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  • 11Roman law — the system of jurisprudence elaborated by the ancient Romans, a strong and varied influence on the legal systems of many countries. [1650 60] * * * Law of the Roman Republic and Empire. Roman law has influenced the development of law in most of… …

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  • 12escheat — es·cheat 1 /is chēt/ n [Anglo French eschete reversion of property, from Old French escheoite accession, inheritance, from feminine past participle of escheoir to fall (to), befall, ultimately from Latin ex out + cadere to fall] 1: escheated… …

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  • 13occupation — I (possession) noun ascendancy, authority, charge, command, control, direction, domination, dominion, influence, inhabitation, jurisdiction, mastery, occupancy, occupatio, ownership, power, predominance, predominancy, proprietary rights,… …

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  • 14RIGHTS, HUMAN — The following article deals with the subject of human rights, their essence and the contents of various fundamental rights as reflected in the sources of Jewish Law. The interpretation of Israel s Basic Laws concerning human rights in accordance… …

    Encyclopedia of Judaism

  • 15Unowed — Un*owed , a. 1. Ownerless. [Obs.] Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. Not owed; as, to pay money unowed. [1913 Webster] …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 16Advance-fee fraud — African sting An advance fee fraud is a confidence trick in which the target is persuaded to advance sums of money in the hope of realizing a significantly larger gain.[1] Among the variations on this type of scam are the Nigerian Letter (also… …

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  • 17Mesta — This article is about the medieval sheep holders association in Castile. For other meanings, see Mesta (disambiguation). The Mesta (Spanish Honrado Concejo de la Mesta, Honored Council of the Mesta) was a powerful association of sheep holders in… …

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  • 18Green Valley, Arizona — Infobox Settlement official name = Green Valley, Arizona settlement type = CDP nickname = motto = imagesize = image caption = image imagesize = image caption = image mapsize = 250px map caption = Location in Pima County and the State of Arizona… …

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  • 19Escheat — is a common law doctrine that operates to ensure that property is not left in limbo and ownerless. It originally referred to a number of situations where a legal interest in land was destroyed by operation of law, so that the ownership of the… …

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  • 20Recovered Territories — Recovered or Regained Territories ( pl. Ziemie Odzyskane) was the official term used by the Polish post war authorities to denote those territories which were transferred from Germany to Poland after the Second World War.An explanation note in… …

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