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  • 51Jerusalem (After 1291) —     Jerusalem (After 1291)     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Jerusalem (After 1291)     (1) Political History      The Latin dominion over Jerusalem really came to an end on 2 October, 1187, when the city opened its gates to Saladin (Yusuf ibn Ayyub …

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  • 52monopoly — monopoloid, adj. /meuh nop euh lee/, n., pl. monopolies. 1. exclusive control of a commodity or service in a particular market, or a control that makes possible the manipulation of prices. Cf. duopoly, oligopoly. 2. an exclusive privilege to… …

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  • 53English literature — Introduction       the body of written works produced in the English language by inhabitants of the British Isles (including Ireland) from the 7th century to the present day. The major literatures written in English outside the British Isles are… …

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  • 54monopoly — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. trust, cartel, syndicate, pool; corner. See restraint, possession. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. trust, corner, syndicate, cartel, merger, oligopoly, pool, copyright, patent, restraint of trade. Ant. open… …

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  • 55incident of ownership — incident of ownership: any of several rights (as the right to change beneficiaries) that may be exercised over a life insurance policy which are used as criteria for the inclusion of the value of a policy in a decedent s gross estate for purposes …

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  • 56lease — lease1 leasable, adj. leaseless, adj. leaser, n. /lees/, n., v., leased, leasing. n. 1. a contract renting land, buildings, etc., to another; a contract or instrument conveying property to another for a specified period or for a period… …

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  • 57lodger — lodg·er / lä jər/ n: a person who occupies a rented room in another s house; specif: a person who by agreement with the owner of a house acquires no property, interest, or possession therein but only the right to occupy a designated room or area… …

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  • 58Leasing — is a process by which a firm can obtain the use of a certain fixed assets for which it must pay a series of contractual, periodic, tax deductable payments. The lessee is the receiver of the services or the assets under the lease contract and the… …

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  • 59Bruton v. London and Quadrant Housing Trust — English case infobox name=Bruton v London and Quadrant Housing Trust court=House of Lords date decided= 24 June 1999 full name= Bruton v London Quadrant Housing Trust citations= [2000] 1 A.C. 406; [1999] 3 W.L.R. 150; [1999] 3 All E.R. 481;… …

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  • 60Byzantine Empire — the Eastern Roman Empire after the fall of the Western Empire in A.D. 476. Cap.: Constantinople. * * * Empire, southeastern and southern Europe and western Asia. It began as the city of Byzantium, which had grown from an ancient Greek colony… …

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