Body of judges

  • 1body of judges — index chamber (body), judiciary Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 2body of judges — group or panel of judges …

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  • 3JUDGES (Heb. שׁוֹפְטִים), BOOK OF — JUDGES (Heb. שׁוֹפְטִים), BOOK OF, the second book in the second section of the Bible, called Prophets (Nevi im). (See Table: Book of Judges – Contents.) The Book of Judges is named for the series of charismatic leaders of the period between the… …

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  • 4Judges —     Judges     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Judges     The seventh book of the Old Testament, second of the Early Prophets of the Hebrew canon.     I. TITLE     The Hebrew name of the book was transliterated by Origen Safateím, and by St. Jerome… …

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  • 5Judges of the International Criminal Court — The eighteen judges of the International Criminal Court (ICC) are elected for nine year terms by the member countries of the Court. Candidates must be nationals of those countries and they must possess the qualifications required in their… …

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  • 6Judges, Book of — ▪ Bible       an Old Testament book that, along with Deuteronomy, Joshua, I and II Samuel, and I and II Kings, belongs to a specific historical tradition (Deuteronomic history) that was first committed to writing about 550 BC, during the… …

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  • 7Body piercing — For other uses, see Piercing (disambiguation). Nipple piercings, vertical labret piercing and stretched ears Body piercing, a form of body modification, is the practice of puncturing or cutting a part of the human body, creating an opening in… …

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  • 8Judges 8 — 1 And the men of Ephraim said unto him, Why hast thou served us thus, that thou calledst us not, when thou wentest to fight with the Midianites? And they did chide with him sharply. 2 And he said unto them, What have I done now in comparison of… …

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  • 9BET DIN AND JUDGES — (Heb. בֵּית דִּין; lit. house of judgment ). Bet din (pl. battei din) is the term, in rabbinic sources, for a Jewish court of law. In modern times it usually refers to   an ecclesiastical court dealing with religious matters such as divorce, and… …

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  • 10Dark Judges — This article is about characters in Judge Dredd. For the film Sisters of Death, see Sisters of Death (film). Judge Death by Frazer Irving The Dark Judges are recurring villains in the fictional Judge Dredd universe recounted in the UK comic 2000… …

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