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Every slave state had its own slave code and body of court decisions. These codes made slavery permanent in these states.
Witnesses threatened to recant their testimony when the court released their names to the paper.
Each team attempts to score goals by passing a ball down the court and shooting it through its goal ring.
Geoffrey of Monmouth says he was brought up at the court of Augustus and willingly paid tribute to Rome.
That question is out with the competence of this court and must be taken to a higher court.
For any disagreements arising from this contract, the competent court shall be the Springfield Circuit Court.
But just because the court freed them was not reason enough for the police to close the case file as lamentably and condemnably as they did.
The conjugality of the court and jail is confessed by putting the two under the same roof, or by joining them together.
The Attorney General applied for an order for contempt of court against the New Statesman.
In the years following countyhood, the court levied taxes, set salaries for county officials, provided for public safety and regulated morals.
Into the court you'd swanned, you dateless little pillock, if not wholly confident of winning, surely careless of losing.
The court of jurisdiction is to be distinguished from the deliberative body, the advisers of the crown.
In December 1996 almost the entire front page of a daily newspaper was devoted to the report of a court case involving earwitness testimony.
He's never looked better on court or on monthly O.N.A.N.T.A. paper. He is erumpent.
The court will decide which party is the rightful owner of the items in escrow.
Latour Latour, vibrant with outraged dignity, demanded that the painting be brought into court and expertized.
Trumpets, tabors, shawms, and pipes fanfared the court to the midday repast in the presence chamber.
The court took flight risk into consideration when deciding bail for Mr Smith.
The court refused to grant Mr Smith bail as he was considered a flight risk.
The White House has been engaged in a full court press to prevent other Republican senators from voting for any one of these amendments.
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A gadarene rush to convert from paper to specie in early 1720, led by Law's erstwhile cronies among the court aristocracy, underlined the point.
The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom is the highest court for criminal and civil cases in England and Wales.
A decision of the Supreme Court is binding on every other court in the hierarchy, which must follow its directions.
The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom serves as the highest court of appeal for civil cases under Scots law.
The sheriff court is the main criminal and civil court, hearing most cases.
The Senior Courts of England and Wales is the highest court of first instance as well as an appellate court.
A decision of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom, the highest civil appeal court of the United Kingdom, is binding on every other court.
District court decisions are not binding precedent at all, only persuasive.
The plea rolls, which were the official court records for the Courts of Common Pleas and King's Bench, were written in Latin.
Henry II developed the practice of sending judges from his own central court to hear the various disputes throughout the country.
This is the highest court in provincial jurisdiction, only subject to the Supreme Court of Canada in terms of appeal of their decisions.
Scots common law covers matters including murder and theft, and has sources in custom, in legal writings and previous court decisions.
In 1672, the High Court of Justiciary was founded from the College of Justice as a supreme court of appeal.
The Judge accepts the payment, the law no longer has a hold on you, and therefore you are free to walk out of the court a free man or woman.
California's Acting Secretary of State... asked the judge in the case not to hold court on Election Day, Nov. 8, and the day before.
Honorius was unable to control his own court and the death of Constantius initiated more than ten years of instability.
Wood feels that the initiative came from the Kentish court as well as the queen.
From the 10th century onwards the hundred became important as a court of justice as well as dealing with matters of local administration.
Alfred's educational ambitions seem to have extended beyond the establishment of a court school.
Their ministers and residents here have perpetually importuned the court with unreasonable demands.
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The Church's incomes and possessions were instead redirected to the court in Copenhagen.
Malcolm Canmore was an exile at Edward's court after Macbeth killed his father, Duncan I, and seized the Scottish throne.
Nevertheless, it did allow the couple to be closely involved in court affairs.
Meanwhile, Henry was attempting to act the part of a legitimate king, witnessing marriages and settlements and holding court in a regal fashion.
The royal court was gathered in April 1155, where the barons swore fealty to the King and his sons.
Nonetheless, Henry's passion was for hunting, for which the court became famous.
Philip the Good, the new Duke, and the French court threw themselves into Henry's arms.
The dauphin was banished from court for his intrigues, and did not return to France until his father's death.
In 1414 while he held court at Leicester, he received ambassadors from Burgundy.
Other helpful records include heriots, court records, food prices and rent prices, from which inferences can be made.
Warbeck made repeated attempts to incite revolts, with support at various times from the court of Burgundy and James IV of Scotland.
Numerous suitors from nearly all European nations sent ambassadors to English court to put forward their suit.
