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31Religion — • The voluntary subjection of oneself to God Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Religion Religion † …
32Natural and legal rights — Inalienable redirects here. For the 2008 film, see InAlienable. For the concept of alienation in property law, see Alienation (property law). Rights Theoretical distinctions …
33Canonical Faculties — Canonical Faculties † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Canonical Faculties (Lat. Facultates) In law, a faculty is the authority, privilege, or permission, to perform an act or function. In a broad sense, a faculty is a certain power,… …
34National Convention — This article is about the legislative body and constitutional convention during the French Revolution. For the presidential nominating convention in the United States, see United States presidential nominating convention. The Convention redirects …
35Siete Partidas — The Siete Partidas (Seven Part Code) or simply Partidas was a Castilian statutory code first compiled during the reign of Alfonso X of Castile (1252 1284), with the intent of establishing a uniform body of normative rules for the kingdom. The… …
36Houndsditch — West from Nos. 4 and 5 Aldgate High Street to No. 126 Bishopsgate (P.O. Directory). In Portsoken Ward and Bishopsgate Ward Without. This is the extent of the present street of this name, but in former times it was the name given to the City …
37Detraction — • The unjust damaging of another s good name by the revelation of some fault or crime of which that other is really guilty or at any rate is seriously believed to be guilty by the defamer Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Detraction …
38implied ratification — An inference from a course of conduct, lapse of time, or acquiescence, indicating an intention to approve, confirm, and adopt something which in the first instance he might have successfully avoided. Peter v Irwin, 69 W Va 200, 71 SE 115.… …
39Quartz-porphyry — Quartz porphyry, in petrology, is the name given to a group of hemi crystalline acid rocks containing porphyritic crystals of quartz in a fine grained matrix, usually of micro crystalline or felsitic structure. In specimens, the quartz appears as …
40Bisha'a — or Bisha (the ordeal by fire, trial by fire or fire test) is a ritual practiced today by some Bedouin tribes of the Judean, Negev and Sinai deserts for the purpose of lie detection. It is also practiced, and is said to have originated among, some …
