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140 relations: Aberdeen ministry, Alabama Claims, Alexander Mackonochie, Alțâna, Angina, Arthur Orton, Assassination, Attorney General for England and Wales, Bachelor of Laws, Bailiff, Baronet, Boulton and Park, Brodie McGhie Willcox, Call to the bar, Cambridge University Press, Causation (law), Cause célèbre, Chambers (law), Charles Francis Adams Sr., Chelsea, London, Chief Baron of the Exchequer, Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, Chiswick, Civil law (common law), Clerkenwell explosion, Cockburn baronets, Colin Blackburn, Baron Blackburn, Constable, County of London, Court dress, Court of Appeal (England and Wales), CSS Alabama, CSS Florida, CSS Shenandoah, David Pacifico, Dean of York, Defendant, Dictionary of National Biography, Duel, Eastbourne manslaughter, Ecclesiastical court, Edward Drummond, Edward Ellice (merchant), Edward Hall Alderson, Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby, Election law, Encyclopædia Britannica, Epsom Derby, Essex, Exeter, ..., Fitzroy Kelly, Forensic science, Frederic Thesiger, 1st Baron Chelmsford, Gaming Act 1845, Geneva, George Cavendish, 1st Earl of Burlington, George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen, George William Hope, Giacinto Achilli, Google Books, Greece, Habsburg Monarchy, Haymarket, London, Henry Bulwer, 1st Baron Dalling and Bulwer, Henry Wainwright, Hicklin test, House of Commons of the United Kingdom, Insanity defense, Isaac Ray, Isle of Wight, Jack the Ripper, James Alexander Seton, James Wilde, 1st Baron Penzance, John Campbell, 1st Baron Campbell, John Coleridge, 1st Baron Coleridge, John Henry Newman, John Jervis (politician), John Romilly, 1st Baron Romilly, John Russell, 1st Earl Russell, Joseph Parkes, Jurist, Kensal Green Cemetery, Kingdom of Hungary, Lavinia Ryves, Liberal Party (UK), List of ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Colombia, London Borough of Brent, Lord Chancellor, Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales, Lord George Bentinck, M'Naghten rules, Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair, Mayfair, Member of parliament, Michael Barrett (Fenian), Middle Temple, Overend, Gurney and Company, Per fas et nefas, Perjury, Pierre-Antoine Berryer, Plenipotentiary, Politician, Prince Henry, Duke of Cumberland and Strathearn, Public Worship Regulation Act 1874, Queen Victoria, Queen's Counsel, Recorder (judge), Reform Act, Richard Bethell, 1st Baron Westbury, Robert Peel, Romania, Rougemont Castle, Rugeley, Simony, Sir James Cockburn, 8th Baronet, Sir William Cockburn, 11th Baronet, Solicitor General for England and Wales, Southampton, Southampton (UK Parliament constituency), Stratford, London, Strychnine, Swynfen will case, Sydenham, The Right Honourable, Thomas Matthias Weguelin, Tichborne case, Transylvania, Trinity Hall, Cambridge, United Kingdom general election, 1847, Vine Street, London, Volenti non fit injuria, Wales, Württemberg, Westminster, William Ballantine, William Erle, William Palmer (murderer), William Wood, 1st Baron Hatherley, Writ of prohibition, Yachting. Expand index (90 more) »
Aberdeen ministry
After the collapse of Lord Derby's minority government, the Whigs and Peelites formed a coalition under the Peelite leader Lord Aberdeen.
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Alabama Claims
The Alabama Claims were a series of demands for damages sought by the government of the United States from the United Kingdom in 1869, for the attacks upon Union merchant ships by Confederate Navy commerce raiders built in British shipyards during the American Civil War.
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Alexander Mackonochie
Alexander Heriot Mackonochie (11 August 1825 – 14 December 1887) was a Church of England mission priest known as "the martyr of St Alban's" on account of his prosecution and forced resignation for ritualist practices.
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Alțâna
Alțâna (Alzen; Alcina) is a commune in the north of Sibiu County, central Romania, in the historical region of Transylvania.
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Angina
Angina, also known as angina pectoris, is chest pain or pressure, usually due to not enough blood flow to the heart muscle.
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Arthur Orton
Arthur Orton (20 March 1834 – 1 April 1898), the son of a London butcher, went to sea as a boy, spent a year in Chile, and worked as a butcher and stockman for squatters in Australia in the middle-to-late 1850s.