The most important humanists living in Matthias' court were Antonio Bonfini and the famous Hungarian poet Janus Pannonius.
A Japanese man who is tried before a German court is assisted by an interpreter in making oral statements.
Under Elizabeth, factionalism in the Council and conflicts at court greatly diminished.
She was given her own court based at Ludlow Castle and many of the royal prerogatives normally reserved for the Prince of Wales.
She was not permitted to see her mother, who had been sent to live away from court by Henry.
On 17 April 1555, Elizabeth was recalled to court to attend the final stages of Mary's apparent pregnancy.
He took part in court life and became a favourite of Queen Elizabeth I because of his efforts at increasing the Protestant Church in Ireland.
Mountjoy, a court case concerning the marriage settlement of Mountjoy's daughter, Mary.
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Thomas was ordered by the church court to do public penance, which would have caused much shame and embarrassment for the Shakespeare family.
Unlike a guilty finding in a court case, attainder did not require a legal burden of proof, but it did require the king's approval.
He set up his court at Oxford, where the royalist MPs formed the Oxford Parliament.
This view was confirmed by a court ruling during the treason trial of Henry Vane the Younger.
Together, they embodied an image of virtue and family life, and their court became a model of formality and morality.
Official policy of the court in exile initially reflected the uncompromising intransigence that got James into trouble in the first place.
Meanwhile, the royal court at Versailles was isolated from and indifferent to the escalating crisis.
By this time, Necker had earned the enmity of many members of the French court for his overt manipulation of public opinion.
This proposition is fatal to this appeal, and renders this court jurisdictionless and powerless to proceed to review the cause.
He returned to England in January 1784, and attended court as part of Lord Hood's entourage.
Nelson spent the rest of 1799 at the Neapolitan court but put to sea again in February 1800 after Lord Keith's return.
He attended court and was guest of honour at a number of banquets and balls.
They take him off to face their kangaroo court in the cellar of a deserted brewery.
Several doctors to the Russian court were from Scotland, the best known being James Wylie.
Scots continued to be used in official legal and court documents throughout the 18th century.
The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council is the supreme court of 14 Commonwealth members.
The Sheriff courts provide a local court service with 49 Sheriff courts organised across six Sheriffdoms.
In 1323 Henry Lambard, a cleric, was brought before a court and asked how he wished to clear himself of charges of theft.
Refusing to give any other answer to the court, he was committed to another court to suffer peine forte et dure.
The Supreme Court is the highest appeal court in almost all cases in England and Wales.
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The Supreme Court is also the highest court of appeal for devolution matters, a role previously held by the Privy Council.
The Crown Court is an inferior court in respect of the other work it undertakes, viz.
The County Court is a statutory court with a purely civil jurisdiction, sitting in 92 different towns and cities across England and Wales.
For example, an Employment Tribunal is an inferior court of record for the purposes of the law of contempt of court.
In many cases there is a statutory right of appeal from a tribunal to a particular court or specially constituted appellate tribunal.
The European Court of Justice acts only as a supreme court for the interpretation of European Union law.
However, any court in the UK may refer a particular point of law relating to European Union law to the ECJ for determination.
However, once the ECJ has given its interpretation, the case is referred back to the court that referred it.
The decision to refer a question to the ECJ can be made by the court of its own initiative, or at the request of any of the parties before it.
Any court may seek to distinguish its present case from that of a binding precedent, in order to reach a different conclusion.
Generally, a common law court system has trial courts, intermediate appellate courts and a supreme court.
The inferior courts are bound to obey precedent established by the appellate court for their jurisdiction, and all supreme court precedent.
The decisions of this court are binding upon and must be followed by all the state courts of California.
An Intermediate state appellate court is generally bound to follow the decisions of the highest court of that state.
The application of the doctrine of stare decisis from a superior court to an inferior court is sometimes called vertical stare decisis.
Each panel of judges on the court of appeals for a circuit is bound to obey the prior appellate decisions of the same circuit.
When a court binds itself, this application of the doctrine of precedent is sometimes called horizontal stare decisis.
In the United States, state courts are not considered inferior to federal courts but rather constitute a parallel court system.
The state court systems have hierarchy structures similar to that of the federal system.
For example, an appellate court for one district could consider a ruling issued by an appeals court in another district.
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In the jurisdiction of the original decision, however, a judge should only overturn the holding of a court lower or equivalent in the hierarchy.
Depublication is the power of a court to make a previously published order or opinion unpublished.
Litigation that is settled out of court generates no written decision, and thus has no precedential effect.
