interest in analogy, most
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• Divine Counselor
  ...e field of law, a counselor, counsellor, counselor-at-law or counsellor-at-law is an attorney ===In Law and Politics===
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