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Assassination
Assassination is the killing of a prominent person, either for political or religious reasons or for payment.
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Attorney General for England and Wales
Her Majesty's Attorney General for England and Wales, usually known simply as the Attorney General, is one of the Law Officers of the Crown.
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Bachelor of Laws
The Bachelor of Laws (Legum Baccalaureus; LL.B. or B.L.) is an undergraduate degree in law (or a first professional degree in law, depending on jurisdiction) originating in England and offered in Japan and most common law jurisdictionsexcept the United States and Canadaas the degree which allows a person to become a lawyer.
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Bailiff
A bailiff (from Middle English baillif, Old French baillis, bail "custody, charge, office"; cf. bail, based on the adjectival form, baiulivus, of Latin bajulus, carrier, manager) is a manager, overseer or custodian; a legal officer to whom some degree of authority or jurisdiction is given.
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Baronet
A baronet (or; abbreviated Bart or Bt) or the rare female equivalent, a baronetess (or; abbreviation Btss), is the holder of a baronetcy, an hereditary title awarded by the British Crown.
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Boulton and Park
Thomas Ernest Boulton and Frederick William Park were two Victorian cross-dressers and suspected homosexuals who appeared as defendants in a celebrated trial in London in 1871, charged "with conspiring and inciting persons to commit an unnatural offence".
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Brodie McGhie Willcox
Brodie McGhie Willcox (1786–1862) was a Liberal Party Member of Parliament (MP) and the co-founder of the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company, one of the United Kingdom's largest shipping businesses.
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Call to the bar
The call to the bar is a legal term of art in most common law jurisdictions where persons must be qualified to be allowed to argue in court on behalf of another party and are then said to have been "called to the bar" or to have received a "call to the bar".
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Cambridge University Press
Cambridge University Press (CUP) is the publishing business of the University of Cambridge.
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Causation (law)
Causation is the "causal relationship between conduct and result".
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Cause célèbre
A cause célèbre (famous case; plural causes célèbres) is an issue or incident arousing widespread controversy, outside campaigning, and heated public debate.
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Chambers (law)
In law, a chambers is a room or office used by barristers or a judge.
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Charles Francis Adams Sr.
Charles Francis Adams Sr. (August 18, 1807 – November 21, 1886) was an American historical editor, writer, politician, and diplomat.
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Chelsea, London
Chelsea is an affluent area of South West London, bounded to the south by the River Thames.
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Chief Baron of the Exchequer
The Chief Baron of the Exchequer was the first "baron" (i.e., judge) of the English Exchequer of Pleas.
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Chief Justice of the Common Pleas
The Chief Justice of the Common Pleas was the head of the Court of Common Pleas, also known as the Common Bench or Common Place, which was the second-highest common law court in the English legal system until 1875, when it, along with the other two common law courts and the equity and probate courts, became part of the High Court of Justice.
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Chiswick
Chiswick is a district of west London, England.
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Civil law (common law)
Civil law is a branch of the law.
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Clerkenwell explosion
The Clerkenwell explosion, also known as the Clerkenwell Outrage, was a bombing in London on 13 December 1867.
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Cockburn baronets
There have been two Cockburn Baronetcies in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia.
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Colin Blackburn, Baron Blackburn
Colin Blackburn, Baron Blackburn, (18 May 1813 – 8 January 1896) was a Scottish judge who sat in the English courts, became a Law Lord and is remembered as one of the greatest exponents of the common law.
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Constable
A constable is a person holding a particular office, most commonly in criminal law enforcement.
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County of London
The County of London was a county of England from 1889 to 1965, corresponding to the area known today as Inner London.
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Court dress
Court dress comprises the style of clothes prescribed for courts of law, and for royal courts.
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Court of Appeal (England and Wales)
The Court of Appeal (COA, formally "Her Majesty's Court of Appeal in England") is the highest court within the Senior Courts of England and Wales, and second only to the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom.
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CSS Alabama
CSS Alabama was a screw sloop-of-war built in 1862 for the Confederate States Navy at Birkenhead on the River Mersey opposite Liverpool, England by John Laird Sons and Company.
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CSS Florida
At least three ships of the Confederate States Navy were named CSS Florida in honor of the third Confederate state.
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CSS Shenandoah
CSS Shenandoah, formerly Sea King, was an iron-framed, teak-planked, full-rigged sailing ship with auxiliary steam power chiefly known for her adventures under Lieutenant Commander James Waddell as part of the Confederate States Navy during the American Civil War.
