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71Sumptuary law — Sumptuary laws (from Latin sumptuariae leges ) are laws which attempt to regulate habits of consumption. Black s Law Dictionary defines them as Laws made for the purpose of restraining luxury or extravagance, particularly against inordinate… …
72John Kerry military service controversy — During John Kerry s candidacy in the 2004 U.S. presidential campaign, a political issue that gained widespread public attention was Kerry s Vietnam war record. In television advertisements and a book called Unfit for Command , the Swift Boat… …
73Blood Law — (also called blood revenge ) is the practice in traditional American Indian customary law where responsibility for seeing that homicide is punished falls on the clan of the victim. The responsibility for revenge fell to a close family member… …
742006 Iranian sumptuary law controversy — On May 19, 2006, the National Post of Canada published pieces by Amir Taheri and Chris Wattie falsely claiming that the Iranian parliament had passed a sumptuary law mandating a national dress code for all Iranians, Muslim and non Muslim… …
75Wager of law — wager wa ger (w[=a] j[ e]r), n. [OE. wager, wajour, OF. wagiere, or wageure, F. gageure. See {Wage}, v. t.] [1913 Webster] 1. Something deposited, laid, or hazarded on the event of a contest or an unsettled question; a bet; a stake; a pledge.… …
76List of atheists (politics and law) — Politics and law* Guy Aldred (1886 ndash;1963): English anarchist communist and a prominent member of the Anti Parliamentary Communist Federation. [ The defendant, in the witness box, declared that the meeting was quite orderly, and there were… …
77discharge — dis·charge 1 /dis chärj, dis ˌchärj/ vt 1: to release from an obligation: as a: to relieve of a duty under an instrument (as a contract or a negotiable instrument); also: to render (an instrument) no longer enforceable a formal instrument...may… …
78china — /chuy neuh/, n. 1. a translucent ceramic material, biscuit fired at a high temperature, its glaze fired at a low temperature. 2. any porcelain ware. 3. plates, cups, saucers, etc., collectively. 4. figurines made of porcelain or ceramic material …
79China — /chuy neuh/, n. 1. People s Republic of, a country in E Asia. 1,221,591,778; 3,691,502 sq. mi. (9,560,990 sq. km). Cap.: Beijing. 2. Republic of. Also called Nationalist China. a republic consisting mainly of the island of Taiwan off the SE coast …
80WOMAN — This article is arranged according to the following outline: the historical perspective biblical period marriage and children women in household life economic roles educational and managerial roles religious roles women outside the household… …
