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61Piedmontese Civil War — Infobox Military Conflict conflict=Franco Spanish War caption= date=1639 ndash; 1642 place=Northern Italy result=stalemate; combatant1=France and Piedmont regency loyalists combatant2=Piedmont supporters of Thomas Francis, Prince of Carignan… …
62civildisobedience — civil disobedience n. Refusal to obey civil laws in an effort to induce change in governmental policy or legislation, characterized by the use of passive resistance or other nonviolent means. * * * …
63breach — breacher, n. /breech/, n. 1. the act or a result of breaking; break or rupture. 2. an infraction or violation, as of a law, trust, faith, or promise. 3. a gap made in a wall, fortification, line of soldiers, etc.; rift; fissure. 4. a severance of …
64punish — punisher, n. /pun ish/, v.t. 1. to subject to pain, loss, confinement, death, etc., as a penalty for some offense, transgression, or fault: to punish a criminal. 2. to inflict a penalty for (an offense, fault, etc.): to punish theft. 3. to handle …
65Suffolk Resolves — ▪ United States history [1774] (Sept. 9, 1774), in U.S. colonial history, most famous of many meetings vigorously protesting the Intolerable Acts enacted by the British Parliament the same year. Because representative provincial government… …
66Eusebius of Dorylaeum — Eusebius of Dorylæum † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Eusebius of Dorylæum Eusebius, Bishop of Dorylæum in Asia Minor, was the prime mover on behalf of Catholic orthodoxy against the heresies of Nestorius and Eutyches. During the earlier… …
67infraction — in·frac·tion /in frak shən/ n: the act of infringing: violation in·fract / frakt/ vt Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …
68civil disobedience — noun A form of social protest, involving the active but non violent refusal to obey certain laws, demands, or commands of an established authority, because they are considered to be morally wrong or detrimental. We now had no alternative but to… …
69disobedience — noun Refusal to obey. the disobedient child Syn: contumacy, rebellion Ant: obedience See Also: disobedient …
70Council of Austerfield — The Council of Austerfield was an ecclesiastical synod held at Austerfield, in southern Northumbria in 702 or 703 AD. The council was called by King Aldfrith of Northumbria to discuss whether Wilfrid should be returned to the see of York from… …