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David Pacifico
David Pacifico, known as Don Pacifico (1784? – 12 April 1854), was a Portuguese Jewish merchant and diplomat.
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Dean of York
The Dean of York is the member of the clergy who is responsible for the running of the York Minster cathedral.
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Defendant
A defendant is a person accused of committing a crime in criminal prosecution or a person against whom some type of civil relief is being sought in a civil case.
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Dictionary of National Biography
The Dictionary of National Biography (DNB) is a standard work of reference on notable figures from British history, published from 1885.
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Duel
A duel is an arranged engagement in combat between two people, with matched weapons, in accordance with agreed-upon rules.
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Eastbourne manslaughter
R v Hopley (more commonly known as the Eastbourne manslaughter) was an 1860 legal case in Eastbourne, England, concerning the death of 15-year-old Reginald Cancellor (some sources give his name as Chancellor and his age as 13 or 14) at the hands of his teacher, Thomas Hopley.
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Ecclesiastical court
An ecclesiastical court, also called court Christian or court spiritual, is any of certain courts having jurisdiction mainly in spiritual or religious matters.
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Edward Drummond
Edward Drummond (30 March 1792 – 25 January 1843) was a British civil servant, and was Personal Secretary to several British Prime Ministers.
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Edward Ellice (merchant)
Edward Ellice the Elder (27 September 1783 – 17 September 1863), known in his time as the "Bear", was a British merchant and politician.
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Edward Hall Alderson
Sir Edward Hall Alderson (baptised 11 September 1787 – 27 January 1857) was an English lawyer and judge whose many judgments on commercial law helped to shape the emerging British capitalism of the Victorian era.
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Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby
Edward George Geoffrey Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby, (29 March 1799 – 23 October 1869) was a British statesman, three-time Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and, to date, the longest-serving leader of the Conservative Party.
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Election law
Election law is a discipline falling at the juncture of constitutional law and political science.
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Encyclopædia Britannica
The Encyclopædia Britannica (Latin for "British Encyclopaedia"), published by Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., is a general knowledge English-language encyclopaedia.
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Epsom Derby
The Derby Stakes, officially the Investec Derby, popularly known as the Derby, is a Group 1 flat horse race in England open to three-year-old thoroughbred colts and fillies.
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Essex
Essex is a county in the East of England.
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Exeter
Exeter is a cathedral city in Devon, England, with a population of 129,800 (mid-2016 EST).
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Fitzroy Kelly
Sir Fitzroy Edward Kelly PC, KC (9 October 1796 – 18 September 1880), was an English commercial lawyer, Tory politician and judge.
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Forensic science
Forensic science is the application of science to criminal and civil laws, mainly—on the criminal side—during criminal investigation, as governed by the legal standards of admissible evidence and criminal procedure.
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Frederic Thesiger, 1st Baron Chelmsford
Frederic Thesiger, 1st Baron Chelmsford, PC, QC, FRS (25 April 1794 – 5 October 1878) was a British jurist and Conservative politician.
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Gaming Act 1845
The Gaming Act 1845 (8 & 9 Vict., c. 109) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
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Geneva
Geneva (Genève, Genèva, Genf, Ginevra, Genevra) is the second-most populous city in Switzerland (after Zürich) and the most populous city of the Romandy, the French-speaking part of Switzerland.
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George Cavendish, 1st Earl of Burlington
George Augustus Henry Cavendish, 1st Earl of Burlington MP (31 March 1754 – 4 May 1834), styled Lord George Cavendish before 1831, was a British nobleman and politician.
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George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen
George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen, (28 January 178414 December 1860), styled Lord Haddo from 1791 to 1801, was a British politician, diplomat and landowner, successively a Tory, Conservative and Peelite, who served as Prime Minister from 1852 until 1855 in a coalition between the Whigs and Peelites, with Radical and Irish support.
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George William Hope
George William Hope (4 July 1808 – 18 October 1863), was a British Tory politician.
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Giacinto Achilli
Giovanni Giacinto Achilli (c. 1803 – c. 1860) was an Italian Roman Catholic who was discharged from the priesthood for sexual misconduct and subsequently became a fervent advocate of the Protestant evangelical cause.
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Google Books
Google Books (previously known as Google Book Search and Google Print and by its codename Project Ocean) is a service from Google Inc. that searches the full text of books and magazines that Google has scanned, converted to text using optical character recognition (OCR), and stored in its digital database.
