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  • 31novel — novel1 novellike, adj. /nov euhl/, n. 1. a fictitious prose narrative of considerable length and complexity, portraying characters and usually presenting a sequential organization of action and scenes. 2. (formerly) novella (def. 1). [1560 70; <&#8230; …

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  • 32South African contract law — is essentially a modernised version of the Roman Dutch law of contract, [1] which is itself rooted in Roman law. In the broadest definition, a contract is an agreement entered into by two or more parties with the serious intention of creating a&#8230; …

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  • 33Automatism (case law) — In criminal law, automatism is a complex and sometimes controversial excuse to liability where physical or environmental factors negate the existence of the actus reus (Latin for guilty act ).VoluntarinessLa Forest J. in the Canadian Supreme&#8230; …

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  • 34United States — a republic in the N Western Hemisphere comprising 48 conterminous states, the District of Columbia, and Alaska in North America, and Hawaii in the N Pacific. 267,954,767; conterminous United States, 3,022,387 sq. mi. (7,827,982 sq. km); with&#8230; …

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  • 35Existentialism — The …

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  • 36Buddhism and psychology — overlap in theory and in practice. Over the last century, three strands of interplay have evolved: * Descriptive phenomenology: Western and Buddhist scholars have found in Buddhist teachings a detailed introspective phenomenological psychology&#8230; …

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  • 37existentialism — existentialist, adj., n. existentialistic, adj. existentialistically, adv. /eg zi sten sheuh liz euhm, ek si /, n. Philos. a philosophical attitude associated esp. with Heidegger, Jaspers, Marcel, and Sartre, and opposed to rationalism and&#8230; …

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  • 38United Kingdom — a kingdom in NW Europe, consisting of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: formerly comprising Great Britain and Ireland 1801 1922. 58,610,182; 94,242 sq. mi. (244,100 sq. km). Cap.: London. Abbr.: U.K. Official name, United Kingdom of Great&#8230; …

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  • 39S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl — S.T.A.L.K.E.R. redirects here. For the prequel, see S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky. For the sequel, see S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat. S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl The European cover art for S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl …

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  • 40mysticism — /mis teuh siz euhm/, n. 1. the beliefs, ideas, or mode of thought of mystics. 2. a doctrine of an immediate spiritual intuition of truths believed to transcend ordinary understanding, or of a direct, intimate union of the soul with God through&#8230; …

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