in pursuance of law
121municipal — In narrower, more common, sense, it means pertaining to a local governmental unit, commonly, a city or town or other governmental unit. In its broader sense, it means pertaining to the public or governmental affairs of a state or nation or of a… …
122GENIZAH, CAIRO — Introduction The term genizah is a word shortened from the rabbinical Hebrew phrase bet genizah (see also genizah ). Its counterpart in late biblical Hebrew is genez (pl. genazim, ginzei) which in Esther evidently means a treasury, as well as the …
123Woodmont, Connecticut — Infobox Settlement official name = Woodmont, Connecticut settlement type = Borough nickname = motto = imagesize = image caption = image |pushpin pushpin label position =left pushpin map caption =Location within the state of Connecticut pushpin… …
124Martin v. Hunter's Lessee — Supreme Court of the United States Argued March 12, 1816 Decided March 20 …
125Order-in-Council — An Order in Council is a type of legislation in Commonwealth Realms. In the United Kingdom this legislation is formally made in the name of the Queen by the Privy Council ( Queen in Council ); in Canada in the name of the Governor General by the… …
126Union blockade — Part of the American Civil War An 1861 cartoon map of the blockade, known as Winfield Scott …
127Roger Minott Sherman — Roger Minott Sherman, (1773 1844), he was the youngest of six children of Rev. Josiah Sherman (Princeton College 1754), a brother of the distinguished Roger Sherman; and his mother was Martha Minott, the daughter of the Honorable James and… …
128Priest-penitent privilege in France — and the western portion of Europe received public recognition at a very early date owing to the perceived sacredness of the Seal of the Confessional.HistoryEarly writingsAmong the Capitularies of Charlemagne, the first capitulary of the year 813… …