In some situations, a case of first impression may exist in a jurisdiction until a reported appellate court decision is rendered.
The doctrine of jurisprudence constante also influences how court decisions are structured.
In general, court decisions of common law jurisdictions give a sufficient ratio decidendi as to guide future courts.
The court must find genuine difficulties before it declines to use the literal rule.
Under the broad method, the court may reinterpret the law at will when it is clear that there is only one way to read the statute.
In such cases, a court must analyze the various available sources, and reach a resolution of the ambiguity.
On appeal, the appellate court may either adopt the new reasoning, or reverse on the basis of precedent.
Note that inferior courts cannot evade binding precedent of superior courts, but a court can depart from its own prior decisions.
In the United States, stare decisis can interact in counterintuitive ways with the federal and state court systems.
Appeals are allowed if the decision in the court below was incorrect, or suffered from a serious procedural error or irregularity.
The jurisdictions overlap in some cases, and cases started in one division may be transferred by court order to another where appropriate.
Exceptionally the court may sit with a jury, but in practice normally only in defamation cases or cases against the police.
The court performance target is that cases committed for sentence should be heard within 10 weeks.
The Crown Court and a county court may sit in the same building and use the same jurors.
The judge may decide to recall them to the court to address them again at any time.
Officials who make or execute laws have an interest in court cases that put those laws to the test.
The court is composed of the President and Deputy President and ten Justices of the Supreme Court.
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The President and Deputy President of the court are separately appointed to those roles.
The House of Commons ceased considering such petitions in 1399, leaving the House of Lords, effectively, as the nation's court of last resort.
Formerly, the House of Lords constituted a court in certain trials, including trials of peers of the realm and impeachment cases.
They served on the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, which is the highest court of appeal in certain cases.
The imperial court was the centre of a revival of classical learning, a process known as the Macedonian Renaissance.
When this court was abolished in 1830, its rights were in turn transferred to the courts of King's Bench, Exchequer, and Commons Pleas.
A court was set up and after two years of deliberation, it pronounced John Balliol to be king.
Later the church replaced the manor court as the rural administrative centre, and levied a local tax on produce known as a tithe.
One could see part of the dimly lit court where under an enclosed poplar two soldiers on a stone bench were playing lansquenet.
On August 27, 2002, a Nigerian court ordered the mother of a newborn child, Amina Lawal, to be publicly lapidated for adultery.
The claim that his dog wrote the poems was laughed out of court by publishers.
In a makeshift court lasting only one day, over 500 men were tried and the majority sentenced to death.
The city's courthouse was built in 1821, replacing a previous court in the Shire Hall.
As stocks grew, with new companies joining to raise capital, the royal court also raised some monies.
The judges of the court were all those who had the right and duty of attending the court, the suitors.
Until the late 19th century, all proceedings and court transactions in this register of Urdu were written officially in the Persian script.
During the 2010 service a rendition of Catherine of Aragon's speech before the Legatine court was read by Jane Lapotaire.
This led to controversies within churches that resulted in court cases, as in the dispute about ritualism.
A Moscow court ruled that the Salvation Army was a paramilitary organisation subject to expulsion.
The Kentish court included a number of visiting clergymen at that time, including Benedict Biscop, a noted missionary.
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On completion in 1197 the new foundation was dedicated to Becket, whom the king had known personally while at the English court as a young man.
The university successfully obtained a court order to evict the students but stated that it did not intend to enforce the order if possible.
The open court of Wessex Fives, built in 1787, is still in existence at Warminster School although it has fallen out of regular use.
By the end of the 16th century the triumphal arch had become closely linked with court theatre, state pageantry and military fortifications.
Henry rebuilt the principal castle gateway in about 1510 and constructed a tennis court at the base of the motte in the Upper Ward.
George's previous houses, Carlton House and the Brighton Pavilion were too small for grand court events, even after expensive extensions.
A court case ensued which resulted in the Secretary of State for the Environment declaring that the door could remain yellow.
Many other places are listed as a location where Arthur holds court in the later romances, Carlisle and London perhaps being the most prominent.
The Lady of the Lake sends Lancelot to King Arthur's court where he becomes a knight at the behest of Sir Gawain.
He was the second of four children born to Edward Fawkes, a proctor and an advocate of the consistory court at York, and his wife, Edith.
Although he was received politely, the court of Philip III was unwilling to offer him any support.
Discord broke out in the inner circles of court in December 1397, when Bolingbroke and Mowbray became embroiled in a quarrel.
