or Lex Ciconaria. A Roman law which obliged children to maintain their necessitous parents in old age, “in imitation of the stork.” Also called “Antipelargia.” Source: Dictionary of…
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(Encyclopedia) tenure, in law, manner in which property in land is held. The nature of tenure has long been of great importance, both in law and in the broader economic and political context. Tenure…
A law discovered by Jacob L. Grimm, the German philologist, to show how the mute consonants interehange as corresponding words occur in different branches of the Aryan family of languages…
Sir Michael Kemp TippettAge: 93 One of Britain's greatest composers, Tippett rose to prominence in the 1960s. His compositions include The Midsummer Marriage, The Rose Lake, and A Child of…
(Encyclopedia) MacEwen, Sir WilliamMacEwen, Sir Williamməky&oomacr;ˈən [key], 1848–1924, Scottish surgeon. A professor of surgery at the Univ. of Glasgow, he was noted for his work on bone…
(Encyclopedia) Baker, Sir Benjamin, 1840–1907, English civil engineer. He helped build London's underground railway, Tower Bridge, and the Blackwall Tunnel, and with Sir John Fowler he designed and…
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