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• Prosecute
  .../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from [[Latin]] prosecutus, past participle of prosequi to pursue ...n]] against for redress or [[punishment]] of a [[crime]] or violation of [[law]]
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• Natural Law
  ...ut the statutes, but less so to criticize the law itself. Some use natural law synonymously with natural [[justice]] or natural right (Latin ius naturale) ...evelopment of [[English]] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_law common law],[3] and have featured greatly in the philosophies of [[Thomas Aquinas]], F
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• Liability
  .../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] lyable, from Anglo-French *liable, from lier to bind, from [[Latin]] liga *1 a : obligated according to law or equity : responsible b : subject to appropriation or attachment
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• Privilege
  ...egium law for or against a private person, from privus private + leg-, lex law ...[[human being]]s from birth. Miscellaneous privileges, e.g. the old common law privilege to title deeds, may still exist, though of little relevance today
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• Equity
  .../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] equite, from Anglo-French equité, from [[Latin]] aequitat-, aequitas, fr *1 a : [[justice]] according to [[natural law]] or right; specifically : [[freedom]] from bias or favoritism
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• Burden
  ...THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English] byrthen; akin to Old English beran to carry ...ther party. However the incidence of burden of proof is affected by common law, statute and [[procedure]].
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• Recrimination
  ...cused party makes a similar [[accusation]] against the plaintiff. In plain English, it is a lawyer's way of saying "you too." ...t-based divorce system in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_law common law] countries. For example, in the context of a [[marriage]] where the marital
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• Offence
  .../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Anglo-French, from [[Latin]] offensa, from feminine of offensus, pas :b : an infraction of [[law]]; especially : misdemeanor
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• Covenant
  .../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Anglo-French, from present participle of covenir to be fitting, from :b : the common-[[law]] [[action]] to recover damages for breach of such a contract
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• Defamation
  .../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Anglo-French & Medieval Latin; Anglo-French ''deffamer'', ''diffamer ...] and have been made to someone other than the person defamed. Some common law jurisdictions also distinguish between spoken defamation, called '''slander
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• Affinity
  .../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] ''affinite'', from Anglo-French or [[Latin]]; Anglo-French ''affinité'', ...logical]] groups involving resemblance in structural plan and indicating a common [[origin]]
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• Eviction
  .../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Late Latin ''evictus'', past participle of ''evincere'', from Latin, ...(e.g., under the English [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_law common law] of past centuries), or with respect to specific jurisdictions. In present-
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• Trespass
  .../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] ''trespas'', from Anglo-French, passage, overstepping, misdeed, from ''tre ...French ''trespas'' passing across, passage, transgression of an order or [[law]], [[offence]]
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• Summons
  .../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] somouns, from Anglo-French somonse, from past participle of somondre ...monses to be drafted in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plain_English plain English] and that they must start with this phrase: "Notice! You have been sued."
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• Answer
  ...English] ''andswaru'' (akin to Old Norse ''andsvar'' answer); akin to Old English and- against, ''swerian'' to swear In [[law]], an answer was originally a [[solemn]] assertion in [[opposition]] to som
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• Excuse
  .../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] escusen, excusen, < Old French escuser, excuser ...ictim]] in the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_law_(common_law) civil law].
