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21European Defence Community — (EDC) A 1952 plan to establish an integrated defence structure. It was abandoned in 1954 …
22Indian Defence — Infobox chess opening Chess diagram|= | = rd|nd|bd|qd|kd|bd| |rd|= pd|pd|pd|pd|pd|pd|pd|pd|= | | | | |nd| | |= | | | | | | | |= | | |pl| | | | |= | | | | | | | |= pl|pl|pl| |pl|pl|pl|pl|= rl|nl|bl|ql|kl|bl|nl|rl|=| moves = 1. d4 Nf6 ECO = A45 A79 …
23M'Naghten Rules — The M Naghten Rules (pronounced, and sometimes spelled, McNaughton) were a reaction to the acquittal of Daniel McNaughton. They arise from the attempted assassination of the British Prime Minister, Robert Peel, in 1843 by Daniel M Naghten. In… …
24Daniel M'Naghten — (pronounced, and sometimes spelled, McNaughton) (1813–1865) was a Scottish woodturner who assassinated English civil servant Edward Drummond while suffering from paranoid delusions. Through his trial and its aftermath, he has given his name to… …
25Otto Ruge — Generalmajor Otto Ruge in the summer of 1945 Born 19 January 1882 Norway …
26National Space Research and Development Agency — The National Space Research and Development Agency (NASRDA) is the national space agency of Nigeria. It is a part of the Federal Ministry of Science and Technology and it is overseen by the National Council on Space Science Technology. Contents 1 …
27Knowingly — In law knowledge is one of the degrees of mens rea that constitute part of a crime. For example, in English law, the offence of knowingly being a passenger in a vehicle taken without consent (TWOC) requires that the procecution prove, not only… …
28Denis Perera — Born 10 October 1930 Gampaha, Ceylon Allegiance Sri Lanka …
29confession and avoidance — n: a common law plea in which a party confesses an allegation but alleges additional facts to avoid the intended legal effect of the original allegation compare demurrer Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …
30Benefit of clergy — In English law, the benefit of clergy (Law Latin Privilegium clericale) was originally a provision by which clergymen could claim that they were outside the jurisdiction of the secular courts and be tried instead in an ecclesiastical court under… …
