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  • 51Salic Law of Succession — ▪ German law       the rule by which, in certain sovereign dynasties (monarchy), persons descended from a previous sovereign only through a woman were excluded from succession to the throne. Gradually formulated in France, the rule takes its name …

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  • 52Sex and the law — Redirect|Sex crime|the Eurythmics song|Sexcrime (Nineteen Eighty Four)This article examines how human sexuality and sexual behavior interacts with, and is regulated by, human laws.In general, the law proscribes acts which are considered either… …

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  • 53List of law enforcement agencies in the United Kingdom — There are a number of law enforcement agencies in the United Kingdom. There are four general types mostly concerned with policing the general public and their activities and a number of others concerned with policing of other, usually localised,… …

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  • 54Will Variation — A provision that allows a surviving spouse and/or children to contest a will that does not make adequate provision for their maintenance and support. In Canadian estate law, a legally married spouse, separated spouse, a common law spouse (in… …

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  • 55Archie's law — In petrophysics, Archie s law relates the in situ electrical conductivity of sedimentary rock to its porosity and brine saturation: :C t = C w phi^m S w^n Here, phi denotes the porosity, C t the electrical conductivity of the fluid saturated rock …

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  • 56Manhood (Law & Order) — Manhood Law Order episode Episode no. Season 3 Episode 21 Directed by Ed Sherin Teleplay by Rob …

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  • 57Mendel's law — Men del s law A principle governing the inheritance of many characters in animals and plants, discovered by Gregor J. Mendel (Austrian Augustinian abbot, 1822 84) in breeding experiments with peas. He showed that the height, color, and other… …

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  • 58Vierordt's law — Karl von Vierordt (1868) was the first to record a law of time perception which relates perceived duration to actual duration over different interval magnitudes, and according to task complexity.Vierordt s law is a robust phenomenon in time… …

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  • 59Merger doctrine (copyright law) — In United States copyright law, the merger doctrine holds that if an idea and the way to express it are so intricately tied that the ways of expression have little possible variation, there will not be copyright infringement, lest the copyright… …

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  • 60periodic law — n a law in chemistry: the elements when arranged in the order of their atomic numbers show a periodic variation of atomic structure and of most of their properties called also Mendeleev s law * * * if the elements are arranged in the sequence of… …

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