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  • 81List of Acts of the Parliament of Ireland to 1700 — NOTOC This is an incomplete list of Acts of the Parliament of Ireland for the years up to 1700. Click here for the List of Acts of the Parliament of Ireland, 1701 to 1800.The numbers after the titles of the acts are the chapter numbers. Acts are… …

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  • 82mulier — mulier1 /myooh lee euhr/, n. Old Eng. Law. a woman or wife. [1325 75; ME < AF L: woman] mulier2 /myooh lee euhr/, n. Old Eng. Law. a legitimate child. [1350 1400; ME mulire, moylere < AF mulieré born in wedlock, legitimate < ML mulieratus. See&#8230; …

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  • 83Raskolniks — • A generic term for dissidents from the Established Church in Russia Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Raskolniks     Raskolniks      …

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  • 84Unintended pregnancy — Unintended pregnancies are those in which conception was not intended by the female sexual partner. Worldwide, 38% of pregnancies were unintended in 1999 (some 80 million unintended pregnancies in 1999).[1][2] Unintended pregnancies are the&#8230; …

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  • 85Merton, Council of — In 1236 there was a clash between common law and *canon law over the matter of illegitimacy. Common law said that illegitimacy could not be undone by marriage; that bastards had no rights of inheritance over children born in wedlock. Canon law&#8230; …

    Dictionary of Medieval Terms and Phrases

  • 86Population —    Italy’s official population in the census taken in 2001 was just under 57 million. Since 2001, immigration from the third world and Eastern Europe has increased rapidly, and the best estimate of Italy’s population is currently about 58.5&#8230; …

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  • 87loyal — (adj.) 1530s, in reference to subjects of sovereigns or governments, from M.Fr. loyal, from O.Fr. loial, leal of good quality; faithful; honorable; law abiding; legitimate, born in wedlock, from L. legalem, from lex law. In most cases it has&#8230; …

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  • 88afterthought —    a child born in wedlock following an unplanned conception    Among the processes connected with the event, premeditation is not prominent:     Being the youngest in the family what is commonly called an afterthought she was also a little&#8230; …

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  • 89love child —    an illegitimate child    The use should not suggest that children born within wedlock are unloved:     . . . little to dispute save the paternity of love children . (Bartram, 1897)    In the days when illegitimacy mattered, also as love bairn …

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  • 90legitimate — I. a. 1. Legal, lawful, in accordance with law. 2. Born in wedlock, lawfully begotten. 3. Genuine. 4. Valid, logical, warranted, warrantable, correct. II. v. a.; (also legitimize) Legalize, make legitimate …

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