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  • 121PENAL LAW — Principles of Legality Under talmudic law, no act is a criminal offense and punishable as such unless laid down in express terms in the Bible (the Written Law). For this purpose, it is not sufficient that there should be a provision imposing a… …

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  • 122SURETYSHIP — (Heb. עַרְבוּת), one person s undertaking to fulfill the obligation of another toward a third person (called the arev, ḥayyav, and nosheh, respectively). In Jewish law fulfillment of an obligation is secured primarily through the assets of the… …

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  • 123List of French words and phrases used by English speakers — Here are some examples of French words and phrases used by English speakers. English contains many words of French origin, such as art, collage, competition, force, machine, police, publicity, role, routine, table, and many other Anglicized… …

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  • 124Franz Boas — Infobox Person name = Franz Boas image size = 200px caption = birth date = birth date|1858|7|9 birth place = Minden, [www.franz boas.com further information about the commemoration of the 150th anniversary of Boas´ birth at Minden e. g. an… …

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  • 125Anachronism — An anachronism (from the Greek ana ανά , against, anti , and chronos χρόνος , time ) is anything that is temporally incongruous in the time period it has been placed in mdash;that is, it appears in a temporal context in which it seems… …

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  • 126Irish War of Independence — Infobox Military Conflict conflict=Irish War of Independence, Interwar Period caption= The No.2 3rd Tipperary Brigade Flying Column during the war date=January 21, 1919 July 11, 1921 (though violence continued until July 1922) place=Ireland casus …

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  • 127Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps — A Navy JROTC cadet salutes during the parading of the colors ceremony held at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. The Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps (JROTC) is a Federal program sponsored by the United States Armed Forces in high schools across the… …

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  • 128Philadelphia Nativist Riots — The July 7, 1844, riot in Southwark The Philadelphia Nativist Riots (also known as the Philadelphia Prayer Riots, the Bible Riots and the Native American Riots) were a series of riots that took place between May 6 and 8 and July 6 and 7, 1844, in …

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