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  • 91justice — justiceless, adj. /jus tis/, n. 1. the quality of being just; righteousness, equitableness, or moral rightness: to uphold the justice of a cause. 2. rightfulness or lawfulness, as of a claim or title; justness of ground or reason: to complain… …

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  • 92Louis IX — Saint, 1214? 70, king of France 1226 70. * * * or St. Louis born April 25, 1214, Poissy, France died Aug. 25, 1279, near Tunis, Tun.; canonized Aug. 11, 1297; feast day August 25 King of France (1226–70). He inherited the throne at age 12. His… …

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  • 93motherhood — /mudh euhr hood /, n. 1. the state of being a mother; maternity. 2. the qualities or spirit of a mother. 3. mothers collectively. adj. 4. having or relating to an inherent worthiness, justness, or goodness that is obvious or unarguable:… …

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  • 94propriety — /preuh pruy i tee/, n., pl. proprieties. 1. conformity to established standards of good or proper behavior or manners. 2. appropriateness to the purpose or circumstances; suitability. 3. rightness or justness. 4. the proprieties, the conventional …

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  • 95Lindahl, Erik Robert — ▪ Swedish economist born November 21, 1891, Stockholm, Sweden died January 6, 1960, Uppsala       Swedish economist who was one of the members of the Stockholm school of economics that developed during the late 1920s and early 30s from the… …

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  • 96Barack Obama: Inaugural Address — ▪ Primary Source       On January 20, 2009, a frigid morning in Washington, D.C. (Washington), and across much of the country, an African American man, Barack Obama (Obama, Barack), became the 44th president of the United States. He was only the… …

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  • 97Fear (in Canon Law) —     Fear     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Fear     (IN CANON LAW.)     A mental disturbance caused by the perception of instant or future danger. Since fear, in greater or less degree, diminishes freedom of action, contracts entered into through… …

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  • 98Robert Nanteuil —     Robert Nanteuil     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Robert Nanteuil     French engraver and crayonist, b. Reims, 1623 (1626, or 1630) d. at Paris, 1678. Little is known of his early life save that his father, a merchant of Reims, sent him to the… …

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  • 99equity — eq·ui·ty / e kwə tē/ n pl ties [Latin aequitat aequitas fairness, justice, from aequus equal, fair] 1 a: justice according to fairness esp. as distinguished from mechanical application of rules prompted by considerations of equity comity between… …

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  • 100justice — jus·tice / jəs təs/ n [Old French, from Latin justitia, from justus just] 1 a: the quality of being just, impartial, or fair it is not the province of the court to decide upon the justice or injustice...of these laws Scott v. Sanford, 60 U.S. 393 …

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