Venality
101Seminole Nation v. United States — Argued: April 1, 2, 1942.Decided: May 11, 1942.Citations: 316 U.S. 286, 62 S. Ct. 1049Deciding Justices: Justice Murphy wrote for the majority.Chief Justice Jackson dissented.Justice Reed took no part in the decision.Case History: The original… …
102James Wardrop — MD FRCSEd FRCS (1782–1869), Scottish surgeon. Born in Torbane Hill, Lanark, Wardrop trained in Edinburgh 1897, London 1801 and Vienna 1803. Ophthalmic surgeon in Edinburgh 1804–08; London 1809–69; gained MD St Andrews 1834.Wardrop taught surgery… …
103ПРОДАЖНОСТЬ — англ. venality; нем. Bestechlichkeit. Измена, предательство из корыстных побуждений. см. КОРРУПЦИЯ. Antinazi. Энциклопедия социологии, 2009 …
104Avignon — /ann vee nyawonn /, n. a city in and the capital of Vaucluse, in SE France, on the Rhone River: papal residence 1309 77. 93,024. * * * ancient Avennio City (pop., 1999: 85,854), southeastern France. Founded as a Phocaean colony, it was conquered… …
105Germany — /jerr meuh nee/, n. a republic in central Europe: after World War II divided into four zones, British, French, U.S., and Soviet, and in 1949 into East Germany and West Germany; East and West Germany were reunited in 1990. 84,068,216; 137,852 sq.… …
106japan — japanner, n. /jeuh pan /, n., adj., v., japanned, japanning. n. 1. any of various hard, durable, black varnishes, originally from Japan, for coating wood, metal, or other surfaces. 2. work varnished and figured in the Japanese manner. 3. Japans,… …
107Japan — /jeuh pan /, n. 1. a constitutional monarchy on a chain of islands off the E coast of Asia: main islands, Hokkaido, Honshu, Kyushu, and Shikoku. 125,716,637; 141,529 sq. mi. (366,560 sq. km). Cap.: Tokyo. Japanese, Nihon, Nippon. 2. Sea of, the… …
108Las Vegas — /lahs vay geuhs/ 1. a city in SE Nevada. 164,674. 2. a city in central New Mexico. 14,322. * * * City (pop., 2000: 478,434), southeastern Nevada, U.S. It is famous for its luxury hotels, casinos, and nightclubs, located in the downtown area known …
109parlement — /pahr leuh meuhnt/, n. Obs. parliament. * * * Supreme court under the ancien régime in France. It developed out of the curia regis ( king s court ) in which the Capetian kings convened their chief vassals and prelates to consider feudal and… …
110Peru — Peruvian /peuh rooh vee euhn/, adj., n. /peuh rooh /, n. 1. Spanish, Perú /pe rddooh /. a republic in W South America. 24,949,512; 496,222 sq. mi. (1,285,215 sq. km). Cap.: Lima. 2. a city in N central Indiana. 13,764. 3. a city in N Illinois. 10 …
