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51Pious Fund of the Californias — The Pious Fund of the Californias ( Fondo Piadoso de las Californias ) was a fund, originating in 1697, to sponsor Catholic Spanish missions in California. It later became the object of litigation between the US and Mexican governments, making… …
52Coercion — Co*er cion, n. [L. coercio, fr. coercere. See {Coerce}.] 1. The act or process of coercing. [1913 Webster] 2. (Law) The application to another of either physical or moral force. When the force is physical, and cannot be resisted, then the act… …
53Financial history of the Dutch Republic — describes the history of the interrelated development of financial institutions in the Dutch Republic. The rapid economic development of the country after the Dutch Revolt in the years 1585 1620, described in Economic History of the Netherlands… …
54The Pious Fund of the Californias — The Pious Fund of the Californias † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Pious Fund of the Californias (Fondo Piadoso de las Californias) The Pious Fund of the Californias had its origin, in 1697, in voluntary donations made by individuals …
55Hudud — (Arabic حدود, also transliterated hadud, hudood; singular hadd, حد, literal meaning limit , or restriction ) is the word often used in Islamic literature for the bounds of acceptable behaviour and the punishments for serious crimes. In Islamic… …
56Pleading the Fifth — In American criminal law, taking the Fifth , also known as pleading the Fifth or commanding the fifth , is the act of refusing to testify under oath in a court of law or any other tribunal (such as a Congressional committee) on the ground that… …
57Paulist Fathers — • A community of priests for giving missions and doing other Apostolic works, especially for making converts to the Catholic faith Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Paulist Fathers Missionary Society of St. Paul the Apo …
58Legal professional privilege (Australia) — This article is about an Australian legal term. For the Commonwealth equivalent, see solicitor client privilege; and for the United States, see Attorney client privilege. Legal professional privilege in Australia, also referred to as client legal …
59Treecat — Treecats are a species of intelligent lifeforms who take a prominent role in a series of novels and stories about the fictional Honorverse . David Weber was the original author, but others have begun to contribute related stories. All are… …
60bound — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. limit, confine, delimit, demarcate; leap, spring, vault. See certainty, duty. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Literally confined in bonds] Syn. fettered, shackled, trussed up, manacled, chained, enchained …
