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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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• Duel
  .../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Medieval Latin ''duellum'', from Old Latin, [[war]] ...d_West American Old West] for quite some time due to the absence of common law.
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• Amen
  ...In [[Islam]], it is the standard ending to [[Dua]] (supplication). Common English translations of the word ''amen'' include: "Verily", "Truly", "So be it", a ...ary etymology, ''amen'' passed from Greek into Late Latin, and thence into English.[https://www.bartleby.com/61/75/A0247500.html]
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• Crossing the Rubicon
  ...he [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubicon Rubicon River] in violation of [[law]], hence making conflict inevitable. Therefore the term "the Rubicon" is us ...ts as the "Radius of Action formula"—originated, according to the [[Oxford English Dictionary]], as a technical term in air navigation to refer to the point o
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• Hebrew Bible
  ''Hebrew Bible'' is a term that refers to the common portions of the [[Tanakh|Jewish canon]] and the [[Bible#Christian Bible|Chr ...n Greek ''hē palaia diathēkē'' ( Παλαιὰ Διαθήκη, ''palaios'' gives several English prefixes like ''[[palaeography]]''). There is additional, confessional impl
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• Intuition
  The [[Oxford English Dictionary|OED]] cites '''intution''' as "the immediate apprehension of an In common usage, intuitions lead us to believe things without being able to articulat
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• English
  [[Image:English.jpg|right|frame]] ...he most profound outside influences on the development of PDE (present day english) are the [[Viking]] conquests and settlements--resulting in the establishme
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• Classics
  ...Ancient Greek [[Bronze Age]] in 1000 [[BCE]] to the [[Dark Ages]] circa [[Common Era|CE]] 500. The study of the Classics was the initial field of study in t ...εταχαραττε το θειον νομισμα" ("metacharatte to theion nomisma"). It is the law of strict continuity. We preserve and do not throw away words or ideas. Wor
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• Fear
  ...perspiration to cool the body. When the stimulus is shocking or abrupt, a common reaction is to cover (or otherwise protect) vulnerable parts of the [[anato
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• Information
  ...ionary]], the earliest historical meaning of the word ''information'' in [[English]] was the act of ''informing'', or giving form or shape to the mind, as in ...ch this may have influenced the development of the word ''information'' in English is unclear.
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• Fatherhood
  ...ality", "[[fascist]]", "[[totalitarian]]", "imperial".[20] The fundamental common grounds between domestic and national authority, are the [[mechanisms]] of ...ity have been synonymous.[24] In the 19th century Europe, the [[idea]] was common, among both traditionalist and revolutionaries, that the authority of the d
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