In this period a particular court culture was allowed to emerge, one that differed sharply from that of earlier times.
Edward's court had been a martial one, based on the interdependence between the king and his most trusted noblemen as military captains.
Even outside the convent her actions were governed by the strict etiquette of the royal court of Portugal.
There is a miniature of King David with his court musicians on folio 30 verso.
In the late 14th century, the sophisticated court style of International Gothic developed, which continued to evolve until the late 15th century.
Many of the artists active at the Tudor court were connected by ties of family, marriage, and training.
By 1630 he was described as the court painter of the Habsburg Governor of Flanders, the Archduchess Isabella.
Charles's court portraitist, Daniel Mytens, was a somewhat pedestrian Dutchman.
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In 790 Alcuin returned from the court of Charlemagne to England, to which he had remained attached.
For example, some of the court case narratives are interesting for their use of rhetoric.
Chaucer was a courtier, leading some to believe that he was mainly a court poet who wrote exclusively for nobility.
Summoners were Church officers who brought sinners to the Church court for possible excommunication and other penalties.
After the court exits, Hamlet despairs of his father's death and his mother's hasty remarriage.
Shortly thereafter, the court assembles to watch the play Hamlet has commissioned.
On 20 May, he was brought to the court to attend upon the Privy Council for questioning.
Sidney had returned to court by the middle of 1581 and in 1584 was MP for Kent.
Although James was pleased with Donne's work, he refused to reinstate him at court and instead urged him to take holy orders.
A decisive quarrel with Jones harmed his career as a writer of court masques, although he continued to entertain the court on an irregular basis.
Bacon was generally neglected at court by Queen Elizabeth, but after the accession of King James I in 1603, Bacon was knighted.
Dryden, Rochester, Buckingham, and Dorset dominated verse, and all were attached to the court of Charles.
Buckingham wrote some court poetry, but he, like Dorset, was a patron of poetry more than a poet.
One of the most remarkable aspects of Behn's success in court poetry, however, is that Behn was herself a commoner.
In 2007, Rowling's young son, David, assisted by Rowling and her husband, lost a court fight to ban publication of a photograph of him.
Harley supported a Bill to exclude from the Commons holders of government office and placemen in an effort to weaken court patronage.
The style of palace, and the court system of manners and arts he fostered became the model for the rest of Europe.
Somehow Handel made his way to the court organ, where he surprised everyone with his playing.
George lent support to Walpole by dismissing the bill's opponents from their court offices.
Unlike Roger Waters, Ray Repp did decide to sue, but the court ruled in Lloyd Webber's favour.
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On 31 July, the appeals court overturned Richards' conviction, and Jagger's sentence was reduced to a conditional discharge.
Satanic Majesties had been recorded in difficult circumstances while Jagger, Richards and Jones were dealing with their court cases.
Another of the early enthusiasts of the game was King Charles V of France, who had a court set up at the Louvre Palace.
She laid out a tennis court at the Staten Island Cricket Club at Camp Washington, Tompkinsville, Staten Island, New York.
Each year, a grass court tournament and an induction ceremony honoring new Hall of Fame members are hosted on its grounds.
Additional clear space around the court is required in order for players to reach overrun balls.
A recent rule change is to allow coaching on court on a limited basis during a match.
Players may move anywhere around the court but accidental or deliberate obstruction of the other player's movements is forbidden.
From this position, the player can quickly access any part of the court to retrieve the opponent's next shot with a minimum of movement.
Games are played on a rectangular court with raised goal rings at each end.
He extended the summer court session, as well as the winter term, by shortening the traditional breaks.
The ball is then moved up and down the court through passing and must be touched by a player in each adjacent third of the court.
The court was said to have had a unique, more intimate atmosphere and was a favourite of many players.
Because of the summer climate in southern England, Wimbledon employs 'Court Attendants' each year, who work to maintain court conditions.
The court attendants are mainly university students working to make summer money.
Teams are not told which court they will be working on the day, to ensure the same standards across all courts.
Burgin pleaded not guilty, and appeared in court on 17 March 2008, following which he was cleared of charges.
The arrival of this unexpected heir soon taking wind in the court, still makes good for the Sol, and keeps the court upon its mettle.
The WDC players took the matter to court in a dispute which accrued large and perhaps unaffordable costs during a protracted legal process.
The court has heard cases related to war crimes, illegal state interference, ethnic cleansing, and other issues.
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Other regional structures use the municipal boundaries as a layout, including the police districts, the court districts and the electoral wards.
