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  • 61Seppuku — Hara kiri and Harakiri redirect here. For other uses, see Harakiri (disambiguation). Illustration from Sketches of Japanese Manners and Customs , by J. M. W. Silver, Illustrated by Native Drawings, Reproduced in Facsimile by Means of… …

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  • 62Bicycle lighting — has two purposes: seeing and being seen. There are many types of bicycle lights available, each with its own advantages and disadvantages. There is no one best solution for any rider, and many riders mix and match different technologies to… …

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  • 63Percy Lefroy Mapleton — (also known as Percy Mapleton Lefroy; February 23, 1860–November 29, 1881), a journalist, was the British railway murderer of 1881. He is important in the history of forensics and policing as being the subject of the first police composite… …

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  • 64prosody — prosodic /preuh sod ik/, prosodical, adj. /pros euh dee/, n. 1. the science or study of poetic meters and versification. 2. a particular or distinctive system of metrics and versification: Milton s prosody. 3. Ling. the stress and intonation… …

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  • 65Lanfranc — • Archbishop of Canterbury, b. at Pavia c.1005; d. at Canterbury, 24 May, 1089 Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Lanfranc     Lanfranc      …

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  • 66Agnus Dei (in Liturgy) —     Agnus Dei (in Liturgy)     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Agnus Dei (in Liturgy)     A name given to the formula recited thrice by the priest at Mass (except on Good Friday and Holy Saturday) in the Roman rite. It occurs towards the end of the… …

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  • 67Roman Law —     Roman Law     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Roman Law     In the following article this subject is briefly treated under the two heads of; I. Principles; II. History. Of these two divisions, I is subdivided into: A. Persons; B. Things; C. Actions …

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  • 68carnal knowledge — car·nal knowledge / kär nəl / n: an act of esp. illegal sexual intercourse whoever has carnal knowledge of a female forcibly and against her will District of Columbia Code Annotated; also: the crime of committing such an act was charged with… …

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  • 69Excuse — Ex*cuse , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Excused}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Excusing}.] [OE. escusen, cusen, OF. escuser, excuser, F. excuser, fr. L. excusare; ex out + causa cause, causari to plead. See {Cause}.] 1. To free from accusation, or the imputation of… …

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  • 70Excused — Excuse Ex*cuse , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Excused}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Excusing}.] [OE. escusen, cusen, OF. escuser, excuser, F. excuser, fr. L. excusare; ex out + causa cause, causari to plead. See {Cause}.] 1. To free from accusation, or the… …

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