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  • 1Doctrine of the Atonement —     Doctrine of the Atonement     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Doctrine of the Atonement     The word atonement, which is almost the only theological term of English origin, has a curious history. The verb atone , from the adverbial phrase at one (M …

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  • 2doctrine — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ Catholic, Christian, Islamic, etc. ▪ church ▪ economic, legal, military, political …

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  • 3prevailing — adj. Prevailing is used with these nouns: ↑attitude, ↑climate, ↑condition, ↑consensus, ↑current, ↑doctrine, ↑dogma, ↑ideology, ↑mood, ↑myth, ↑opinion, ↑ …

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  • 4Unconventional warfare (United States Department of Defense doctrine) — In US doctrine, unconventional warfare (abbreviated UW) is the term for guerilla warfare conducted or supported by United States Army Special Forces (SF) and other units in the United States Special Operations Command. Guerilla warfare is one… …

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  • 5Cy-près doctrine in English law — Justinian I, writer of the Corpus Juris Civilis which mentions a Roman process similar to the cy près doctrine For more details on this doctrine in different jurisdictions, see Cy près doctrine. The cy près doctrine in English law is an element… …

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  • 6James K. Polk: Reaffirmation of the Monroe Doctrine — ▪ Primary Source       In his message to Congress of December 2, 1845, President Polk reinterpreted the Monroe Doctrine in terms of the prevailing spirit of Manifest Destiny. Whereas Monroe had said only that the Western Hemisphere was no longer… …

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  • 7diminished responsibility doctrine — /daminasht rasponsabilatiy doktran/ Term used to refer to lack of capacity to achieve state of mind requisite for commission of crime. McGuire v. Superior Court for Los Angeles County, 274 Cal.App. 583, 79 Cal.Rptr. 155, 161. The concept of… …

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  • 8diminished responsibility doctrine — /daminasht rasponsabilatiy doktran/ Term used to refer to lack of capacity to achieve state of mind requisite for commission of crime. McGuire v. Superior Court for Los Angeles County, 274 Cal.App. 583, 79 Cal.Rptr. 155, 161. The concept of… …

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  • 9MUSIC — This article is arranged according to the following outline: introduction written sources of direct and circumstantial evidence the material relics and iconography notated sources oral tradition archives and important collections of jewish music… …

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