The Danish Supreme Court is the highest civil and criminal court responsible for the administration of justice in the Kingdom.
The Hoge Raad der Nederlanden is the supreme court of the Kingdom by virtue of the Cassation regulation for the Netherlands Antilles and Aruba.
The Mongols then established their dynastic court and governed Hong Kong for 97 years.
In 1839, threats by the imperial court of Qing to sanction opium imports caused diplomatic friction with the British Empire.
If the Government should fail to fulfill its constitutional duties, it may be ordered to do so by a court of law, by writ of mandamus.
That's where the king and queen, the court and ceremony would have been happening at mid-court, mid-place of the grandstand.
It is to this court that Europeans can bring cases if they believe that a member country has violated their fundamental rights and freedoms.
However, he lost his power at the court of Yuan after death of Wuzong, he could not reign as Kings of Goryeo and Shen any longer.
Charles held court at Holyrood palace for five weeks amidst great admiration and enthusiasm, but failed to raise a regiment locally.
A combination of court decisions and legislation, culminating in the Civil Rights Act of 1968, sought to end racial discrimination.
Other states, such as California, mandate the publication of Spanish versions of certain government documents including court forms.
Over the next century, partly as a result of land surveys, court rulings, and property sales, the change was given practical dimension.
The decree also allowed the police to detain people indefinitely without charges or a court order.
Pachisi, from which parcheesi derives, was played on a giant marble court by Akbar.
Opponents organised to resist bailiffs and disrupt court hearings of community charge debtors.
Section 8 provides a right for a court to make any remedy they consider just and appropriate.
In 2013, he received a life sentence from the court martial in Bulford, Wiltshire, and was dismissed with disgrace from the Royal Marines.
The principal court is the Royal Court and exercises both civil and criminal jurisdiction.
Most notably, until 2009 the House of Lords served as the court of last resort for most instances of UK law.
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Similarly, the House of Lords was once the court that tried peers charged with high treason or felony.
Early in 2005, the Countryside Alliance took a case to court to challenge the validity of the 1949 Act.
As feudalism began to develop in Scotland early court systems began to develop, including early forms of Sheriff Courts.
All nine judges accepted that the court had jurisdiction to consider whether the 1949 Act was valid.
The Court of Judicature is the most important superior court of Northern Ireland.
In Commonwealth republics retaining the JCPC as their final court of appeal, appeals are made directly to the Judicial Committee itself.
Prior to the coming into force of the Constitutional Reform Act 2005, the Privy Council was the court of last resort for devolution issues.
The Republic of Guyana also enacted local legislation allowing the CCJ to have jurisdiction over their sovereign final court of appeals system.
The Federal Court of Pakistan remained the highest court until 1956, when the Supreme Court of Pakistan was established.
While civil law jurisdictions place little reliance on court decisions, they tend to generate a phenomenal number of reported legal opinions.
Custumals were commissioned by lords who presided as lay judges over manorial courts in order to inform themselves about the court process.
It sits in Parliament House in Edinburgh and is both a trial court and a court of appeal.
The Court of Session is the supreme civil court of Scotland, and constitutes part of the College of Justice.
The court is also the Court of Exchequer for Scotland, a jurisdiction previously held by the Court of Exchequer.
The Inner House is the senior part of the Court of Session, and is both a court of appeal and a court of first instance.
The Outer House is a court of first instance, although some statutory appeals are remitted to it by the Inner House.
As a court of first instance the court sits regularly throughout Scotland with permanent seats in Edinburgh, Glasgow and Aberdeen.
Each sheriff court is presided over by a sheriff, who is a legally qualified judge, and part of the judiciary of Scotland.
The Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service publishes an online map, lists of Sheriffs, and the rules of the court under different procedures.
Within each sheriffdom are sheriff court districts, each with a court presided over by one or more sheriffs.
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The verdict is kept in the sealed envelope until court reconvenes and then handed to the judge.
The tribunal is an ad hoc court which is located in The Hague, the Netherlands.
A US federal court found that he diverted funds to fictitious companies, but he nonetheless became minister of energy.
A judge from a Tunisian court specializing in financial crimes was assigned to the case.
A further rebuff by the court of appeal in July 2013 meant the prospect of a showdown at the Supreme Court.
Shell denied responsibility for the spill, but an Argentine court ruled in 2002 that the corporation was responsible.
Upon separation, each parent maintains de facto joint custody, until such time a court order awards custody, either sole or joint.
