public+tranquillity

  • 1public tranquillity —    internal repression    As in the Department of Internal Tranquillity in China …

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  • 2Tranquillity — (also spelled tranquility [ [http://www.answers.com/tranquility r=67] , retrieved on 09 18 2007.] [ [http://www.yourdictionary.com/ahd/t/t0312900.html#T1557800] , retrieved on 09 18 2007.] or called equanimity) is the quality of calm experienced… …

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  • 3public and domestic tranquillity — Public peace. The expression means nothing more than the public peace, which is made up of the aggregate of individual peace and domestic peace, and is nothing more than a subdivision of the one and an aggregation of the other. One cannot… …

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  • 4public peace — That invisible sense of security, which every man feels so necessary to his comfort, and for which all governments are instituted. State v Benedict, 11 Vt 236. See public and domestic tranquillity …

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  • 5Penal Code (Singapore) — The Penal Code of Singapore [Singapore Statute | c ed = 1985] sets out general principles of the criminal law of Singapore, as well as the elements and penalties of common criminal offences such as homicide, theft and cheating. The Penal Code… …

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  • 6Franklin Pierce: Inaugural Address — ▪ Primary Source       Friday, March 4, 1853       It is a relief to feel that no heart but my own can know the personal regret and bitter sorrow over which I have been borne to a position so suitable for others rather than desirable for myself.… …

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  • 7Calendar of 1995 — ▪ 1996 January January 1       Cardoso assumes office       Having won some 54% of the ballots cast in the October 1994 election, Fernando Cardoso took the oath of office as president of Brazil. As chief executive of South America s largest… …

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  • 8Thomas Jefferson: Second Inaugural Address — ▪ Primary Source       Monday, March 4, 1805       Proceeding, fellow citizens, to that qualification which the Constitution requires before my entrance on the charge again conferred on me, it is my duty to express the deep sense I entertain of… …

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  • 9Criminal law of Singapore — A variety of activities ranging from smoking to carrying durians is banned on Singapore s Mass Rapid Transit system. Although the legal system of Singapore is a common law system, the criminal law of Singapore is largely statutory in nature. The… …

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  • 10peace — n. 1. Calm, repose, quiet, tranquility, stillness, silence, calmness, quietness. 2. Amity, harmony. 3. Public tranquillity, good order, quiet. 4. Tranquillity, calmness, quiet of conscience. 5. Harmony, concord, reconciliation, pacification …

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