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  • 21Rule of thumb — Rule Rule, n. [OE. reule, riule, OF. riule, reule, F. r[ e]gle, fr. L. regula a ruler, rule, model, fr. regere, rectum, to lead straight, to direct. See {Right}, a., and cf. {Regular}.] 1. That which is prescribed or laid down as a guide for… …

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  • 22Rule in Howe v Earl of Dartmouth — The rule in Howe v Earl of Dartmouth (1802) 7 Ves 137 is a rule of equity in relation to the duties of a trustee in relation to a trust fund where there are successive interests in relation to the trust fund, and seeks to strike a fair balance… …

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  • 23The Thirty Years War —     The Thirty Years War     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Thirty Years War     The Thirty Years War (1618 48), though pre eminently a German war, was also of great importance for the history of the whole of Europe, not only because nearly all… …

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  • 24The Relugas Compact — was the name given to the political plot hatched between H H Asquith, Sir Edward Grey and R B Haldane to remove Sir Henry Campbell Bannerman from the leadership of the Liberal Party in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom in 1905. Why… …

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  • 25The Church —     The Church     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Church     The term church (Anglo Saxon, cirice, circe; Modern German, Kirche; Sw., Kyrka) is the name employed in the Teutonic languages to render the Greek ekklesia (ecclesia), the term by which… …

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  • 26The Knights Templar —     The Knights Templars     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Knights Templars     The Knights Templars were the earliest founders of the military orders, and are the type on which the others are modelled. They are marked in history     (1) by their …

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  • 27The Military Orders —     The Military Orders     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Military Orders     Including under this term every kind of brotherhood of knights, secular as well as religious, historians of the military orders have enumerated as many as a hundred,… …

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  • 28The Salvation Army — Classification Protestant Orientation Holiness Leader Linda Bond Geographical areas Worldwide Headquarters …

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  • 29The Vatican as a Scientific Institute —     The Vatican Palace, as a Scientific Institute     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Vatican Palace, as a Scientific Institute     Regarded from the point of view of scientific productivity, the Vatican is the busiest scientific workshop in Rome.… …

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  • 30rule — [n1] standard, principle of behavior aphorism, apothegm, assize, axiom, basis, brocard, canon, chapter and verse*, command, commandment, criterion, decorum, decree, decretion, dictum, direction, edict, etiquette, formula, fundamental, gnome,… …

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