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legislative enactment — I noun canon, code, codification, codified law, dictate, edict, enactment, law, legal code, legislation, mandate, measure, order, ordinance, provision of the law, regulation, rubric, statute, written law II index measure, statute Burton s Legal… … Law dictionary
ordinance — or·di·nance / ȯrd ən əns/ n: an authoritative decree or law; esp: a municipal regulation a zoning ordinance Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. ordinance … Law dictionary
Robert A. Lovett — Infobox US Cabinet official name=Robert A. Lovett order=4th title=United States Secretary of Defense term start=17 September 1951 term end=20 January 1953 president=Harry S. Truman predecessor=George Marshall successor=Charles Erwin Wilson order2 … Wikipedia
Ordinance of Villers-Cotterêts — The first page of the Ordinance of Villers Cotterêts, 1539 … Wikipedia
France — /frans, frahns/; Fr. /frddahonns/, n. 1. Anatole /ann nann tawl /, (Jacques Anatole Thibault), 1844 1924, French novelist and essayist: Nobel prize 1921. 2. a republic in W Europe. 58,470,421; 212,736 sq. mi. (550,985 sq. km). Cap.: Paris. 3.… … Universalium
Germany — /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.… … Universalium
Frankreich [3] — Frankreich (Gesch.). I. Vom Anfang der geschichtlichen Zeit bis zum Ende der römischen Herrschaft, 486 v. Chr. Die ersten Bewohner des heutigen F s waren Celten (s.d.), von den Römern Gallier genannt; nur einzelne Theile des Landes wurden zu der… … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
Austria — Austrian, adj., n. /aw stree euh/, n. a republic in central Europe. 8,054,078; 32,381 sq. mi. (83,865 sq. km). Cap.: Vienna. German, Österreich. * * * Austria Introduction Austria Background: Once the center of power for the large Austro… … Universalium
Europe, history of — Introduction history of European peoples and cultures from prehistoric times to the present. Europe is a more ambiguous term than most geographic expressions. Its etymology is doubtful, as is the physical extent of the area it designates.… … Universalium
ancient Rome — ▪ ancient state, Europe, Africa, and Asia Introduction the state centred on the city of Rome. This article discusses the period from the founding of the city and the regal period, which began in 753 BC, through the events leading to the… … Universalium