An Indian court clarified that Hindi is not the national language of India because the constitution does not mention it as such.
A General Court, made up of the governor and the Council, was the highest court in the colony at the time.
It has therefore issued county court proceedings against party leader Nick Griffin and two other officials.
The EU established a parliament, court and central bank and introduced the euro as a unified currency.
After two court actions, the second in November 1961, Fleming offered McClory a deal, settling out of court.
James V's court saw works such as Sir David Lindsay of the Mount's The Thrie Estaitis.
In the late sixteenth century James VI became patron and member of a circle of Scottish court poets and musicians known as the Castalian Band.
The loss of the court as a centre of patronage in 1603 was a major blow to Scottish literature.
The loss of a royal court also meant there was no force to counter the kirk's dislike of theatre, which struggled to survive in Scotland.
The court was also told that Norman received sole credit because of his prior contract with the producers.
His will was contested and in 1856, after a court battle, his first cousins, including Thomas Price Turner, received part of his fortune.
The legacy of The Lord of the Rings is also that of court cases over profits from the trilogy.
On 11 August, Iraq's highest court ruled that PM Maliki's bloc is biggest in parliament, meaning Maliki could stay Prime Minister.
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The exit visa can also be withheld if there are pending court charges that need to be settled or penalties that have to be meted out.
When the vessel stopped at a Red Sea port, the natives killed all the travelers except the two brothers, who were taken to the court as slaves.
Rule 11 states that the court must determine that a guilty plea is voluntarily made by addressing the defendant personally in court.
Nevertheless, the Supreme Federal Tribunal was the first court in the world to transmit its sessions on television, and also via YouTube.
But, as latest excavations have shown, the area around the main court of Burghausen's castle has at least been inhabited since the Bronze Age.
Aachen became the focus of his court and the political centre of his empire.
In addition, quantities of the other texts in the court library were also produced locally.
The palace court traditions also evident in Balinese and Malay court which usually imposed refinement and prestige.
The barristers are called advocates, and the judges of the high court for civil cases are also the judges for the high court for criminal cases.
In the sixteenth century the crown began to employ Flemish court painters who have left a portrait record of royalty.
The Parliament can call other institutions to answer questions and if necessary to take them to court if they break EU law or treaties.
He took a direct interest in the administration of justice and frequently moved his court in legal circuits of justice ayres.
Having got these concessions, Edward arranged for a court to be set up to decide which of the claimants should inherit the throne.
Unsurprisingly, a court made up of Scots nobles rejected these arguments out of hand.
They also put before the court the suggestion that Alexander III had designated Bruce as heir when he himself was still childless.
After lengthy deliberation, King Edward's court found in favour of Balliol.
Bruce took the hint, and he and a squire fled the English court during the night.
Edward held court in Dumfries at which he grudgingly agreed to an armistice.
With a rumpled, folksy manner, he held court for years in the smoke-filled beer hall of the King Louis Hotel in Calgary.
As recently as the 1960s, it was still referred to in court cases regarding ancient land and property rights.
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Clan chiefs in the northern and western parts of Scotland continued to support Gaelic bards who remained a central feature of court life there.
Aristotle then accompanied Xenocrates to the court of his friend Hermias of Atarneus in Asia Minor.
The Imperial court was based in York until at least AD211, in which year Severus died and was succeeded by his sons, Caracalla and Geta.
The Emperors Hadrian, Septimius Severus and Constantius I all held court in York during their various campaigns.
The culprits of lesser crimes were brought to court by the city constables and would face a fine.
Constantine went to the court of Diocletian, where he lived as his father's heir presumptive.
Constantine's later propaganda describes how he fled the court in the night, before Galerius could change his mind.
Monumental Constantinian forms were used at the court of Charlemagne to suggest that he was Constantine's successor and equal.
An elaborate court ceremonial developed, and obsequious flattery became the order of the day.
He had Constantine's principal court supporter executed and Constantine abandoned plans to march to Honorius's defence.
Section 42 replaced the Mayor's and City of London Court with a county court of the same name.
The court awarded the victims millions of dollars in compensation.
She was left without remedy since the court did not recognize her claim.
He condemned the court and, by implication, the entire legal system.
The court must presume innocence until there is proof of guilt.
The way the court construes various words has changed over time.
The court ordered that the defendant undergo a psychiatric examination.
They are making a docudrama about the controversial court case.
His attorney claimed the court lacked jurisdiction in this matter.
Do not affect the society of your inferiors in rank, nor court that of the great.

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