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  • 61Orders, decorations, and medals of the Canadian provinces — The orders, decorations, and medals of the Canadian provinces, in which each province of Canada has devised a system of orders and awards to honour residents for actions or deeds that benefit their local community or province, are in turn… …

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  • 62prerogative — pre|rog|a|tive [ prı ragətıv ] noun count FORMAL a right that a particular person or group has: It s the manager s prerogative to decide who will play on the day …

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  • 63prerogative — noun (countable, usually singular) a right that someone has because of their importance or position: the royal prerogative …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 64prerogative — noun it s my prerogative to hold on to the farm Syn: entitlement, right, privilege, advantage, due, birthright …

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  • 65prerogative — Precedence. A prior right or privilege. In an older day, that power, pre eminence, or privilege which the king hath or claimeth over and beyond other persons, and above the ordinary course of the common law, in right of his crown. Atty. Gen. v… …

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  • 66prerogative — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French & Latin; Anglo French, from Latin praerogativa, Roman century voting first in the comitia, privilege, from feminine of praerogativus voting first, from praerogatus, past participle of praerogare… …

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  • 67Foreign reaction to the Reconciliation, Tolerance, and Unity Bill (Fiji) — The controversial Reconciliation, Tolerance, and Unity Bill being promoted by the Fijian government throughout 2005 has generated enormous debate, both locally and internationally. The legislation aims to establish a Commission empowered to… …

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  • 68Enlightenment (The Scottish) — The Scottish Enlightenment M.A.Stewart INTRODUCTION The term ‘Scottish Enlightenment’ is used to characterize a hundred years of intellectual and cultural endeavour that started around the second decade of the eighteenth century. Our knowledge of …

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  • 69prerogative of purveyance and pre-emption — A right enjoyed by the crown of buying up provisions and other necessaries, by the intervention of the king s purveyors, for the use of his royal household, at an appraised valuation, in preference to all others, and even without the consent of… …

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  • 70prerogative writs — Writs issued in cases of public right and those affecting the sovereignty of the state, its franchises and prerogatives, or the liberties of its people. State ex rel. Goodwin v Nelson County, 1 ND 88, 45 NW 33; Atty. Gen. v Railroad Co. 35 Wis… …

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