| Henry Drummond, the deuteragonist, or character second in importance in Inherit the Wind, can be considered the hero of the play. |
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| Inherit the Wind was thrilling 40 years ago if you were very young, reasonably well educated, and inclined, as I was, to hero-worship Clarence Darrow. |
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| Darrow lost the case but won the spectacle in a drama that lives on today in the magnificent Spencer Tracy film Inherit the Wind. |
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| The company's new president will inherit some complicated legal problems. |
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| Particular churches that inherit and perpetuate a particular patrimony are identified by metonymy with that patrimony. |
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| Sharia grants women the right to inherit property from other family members, and these rights are detailed in the Quran. |
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| Initially Galla Placidia sought Honorius's favour in the hope that her son might ultimately inherit. |
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| In 1854, women won the right to inherit property in their own right just like men. |
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| Edward II abdicated on condition that his son would inherit the throne rather than Mortimer. |
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| When Anne was beheaded, Henry declared Elizabeth an illegitimate child and she would, therefore, not be able to inherit the throne. |
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| They believed the Duke, if allowed to inherit the throne, would endanger the Protestant religion, liberty, and property. |
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| Under William III's will, John William Friso stood to inherit the Principality of Orange as well as several lordships in the Netherlands. |
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| Areas annexed by France during the Napoleonic era were the first to inherit the metric system. |
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| Before a cell divides, the DNA is copied, so that each of the resulting two cells will inherit the DNA sequence. |
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| Descendants inherit genes plus environmental characteristics generated by the ecological actions of ancestors. |
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| However, if there is no male to inherit the title and the count has a daughter, in some regions she could inherit the title. |
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| The union with Norway made it possible for Denmark to inherit the Faroe Islands, Iceland, and Greenland. |
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| Dorrit and her sisters Tamara and Sharon will inherit her fortune, considered among the largest in the world. |
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| This occurs partly because random mutations arise in the genome of an individual organism, and offspring can inherit such mutations. |
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| Having got these concessions, Edward arranged for a court to be set up to decide which of the claimants should inherit the throne. |
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| While most of them early on became hereditary, currently some offices are appointed, while others inherit their positions. |
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| While a daughter with brothers did not normally receive a portion of the inheritance in land, she could inherit movable property. |
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| However, should there be no sons, some of the law tracts allow the daughter to inherit a limited portion. |
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| Any extra land that daughters could not inherit because of female inheritance limits also went to the wider kin. |
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| This caused conflict with the church, as under canon law illegitimate children could not inherit. |
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| Without explanation, Richard cancelled the legal documents that would have allowed Henry to inherit Gaunt's land automatically. |
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| In his will, he adopted his nephew, which entitled the latter to inherit the entire estate. |
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| William's second son, Richard, had died in a hunting accident, leaving Henry and his two brothers to inherit William's estate. |
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| FitzOsbern was created Earl of Wessex, a title which his son did not inherit. |
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| In 1854, women won the right to inherit property in their own right, just like men. |
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| A written law of succession was also introduced which only allowed the oldest legitimate son to inherit. |
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| Denis negotiated with Clement's successor, John XXII, for recognition of the new order and its right to inherit the Templar assets and property. |
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| Several years later he issued another decree forbidding them to inherit the estates of recruits to the orders. |
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| The Salic Law prevailed in France, thus females were ineligible to inherit the throne. |
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| This left his younger son, the pious but politically ineffectual Feodor Ivanovich, to inherit the throne. |
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| The resulting Treaty of Troyes stated that Henry's heirs would inherit the throne of France, but conflict continued with the Dauphin. |
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| For example, the following two code segments, from different assemblies, show how easy it is to inherit a class from another assembly. |
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| Each son became king in turn but died young without male heirs, leaving only daughters who could not inherit the throne. |
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| In 1340 the Avignon papacy confirmed that under Salic law males should not be able to inherit through their mothers. |
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| According to the law, women were not allowed to inherit land. |
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| As her husband, David used the title of earl, and there was the prospect that David's children by her would inherit all the honours borne by Matilda's father Waltheof. |
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| Stephen, however, fell ill with a stomach disorder and died on 25 October 1154, allowing Henry to inherit the throne rather sooner than had been expected. |
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| Dutch women were also allowed to take communion alongside men, and widows were able to inherit property and maintain control over their finances and husband's wills. |
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| A probable marriage with Lady Isabella de Strathbogie, daughter of John, Earl Atholl produced a son, Alexander de Brus, who would later inherit his father's earldom. |
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| As a young man Gladstone had treated his father's estate, Fasque, in Forfarshire, southwest of Aberdeen, as home, but as a younger son he would not inherit it. |
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| They signed the Treaty of Troyes, by which Henry finally married Charles' daughter Catherine of Valois and Henry's heirs would inherit the throne of France. |
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| A subsequent proclamation by John of Gaunt's legitimate son, Henry IV, also recognised the Beauforts' legitimacy but declared them ineligible ever to inherit the throne. |
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| As part of the divorce, John deprived his eldest son, Ranald, of the ability to inherit the Lordship of the Isles, in favour of a son by his new wife. |
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| The Beauforts were originally bastards, but Henry IV legitimised them on the condition that their descendants were not eligible to inherit the throne. |
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| John, the youngest of five sons of King Henry II of England and Duchess Eleanor of Aquitaine, was at first not expected to inherit significant lands. |
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| Although James was the heir presumptive, it seemed unlikely that he would inherit the Crown, as Charles was still a young man capable of fathering children. |
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| The youngest son would remain in the parental tent caring for his parents, and after their death he would inherit the parental tent in addition to his own part of the herd. |
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| A subsequent proclamation by John of Gaunt's legitimate son, King Henry IV, also recognised the Beauforts' legitimacy, but declared them ineligible ever to inherit the throne. |
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| The Bill of Rights required future monarchs to be Protestants, and provided that, after any children of William and Mary, Mary's sister Anne would inherit the Crown. |
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| Autosomal dominant disorders are often present in both parent and child, as the child needs to inherit only one copy of the deleterious allele to manifest the disease. |
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| According to the Liber Iudiciorum, if incest is committed, the children can still inherit, whereas in Roman law the children were disinherited and could not succeed. |
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| Child folders inherit the configuration of their parent folder, meaning that configuration settings cascade down through an application's virtual folder hierarchy. |
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| Hughes later set up a colony in America for the younger sons of the English gentry, who could not inherit under the laws of primogeniture, naming the town Rugby. |
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| The paternal aunt, paternal niece and paternal granddaughter, referred to as odalkvinna, all had the right to inherit property from a deceased man. |
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| In the absence of male relatives, an unmarried woman with no son could inherit not only property but also the position as head of the family from a deceased father or brother. |
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| The Empire did not inherit a set bureaucracy from the Republic, since the Republic did not have any permanent governmental structures apart from the Senate. |
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| Dafydd succeeded Llywelyn as prince of Gwynedd, but King Henry was not prepared to allow him to inherit his father's position in the remainder of Wales. |
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| Henry agreed to make peace, but, before the negotiations were completed, Richard died of wounds suffered in battle, leaving his younger brother Gilbert to inherit his lands. |
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| The titles of the junior princes were gradually lowered in rank by each generation while the senior heir continued to inherit their father's titles. |
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| An heir presumptive, by contrast, is someone who is first in line to inherit a title but who can be displaced by the birth of a more eligible heir. |
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