Miscellaneous

Miscellaneous

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Miscellaneous

For the measurement of time the most important units furnished by natural phenomena are the Day and the Year. In regard of both, it is convenient and usual to speak of the apparent movements of the ...

Tomboy

General; Miscellaneous

A girl who behaves in a boyish manner, especially in games and sports.

Decree

General; Miscellaneous

In a general sense, an order or law made by a superior authority for the direction of others.

Authentic

General; Miscellaneous

The term is used in two senses. It is applied first to a book or document whose contents are invested with a special authority, in virtue of which the work is called authentic. In its second sense it ...

Avarice

General; Miscellaneous

Is the inordinate love for riches. Its special malice, broadly speaking, lies in that it makes the getting and keeping of money, possessions, and the like, a purpose in itself to live for.

Civil authority

General; Miscellaneous

Civil Authority is the moral power of command, supported (when need be) by physical coercion, which the State exercises over its members.

Civil marriage

General; Miscellaneous

"Marriage", says Bishop, "as distinguished from the agreement to marry and from the act of becoming married, is the civil status of one man and one woman legally united for life, with the rights and ...