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101Negotiable cow — The negotiable cow is the common name of a fictitous legal case known as Board of Inland Revenue v Haddock (heard jointly with R v Haddock ) written by the humourist A. P. Herbert for Punch magazine as part of his series of Misleading Cases in… …
102postmark — /pohst mahrk /, n. 1. an official mark stamped on letters and other mail, serving as a cancellation of the postage stamp and indicating the place, date, and sometimes time of sending or receipt. v.t. 2. to stamp with a postmark. [1670 80; POST3 + …
103Calendar of 1997 — ▪ 1998 JANUARY JANUARY 1 Ghanaian Kofi Annan replaces Egyptian Boutros Boutros Ghali in the position of United Nations secretary general. Among those knighted by Queen Elizabeth II in the annual New Year s Day ceremony is pop musician …
104Social Security and Welfare Services — ▪ 1994 Introduction With a Democratic administration in the White House for the first time in 12 years, the U.S. moved boldly in the area of social welfare in 1993. Elsewhere in the world social security and welfare programs continued to be …
105Board of Inland Revenue v Haddock — The case of the negotiable cow, collected in Uncommon Law Board of Inland Revenue v Haddock (also known as the negotiable cow ) is a fictitious legal case written by the humorist A. P. Herbert for Punch magazine as part of his series of… …
106security — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Guaranty Nouns 1. security, guaranty, guarantee; gage, warranty, bond, tie, pledge, plight, mortgage, debenture, hypothecation, bill of sale, lien, pawn; stake, deposit, earnest, collateral. See promise …
107postmark — /ˈpoʊstmak / (say pohstmahk) noun 1. an official mark stamped on letters or other mail, to cancel the postage stamp, indicate the place and date of sending or of receipt, etc. –verb (t) 2. to stamp with a postmark. {post3 + mark1} …
108GOVERNANCE — Ottoman and Mandatory Periods (1880–1948) CENTRAL GOVERNMENT Ottoman Rule At the beginning of the period the Land of Israel was not a political or administrative unit; officially, there was no such entity as Palestine. The Ottoman Empire (see… …
109A true bill — Bill Bill, n. [OE. bill, bille, fr. LL. billa (or OF. bille), for L. bulla anything rounded, LL., seal, stamp, letter, edict, roll; cf. F. bille a ball, prob. fr. Ger.; cf. MHG. bickel, D. bikkel, dice. Cf. {Bull} papal edict, {Billet} a paper.]… …
110Bill — Bill, n. [OE. bill, bille, fr. LL. billa (or OF. bille), for L. bulla anything rounded, LL., seal, stamp, letter, edict, roll; cf. F. bille a ball, prob. fr. Ger.; cf. MHG. bickel, D. bikkel, dice. Cf. {Bull} papal edict, {Billet} a paper.] [1913 …