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Greece
No description.
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Habsburg Monarchy
The Habsburg Monarchy (Habsburgermonarchie) or Empire is an unofficial appellation among historians for the countries and provinces that were ruled by the junior Austrian branch of the House of Habsburg between 1521 and 1780 and then by the successor branch of Habsburg-Lorraine until 1918.
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Haymarket, London
Haymarket is a street in the St. James's area of the City of Westminster, London.
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Henry Bulwer, 1st Baron Dalling and Bulwer
(William) Henry Lytton Earle Bulwer, 1st Baron Dalling and Bulwer GCB, PC (13 February 180123 May 1872) was a British Liberal politician, diplomat and writer.
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Henry Wainwright
Henry Wainwright (died 21 December 1875) was an English murderer.
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Hicklin test
The Hicklin test is a legal test for obscenity established by the English case Regina v. Hicklin (1868).
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House of Commons of the United Kingdom
The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
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Insanity defense
The insanity defense, also known as the mental disorder defense, is a defense by excuse in a criminal case, arguing that the defendant is not responsible for his or her actions due to an episodic or persistent psychiatric disease at the time of the criminal act.
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Isaac Ray
Isaac Ray (January 16, 1807 – March 31, 1881) was an American psychiatrist, one of the founders of the discipline of forensic psychiatry.
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Isle of Wight
The Isle of Wight (also referred to informally as The Island or abbreviated to IOW) is a county and the largest and second-most populous island in England.
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Jack the Ripper
Jack the Ripper is the best-known name for an unidentified serial killer generally believed to have been active in the largely impoverished areas in and around the Whitechapel district of London in 1888.
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James Alexander Seton
James Alexander Seton (1816-2 June 1845) was the last British person to be killed in a duel on English soil.
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James Wilde, 1st Baron Penzance
James Plaisted Wilde, 1st Baron Penzance, (12 July 1816 – 9 December 1899) was a noted British judge and rose breeder who was also a proponent of the Baconian theory that the works usually attributed to William Shakespeare were in fact written by Francis Bacon.
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John Campbell, 1st Baron Campbell
John Campbell, 1st Baron Campbell, PC, QC, FRSE (15 September 1779 – 23 June 1861) was a British Liberal politician, lawyer and man of letters.
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John Coleridge, 1st Baron Coleridge
John Duke Coleridge, 1st Baron Coleridge, PC (3 December 1820 – 14 June 1894) was an English lawyer, judge and Liberal politician.
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John Henry Newman
John Henry Newman, (21 February 1801 – 11 August 1890) was a poet and theologian, first an Anglican priest and later a Catholic priest and cardinal, who was an important and controversial figure in the religious history of England in the 19th century.
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John Jervis (politician)
Sir John Jervis, PC (12 January 1802 – 1 November 1856) was an English lawyer, law reformer and Attorney General in the administration of Lord John Russell.
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John Romilly, 1st Baron Romilly
John Romilly, 1st Baron Romilly PC, QC (20 January 1802 – 23 December 1874), known as Sir John Romilly between 1848 and 1866, was an English Whig politician and judge.
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John Russell, 1st Earl Russell
John Russell, 1st Earl Russell, (18 August 1792 – 28 May 1878), known by his courtesy title Lord John Russell before 1861, was a leading Whig and Liberal politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom on two occasions during the early Victorian era.
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Joseph Parkes
Joseph Parkes (22 January 1796 – 11 August 1865) was an English political reformer.
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Jurist
A jurist (from medieval Latin) is someone who researches and studies jurisprudence (theory of law).
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Kensal Green Cemetery
Kensal Green Cemetery is in Kensal Green in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea in London, England.
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Kingdom of Hungary
The Kingdom of Hungary was a monarchy in Central Europe that existed from the Middle Ages into the twentieth century (1000–1946 with the exception of 1918–1920).
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Lavinia Ryves
Lavinia Jannetta Horton Ryves, née Lavinia Serres (16 March 1797 – 7 December 1871), was a British woman claiming to be a member of the British royal family, calling herself "Princess Lavinia of Cumberland".
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Liberal Party (UK)
The Liberal Party was one of the two major parties in the United Kingdom – with the opposing Conservative Party – in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
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List of ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Colombia
The Ambassador of the United Kingdom to the Republic of Colombia is the United Kingdom's foremost diplomatic representative in Colombia, and head of the UK's diplomatic mission in Bogotá.
