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21chalk-board — a blackboard A usage originally in the classroom, to avoid offence to black people: The cook put her tatting aside and stood next to the chalk board. (Proulx, 1993) …
22Pickwickian — [pɪk wɪkɪən] adjective of or like Mr Pickwick in Dickens s Pickwick Papers, especially in being jovial, plump, or generous. ↘(of words) misunderstood or misused, especially to avoid offence …
23pickwickian — adj. 1 of or like Mr Pickwick in Dickens s Pickwick Papers, esp. in being jovial, plump, etc. 2 (of words or their sense) misunderstood or misused, esp. to avoid offence …
24Excommunication — • Exclusion from the communion, the principal and severest censure, is a medicinal, spiritual penalty that deprives the guilty Christian of all participation in the common blessings of ecclesiastical society Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight.… …
25Theft Act 1978 — The Theft Act 1978 supplemented the earlier deception offences in English law contained in sections 15 and 16 of the Theft Act 1968 by reforming some aspects of those offences and adding new provisions. Sections 1 and 2 were repealed on 15th… …
26Sin — • A moral evil Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Sin Sin † Catholic Encyclopedia ► …
27English criminal law — The Old Bailey, a Crown Court centre, is situated on the site of the former bailey of the London wall English criminal law refers to the body of law in the jurisdiction of England and Wales which deals with crimes and their consequences. Criminal …
28The Seal of Confession — The Law of the Seal of Confession † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Law of the Seal of Confession In the Decretum of the Gratian who compiled the edicts of previous councils and the principles of Church law which he published about 1151,… …
29United Kingdom company law — Beside the River Thames, the City of London is a global financial centre. Within the Square Mile, the London Stock Exchange lies at the heart of the United Kingdom s corporations. United Kingdom company law is the body of rules that concern… …
30Offences against military law in the United Kingdom — The main Offences against military law in the United Kingdom are set out in the Armed Forces Act 2006.[1] The offences fall into two main categories, discipline offences and criminal conduct offences. A second distinction is between those… …