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• Fraud
  .../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] fraude, from Anglo-French, from [[Latin]] fraud-, fraus ...iolation. Defrauding people or [[entities]] of [[money]] or valuables is a common [[purpose]] of fraud, but there have also been fraudulent "[[discoveries]]"
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• Accession
  ...inal art piece by way of replevin. The remedies and [[application]] of the law vary by [[legal]] [[jurisdiction]]. In law governing [[business]] and [[political]] [[relationships]], Accession refer
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• Malfeasance
  ...th [[reference]] to the discharge of public obligations existing by common law, custom or statute. ...contract. When a contract creates a [[duty]] that does not exist at common law, the parties can do one of three things: (1) perform the duty fully; (2) pe
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• Provocation
  .../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] provocacioun, from Anglo-French provocacion, from [[Latin]] provocation-, In criminal [[law]], '''provocation''' is a possible [[defense]] by [https://en.wikipedia.org
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• Magistrate
  .../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] magestrat, from [[Latin]] magistratus magistracy, magistrate, from magist ...te has limited law enforcement and administration [[authority]]. In civil law systems, a magistrate might be a [[judge]] in a superior court; the magistr
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• Conspiracy
  .../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Anglo-French conspirer, from [[Latin]] conspirare to be in [[harmony *2 : to [[act]] in [[harmony]] toward a common end <circumstances conspired to defeat his efforts>
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• Commonwealth
  ...of "[[wealth]]," which is "well-[[being]]." The term [[literally]] meant "common well-being". In the seventeenth century the definition of "commonwealth" ex ...[[law]] and united by compact or tacit [[agreement]] of the people for the common good
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• Vagrant
  ...?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English] wealcan to roll-walk ...ncome]]. Many towns in the Developed World have [[shelters]] for vagrants. Common terminology is a tramp or a 'gentleman of the road'. In legal terminology,
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• Prescription
  ...ext]], excuse, precept, rule, limiting [[regulation]], [[limitation]], (in law) preliminary clause or preamble defining the [[scope]] of a lawsuit, prelim *1a : the [[establishment]] of a claim of title to something under common law usually by use and enjoyment for a period fixed by statute.
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• Taboo
  ...]", often in the sense of being restricted or protected by [[custom]] or [[law]]. In the main island of the Kingdom of Tonga, where the greater portion of The use of taboo in [[English]] dates back to 1777 when English explorer, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captain_James_Cook Captain James C
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• Labor Unions
  ...iki/Collective_bargaining collective bargaining]) with employers. The most common [[purpose]] of these associations or unions is "maintaining or improving th [[Category: Law]]
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• Court
  .../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Anglo-French curt, court, from [[Latin]] cohort-, cohors enclosure, ...aw]]''''', follow [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Category:Law/TeaM '''''this link'''''].</center>
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• Arrest
  .../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] aresten, from Anglo-French arester to stop, arrest, from Vulgar Latin *arr ...ck" can also refer to a [[police]] station, and the term "pinched" is also common. In the United States and France the term "collared" is sometimes used. The
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• Pharisees
  ...?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English] farise, from Late Latin pharisaeus, from [[Greek]] pharisaios, from Aramai ...insistence on the validity of their own [[oral tradition]]s concerning the law
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• Alphabet
  .../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] alphabete, from Late [[Latin]] alphabetum, from [[Greek]] alphabētos, fr ...d house respectively. There are dozens of alphabets in use today, the most common being [[Latin]], deriving from the first true alphabet, [[Greek]]. Most of
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• Fugitive
  .../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Middle French & [[Latin]]; Middle French fugitif, from Latin fugitiv ...vice] is the primary [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_enforcement_agency law enforcement agency] that tracks down federal fugitives, though the [https:/
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• Hostage
  .../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Anglo-French, from ''hoste'' ...bductor in order to compel another party such as a [[relative]], employer, law enforcement, or [[government]] to act, or refrain from acting, in a particu
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• Debt
  .../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] dette, debte, from Anglo-French dette something owed, from Vulgar [[Latin *4 : the common-[[law]] [[action]] for the recovery of [[money]] held to be due
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• Hemp
  ...?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English] ''hænep''; akin to Old High German ''hanaf'' hemp, [[Greek]] ''kannabis'' The etymology is uncertain but there appears to be no common [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proto-indoeuropean Proto-indoeuropean] sourc