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London Borough of Brent
The London Borough of Brent is a London borough in north west London, and forms part of Outer London.
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Lord Chancellor
The Lord Chancellor, formally the Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain, is the highest ranking among those Great Officers of State which are appointed regularly in the United Kingdom, nominally outranking even the Prime Minister.
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Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales
The Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales is the head of the judiciary and President of the Courts of England and Wales.
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Lord George Bentinck
Lord William George Frederick Cavendish-Scott-Bentinck (27 February 1802 – 21 September 1848), better known as Lord George Bentinck, was an English Conservative politician and racehorse owner, noted for his role (with Benjamin Disraeli) in unseating Sir Robert Peel over the Corn Laws.
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M'Naghten rules
The M'Naghten rule (pronounced, and sometimes spelled, McNaughton) is any variant of the 1840s jury instruction in a criminal case when there is a defense of insanity: The rule was formulated as a reaction to the acquittal in 1843 of Daniel M'Naghten on the charge of murdering Edward Drummond, whom M'Naghten had mistaken for British Prime Minister Robert Peel.
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Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair
Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair, in the County of Aberdeen, in the County of Meath and in the County of Argyll, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.
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Mayfair
Mayfair is an affluent area in the West End of London towards the east edge of Hyde Park, in the City of Westminster, between Oxford Street, Regent Street, Piccadilly and Park Lane.
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Member of parliament
A member of parliament (MP) is the representative of the voters to a parliament.
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Michael Barrett (Fenian)
Michael Barrett (184126 May 1868) was born in Drumnagreshial in the Ederney area of County Fermanagh.
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Middle Temple
The Honourable Society of the Middle Temple, commonly known simply as Middle Temple, is one of the four Inns of Court exclusively entitled to call their members to the English Bar as barristers, the others being the Inner Temple, Gray's Inn and Lincoln's Inn.
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Overend, Gurney and Company
Overend, Gurney & Company was a London wholesale discount bank, known as "the bankers' bank", which collapsed in 1866 owing about £11 million, equivalent to £ million in.
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Per fas et nefas
"Per fas et nefas" (Latin for "through right and wrong") refers to unfair eristic treatment.
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Perjury
Perjury is the intentional act of swearing a false oath or falsifying an affirmation to tell the truth, whether spoken or in writing, concerning matters a generation material to an official proceeding.
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Pierre-Antoine Berryer
Pierre-Antoine Berryer (4 January 179029 November 1868) was a French advocate and parliamentary orator.
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Plenipotentiary
The word plenipotentiary (from the Latin plenus "full" and potens "powerful") has two meanings.
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Politician
A politician is a person active in party politics, or a person holding or seeking office in government.
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Prince Henry, Duke of Cumberland and Strathearn
Prince Henry, Duke of Cumberland and Strathearn (Henry Frederick;He is called simply "(His Royal Highness) Prince Henry" in the London Gazette;;; 7 November 1745 – 18 September 1790) was the sixth child and fourth son of Frederick, Prince of Wales, and Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha, and a younger brother of George III.
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Public Worship Regulation Act 1874
The Public Worship Regulation Act 1874 (37 & 38 Vict. c.85) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, introduced as a Private Member's Bill by Archbishop of Canterbury Archibald Campbell Tait, to limit what he perceived as the growing ritualism of Anglo-Catholicism and the Oxford Movement within the Church of England.
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Queen Victoria
Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria; 24 May 1819 – 22 January 1901) was Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837 until her death.
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Queen's Counsel
A Queen's Counsel (postnominal QC), or King's Counsel (postnominal KC) during the reign of a king, is an eminent lawyer (usually a barrister or advocate) who is appointed by the Monarch to be one of "Her Majesty's Counsel learned in the law." The term is also recognised as an honorific.
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Recorder (judge)
A Recorder is a judicial officer in England and Wales and some other common law jurisdictions.
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Reform Act
In the United Kingdom, Reform Act is a generic term used for legislation concerning electoral matters.
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Richard Bethell, 1st Baron Westbury
Richard Bethell, 1st Baron Westbury, (30 June 1800 – 20 July 1873) was a British lawyer, judge and Liberal politician.
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Robert Peel
Sir Robert Peel, 2nd Baronet, (5 February 17882 July 1850) was a British statesman of the Conservative Party who served twice as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1834–35 and 1841–46) and twice as Home Secretary (1822–27 and 1828–30).
