The Encyclopædia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and General Literature: New Maps and Many Original American Articles by Eminent Authors. With New American Supplement, Volume 25Thomas Spencer Baynes, Day Otis Kellogg, William Robertson Smith Werner Company, 1897 |
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... called an account cur- rent . An account which has been adjusted , and in which a balance has been struck , is known as an account stated . The same term is also used of an account which , by implication , is presumed to be correct ; as ...
... called an account cur- rent . An account which has been adjusted , and in which a balance has been struck , is known as an account stated . The same term is also used of an account which , by implication , is presumed to be correct ; as ...
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... called the emery - stone of Naxos , in his day the hardest known substance , by this name . Corundum is now but rarely called adamant . ADAMS . The name of a village in Adams town- ship , Berkshire County , in the northwest part of the ...
... called the emery - stone of Naxos , in his day the hardest known substance , by this name . Corundum is now but rarely called adamant . ADAMS . The name of a village in Adams town- ship , Berkshire County , in the northwest part of the ...
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... called satisfaction in the law of Eng- land ; viz . , that when a testator is owing a debt , or has promised to pay a provision in a marriage con- tract , if he gives a legacy to the creditor or person entitled under the contract , that ...
... called satisfaction in the law of Eng- land ; viz . , that when a testator is owing a debt , or has promised to pay a provision in a marriage con- tract , if he gives a legacy to the creditor or person entitled under the contract , that ...
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... called as chief rabbi . He was educated at University College , London , and at the universities of Prague and Leipsic . Ordained a rabbi in 1862 , he was in the following year appointed principal of the Jews ' College in London , and ...
... called as chief rabbi . He was educated at University College , London , and at the universities of Prague and Leipsic . Ordained a rabbi in 1862 , he was in the following year appointed principal of the Jews ' College in London , and ...
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... called Ran . ÆGIRA OR ÆGEIRA , the Hyperesia of Homer , a town in Achaia , ancient Greece , on a steep hill , with a seaport about twelve stadia , or one and one- third miles , from the town . To this place the inhab- itants of Ægæ , in ...
... called Ran . ÆGIRA OR ÆGEIRA , the Hyperesia of Homer , a town in Achaia , ancient Greece , on a steep hill , with a seaport about twelve stadia , or one and one- third miles , from the town . To this place the inhab- itants of Ægæ , in ...
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Page 252 - ... treason, felony or other high misdemeanor, in any state, shall flee from justice, and be found in any of the United States, he shall, upon demand of the governor or executive power of the state from which he fled, be delivered up and removed to the state having jurisdiction of his offense. Full faith and credit shall be given in each of these states to the records, acts and judicial proceedings of the courts and magistrates of every other state.
Page 252 - ... same duties, impositions, and restrictions as the inhabitants thereof respectively ; provided that such restrictions shall not extend so far as to prevent the removal of property imported into any State to any other State of which the owner is an inhabitant ; provided also, that no imposition, duties, or restriction shall be laid by any State on the property of the United States or either of them.
Page 86 - State which may take and claim the benefit of this act, to the endowment, support, and maintenance of at least one college where the leading object shall be, without excluding other scientific and classical studies, and including military tactics, to teach such branches of learning as are related to agriculture and the mechanic arts...
Page 252 - WHEREAS the delegates of the United States of America in Congress assembled did on the fifteenth day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy-seven, and in the second year of the independence of America, agree to certain articles of confederation and perpetual union between the states of New Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay, Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina,...
Page 253 - United States in Congress assembled can be consulted; nor shall any state grant commissions to any ship or vessels of war, nor letters of marque or reprisal, except it be after a declaration of war by the United States in Congress assembled; and then only against the kingdom or state, and the subjects thereof, against which war has been so declared, and under such regulations as shall be established by the United States...
Page 253 - Freedom of speech and debate in Congress shall not be impeached or questioned in any court, or place out of Congress, and the members of Congress shall be protected in their persons from arrests and imprisonments, during the time of their going to and from, and attendance on Congress, except for treason, felony, or breach of the peace.
Page 252 - Each state retains its sovereignty, freedom and independence, and every power, jurisdiction and right, which is not by this confederation expressly delegated to the United States, in congress assembled.
Page 108 - ... Secondly, not to permit or suffer either belligerent to make use of its ports or waters as the. base of naval operations against the other, or for the purpose of the renewal or augmentation of military supplies or arms, or the recruitment of men. Thirdly, to exercise due diligence in its own ports and waters, and, as to all persons within its jurisdiction, to prevent any violation of the foregoing obligations and duties.
Page 254 - AND WHEREAS it hath pleased the Great Governor of the World to incline the hearts of the legislatures we respectively represent in congress, to approve of, and to authorize us to ratify the said articles of confederation and perpetual union.
Page 254 - ... to them. And that the articles thereof shall be inviolably observed by the States we respectively represent, and that the Union shall be perpetual. In witness whereof we have hereunto set our hands in Congress. Done at Philadelphia in the State of Pennsylvania the ninth day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy-eight, and in the third year of the independence of America.