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  • 51Andrew Johnson: Veto of Tenure of Office — ▪ Primary Source       The important off year election of 1866 went heavily in favour of the Radical Republicans. By the time the 39th Congress convened in December it was apparent that the President Andrew Johnson s authority and prestige never… …

    Universalium

  • 52Masonry (Freemasonry) —     Masonry (Freemasonry)     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Masonry (Freemasonry)     The subject is treated under the following heads:     I. Name and Definition;     II. Origin and Early History;     III. Fundamental Principles and Spirit;     IV.… …

    Catholic encyclopedia

  • 53The 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… …

    Catholic encyclopedia

  • 54Esclavage aux États-Unis — L esclavage aux États Unis (1619 1865) commence peu après l installation des premiers colons britanniques en Virginie et se termine avec l adoption du XIIIe amendement de la Constitution américaine. Succédant à une forme de servitude temporaire… …

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  • 55property law — Introduction       principles, policies, and rules by which disputes over property are to be resolved and by which property transactions may be structured. What distinguishes property law from other kinds of law is that property law deals with… …

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  • 56Critical theory — Horkheimer, Adorno, Habermas David Rasmussen HEGEL, MARX AND THE IDEA OF A CRITICAL THEORY Critical theory1 is a metaphor for a certain kind of theoretical orientation which owes its origin to Hegel and Marx, its systematization to Horkheimer and …

    History of philosophy

  • 57ITALY — Jews have lived in Italy without interruption from the days of the Maccabees until the present, through a period of 21 centuries. Although they were never subjected to general expulsion, there were frequently partial ones. They often enjoyed good …

    Encyclopedia of Judaism

  • 58Esclavage aux Etats-Unis — Esclavage aux États Unis Esclavage et variantes Généralités Travail forcé · Racisme · Propriété · Chose · Être humain Formes d esclavage Servage · Ministérialité · Janissaires · Mamelouks · Restavecs · Esclavage sexuel · …

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  • 59General Councils —     General Councils     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► General Councils     This subject will be treated under the following heads:     ♦ Definition     ♦ Classification     ♦ Historical Sketch     ♦ The Pope and General Councils     ♦ Composition of …

    Catholic encyclopedia

  • 60Government procurement in the United States — is based on many of the same principles as commercial contracting, but is subject to special laws and regulation as described below. Persons entering into commercial contracts are pretty much free to do anything that they can agree on. Each… …

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