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• Sin
  *1. a. An [[act]] which is regarded as a transgression of the [[divine]] [[law]] and an offence against [[God]]; a violation (esp. wilful or deliberate) o *2. a. Without article or pl. Violation of divine law; [[action]] or conduct characterized by this; a [[state]] of transgression
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• Mischief
  .../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] meschief, from Anglo-French, misfortune, hardship, from Old French meschev ...uction or defacement of property other than arson. [[Governed]] by state [[law]], criminal mischief is committed when a perpetrator, having no right to do
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• Prostitution
  ...between [[different]] kinds or imply a [[value]] [[judgment]] about them. Common alternatives for prostitute include escort and whore; however, not all [[pr ...?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English] word hōra, from the Indo-European root kā meaning "[[desire]]". Use of t
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• Quorum
  .../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], ''quorum'' of justices of the peace, from [[Latin]], of whom, genitive pl ..., charter, bylaws or standing orders). The ''quorum'' may also be set by [[law]]. While a [[majority]] of members is often the ''quorum'' for legislative
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• Mores
  ...is a plurale tantum term borrowed from Latin, which has been used in the [[English]] [[language]] since the 1890s. ...] and mild [[social]] [[pressure]] but not strictly enforced or put into [[law]]. The term folkways, introduced by American sociologist [https://en.wikipe
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• Petition
  .../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Anglo-French, from [[Latin]] petition-, petitio, from petere to seek ...ror]. Petitions could be sent by anybody, from a [[scholar]]-official to a common farmer, although the petitions were more likely [[read]] to the emperor if
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• Siblings
  ...as one that shares the same father is known as an ''agnate sibling''. In [[law]], the term '''''consanguine''''' is used in place of agnate. Half siblings ...f siblings were often accorded unequal treatment. Old [[English]] [[common law]] at one time incorporated inequalities into the laws of intestate successi
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• Waif
  .../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] ''weif'', ''waif'', from Anglo-French, from ''waif'', adjective, stray, un ...other helpless circumstance, from its original [[surroundings]]. The most common usage of the word is to designate a [[homeless]], [[forsaken]] or [[orphane
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• Hermit
  .../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] ''heremite'', ''eremite'', from Anglo-French, from Late Latin ''eremita'', ...ited_States) Episcopal Church] in the United States, although in the canon law of the Episcopal Church they are referred to as "solitaries" rather than "h
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• Murder
  ...dle English murdre, from Anglo-French, of Germanic [[origin]]; akin to Old English morthor; akin to Old High German mord murder, [[Latin]] mort-, mors death, ...was an important legal [[mechanism]] in early Germanic society; the other common form of legal reparation at this time was blood [[revenge]]. If someone was
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• Weakness
  ...?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English] wác, corresponding to Old Saxon, Middle Low German wêk, Middle Dutch wee ...of you catch up to the [[strongest]]. There is no way to circumvent this [[law]] of [[the universe]] for just when you feel yourself really making [[progr
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• Appeal
  .../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] appel, from Anglo-French apel, from apeler ...urt on specific grounds. These grounds typically could include errors of [[law]], [[fact]], or procedure (in the United States, [https://en.wikipedia.org/
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• Symbols
  ...dicate a battlefield, and the [[numeral]]s used to represent [[number]]s. Common psychological symbols are the use of a gun to represent a penis or a tunnel ...he question in an effort to define [[culture|cultural objects]], such as a law, a constitution, a marriage ceremony. All the nouns in the story are in thi
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• Conscience
  .../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Anglo-French, from [[Latin]] conscientia, from conscient-, consciens ...plative]] considerations about the [[origin]] and operation of conscience. Common [[secular]] or [[scientific]] views regard the [[capacity]] for conscience
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• Propulsion
  [Middle English propellen, from Latin propellere, from pro- before + pellere to drive — ...propulsion''' is the [[act]] of moving an object through the air. The most common [[types]] are [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Propeller propeller], jet engi
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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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• 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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• Humanities
  ===Law=== ...thing laid down or fixed. see [https://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=law&searchmode=none Etymonline Dictionary] and the adjective ''legal'' comes fr
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• Personal
  # law: Any individual or formal organization with [[standing]] before the courts. #:''By common law a [[corporation]] or a [[trust]] is legally a '''person'''.''
