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81tax law — Introduction body of rules under which a public authority has a claim on taxpayers, requiring them to transfer to the authority part of their income or property. The power to impose taxes is generally recognized as a right of governments.… …
82Compromise (in Canon Law) — • In a general sense, a mutual promise or contract of two parties in controversy to refer their differences to the decision of arbitrators Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Compromise (in Canon Law) Compromise …
83Hypnotism — • The nervous sleep, induced by artificial and external means, which has been made the subject of experiment and methodical study by men of science, physicians or physiologists Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Hypnotism Hypn …
84Conflict of Investitures — Conflict of Investitures † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Conflict of Investitures (Ger. Investiturstreit.) The terminus technicus for the great struggle between the popes and the German kings Henry IV and Henry V, during the period 1075 …
85witness — wit·ness 1 n [Old English witnes knowledge, testimony, witness, from wit mind, sense, knowledge] 1 a: attestation of a fact or event in witness whereof the parties have executed this release b: evidence (as of the authenticity of a conveyance by… …
86Covert United States foreign regime change actions — History of the United States This article is part of a series United States Portal …
87hear — vt heard, hear·ing 1 a: to give a hearing to the court heard the claims the judge agreed to hear argument on the objection b: to conduct a hearing about the magistrate s authority to hear a matter properly before him 2 a …
88Intellect — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Intellect >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 intellect intellect mind understanding reason thinking principle Sgm: N 1 rationality rationality Sgm: N 1 cogitative faculties cogitative faculties cognitive faculties discursive …
89harken — v listen, lend an ear, bend an ear, listen with both ears, keep one s ears open, strain one s ears, perk up one s ears, be all ears, hark, Med. auscultate; heed, take heed, attend, pay attention, notice, take notice, regard, observe, take… …
90Animadvert — An i*mad*vert , v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Animadverted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Animadverting}.] [L. animadvertere; animus mind + advertere to turn to; ad to + vertere to turn.] 1. To take notice; to observe; commonly followed by that. Dr. H. More. [1913… …