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Romania
Romania (România) is a sovereign state located at the crossroads of Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe.
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Rougemont Castle
Rougemont Castle, also known as Exeter Castle, is the historic castle of the city of Exeter, Devon, England.
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Rugeley
Rugeley is a historic market town in the county of Staffordshire, England.
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Simony
Simony is the act of selling church offices and roles.
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Sir James Cockburn, 8th Baronet
Sir James Cockburn, 8th Baronet (1729 – 26 July 1804) was a Member of the Parliament of Great Britain for Linlithgow Burghs from 1772 to 1784 and a Director of the East India Company.
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Sir William Cockburn, 11th Baronet
Sir William Cockburn, 11th Baronet (2 June 1773 – 30 April 1858, Kelston) was a Church of England clergyman.
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Solicitor General for England and Wales
Her Majesty's Solicitor General for England and Wales, known informally as the Solicitor General, is one of the Law Officers of the Crown, and the deputy of the Attorney General, whose duty is to advise the Crown and Cabinet on the law.
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Southampton
Southampton is the largest city in the ceremonial county of Hampshire, England.
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Southampton (UK Parliament constituency)
Southampton was a parliamentary constituency which was represented in the British House of Commons.
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Stratford, London
Stratford is a town and parish in London, in the London Borough of Newham.
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Strychnine
Strychnine (also or) is a highly toxic, colorless, bitter, crystalline alkaloid used as a pesticide, particularly for killing small vertebrates such as birds and rodents.
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Swynfen will case
The Swynfen (or Swinfen) will case was a series of English trials over the will of Samuel Swynfen that ran from 1856 to 1864 and raised important questions of ethics in the legal profession.
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Sydenham
Sydenham is a district within the south east London Boroughs of Lewisham, Bromley and Southwark.
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The Right Honourable
The Right Honourable (The Rt Hon. or Rt Hon.) is an honorific style traditionally applied to certain persons and to certain collective bodies in the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, India, some other Commonwealth realms, the Anglophone Caribbean, Mauritius, and occasionally elsewhere.
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Thomas Matthias Weguelin
Thomas Matthias Weguelin (5 May 1809 – 5 April 1885) was an English Liberal Party politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1857 and 1880.
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Tichborne case
The Tichborne case was a legal cause célèbre that captivated Victorian England in the 1860s and 1870s.
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Transylvania
Transylvania is a historical region in today's central Romania.
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Trinity Hall, Cambridge
Trinity Hall is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge, England.
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United Kingdom general election, 1847
The 1847 United Kingdom general election saw candidates calling themselves Conservatives win the most seats, in part because they won a number of uncontested seats.
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Vine Street, London
Vine Street is a street in Westminster, London, running from Swallow Street, parallel to Regent Street and Piccadilly.
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Volenti non fit injuria
Volenti non fit iniuria (or injuria) (Latin: "to a willing person, injury is not done") is a common law doctrine which states that if someone willingly places themselves in a position where harm might result, knowing that some degree of harm might result, they are not able to bring a claim against the other party in tort or delict.
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Wales
Wales (Cymru) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain.
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Württemberg
Württemberg is a historical German territory.
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Westminster
Westminster is an area of central London within the City of Westminster, part of the West End, on the north bank of the River Thames.
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William Ballantine
Serjeant William Ballantine SL (3 January 1812 – 9 January 1887) was an English Serjeant-at-law, a legal position defunct since the legal reforms of the 1870s.
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William Erle
Sir William Erle PC QC FRS (1 October 1793 – 28 January 1880) was an English lawyer, judge and Whig politician.
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William Palmer (murderer)
William Palmer (6 August 1824 – 14 June 1856), also known as the Rugeley Poisoner or the Prince of Poisoners, was an English doctor found guilty of murder in one of the most notorious cases of the 19th century.
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William Wood, 1st Baron Hatherley
William Page Wood, 1st Baron Hatherley, PC (29 November 1801 – 10 July 1881) was a British lawyer and statesman who served as a Liberal Lord Chancellor between 1868 and 1872 in William Ewart Gladstone's first ministry.
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Writ of prohibition
A writ of prohibition is a writ directing a subordinate to stop doing something the law prohibits.
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Yachting
Yachting refers to the use of recreational boats and ships called yachts for sporting purposes.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_Alexander_Cockburn,_12th_Baronet