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• Euthanasia
  ...ntle and easy [[death]]. Used esp. with reference to a proposal that the [[law]] should sanction the putting painlessly to death of those suffering from i ...ministering lethal medicine is considered important[6]. For example, Swiss law on assisted suicide allows assisted suicide, while all forms of active euth
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• Deity
  ...ted to be the directors of time and fate itself, to be the givers of human law and morality, to be the ultimate judges of human worth and behavior, and to The English word "god" comes from Anglo-Saxon, and similar words are found in many Germ
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• Quentin Skinner
  ...achiavelli]], and more recently (in ''Liberty before Liberalism'' 1998 the English republicans of the mid-seventeenth century (including [[John Milton]], Jame ...storian [[J.G.A. Pocock]], whose ''The Ancient Constitution and the Feudal Law'' (1957) was a significant early influence. Another important stimulus came
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• Family
  '''Family''' denotes a group of people affiliated by a common ancestry, affinity or co-residence. Although the [[concept]] of consanguini ...ily consists of one or more parents/guardians and their children. The most common form of this family is regularly referred to as a nuclear family. [https://
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• Sabotage
  ...[[earth]] and its inhabitants. The [[[https://www.fbi.gov|FBI] and other [[law]] enforcement agencies use the term eco-terrorist when applied to damage of ...on and criminal penalties instead of detention as a prisoner of war. It is common for a government in power during war or supporters of the war policy to use
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• Constitution
  ...[[formal]] or [[informal]] [[system]] of [[primary]] [[principle]]s and [[law]]s that [[regulate]]s a [[government]] or other [[institution]]. ...nstitutions, the term ''constitution'' could be applied to any important [[law]] that governed the functioning of a government.
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• The Hague
  ...ts with the "Hagenezen", who speak "plat Haags" ("plat" meaning "flat" or "common"). There is relatively little social interaction between these groups. * [https://www.denhaag.com/ City of Den Haag (English)]
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• Theology
  ...ford: OUP, 1998), Ignaz Goldziher's ''Introduction to Islamic Theology and Law'' (Princeton University Press, 1981), Roger Jackson and John J. Makransky's The word ''theology'' comes from late middle English (originally applying only to Christianity) from French ''théologie'', from
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• Golden rule
  The Golden Rule was a common principle in ancient Greek philosophy. A few examples: ...93) proclaimed the Golden Rule (both in negative and positive form) as the common principle for many religions.[https://www.religioustolerance.org/parliame.h
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• Deduction
  ...les fall and how the planets move, [[Isaac Newton]] induced his [[Newton's law of universal gravitation|theory of gravity]]. In the 19th century, [[Discov ...RECORDE Whetst. Xj, For subtraction your nombers are sette downe after the common maner, firste the totall, and then the deduction. 1703 T. N. City & C. Purc
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• Literary theory
  ...plied to non-fiction, [[popular fiction]], [[film]], historical documents, law, advertising, etc., in the related field of [[cultural studies]]. In fact, ...it was not until the broad impact of structuralism began to be felt in the English-speaking academic world that "literary theory" was thought of as a unified
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• Contempt
  .../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Anglo-French, from Latin contemptus, from contemnere ...of others, and can also be included in the ‘CAD triad’ as they exhibit the common theme of violation of moral [[ethics]]. Ekman and Friesen’s [[study]] tha
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• Theocracy
  ...civil government.[3] Theocratic governments enact [[Theonomy|theonomic]] [[law]]s. ...erstood theocracy as a fourth form of government in which only God and his law is [[sovereign]]. Josephus' definition was widely accepted until the enligh
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• Secularism
  ...n, replacing [[law]]s based on [[scripture]] (such as the Torah and Sharia law) with civil laws, and eliminating discrimination on the basis of religion. ...re must be agreed on methods of problem-solving, and a common framework of law; in a secular society these are as limited as possible.
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• Evil
  ...'. The root meaning is of obscure origin though shown to be akin to modern English 'over' and modern German 'über' (OE ''ofer'') and 'up' (OE ''up'', ''upp'' ...statement that love of God and love of your fellow man is the whole of the law. Still others emphasize the [[idea]] that [[humanity]] is, within itself, i
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• Perception
  ...6 W. KIRBY & W. SPENCE Introd. Entomol. IV. xlv. 234 The agent between the common sensory and the sense is the consciousness or perception of the impression. ...gy]]. The oldest quantitative [[law]] in psychology is the [[Weber-Fechner law]], which quantifies the relationship between the intensity of physical stim
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• Upanishads
  ...ishishtadvaita]], founded by [[Ramanuja]]charya and it has some aspects in common with the other two. ...rāyaṇi]] Upanishads are sometimes added. All these date from before the [[Common Era]]. From [[linguistics|linguistic]] evidence, the oldest among them are
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• Surveillance
  ...[biometrics]] software, and laws such as the Communications Assistance For Law Enforcement Act, governments now possess an unprecedented ability to monito ...are required to be available for unimpeded real-time monitoring by Federal law enforcement agencies.[5][6][7]
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