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71Roman 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 …
72Christopher Beaumont — Born 1961 Melbourne, Australia Nationality Australian Field still life painting …
73Mike Sutton (criminologist) — Michael Mike Sutton (born 1959) is the originator of the Market Reduction Approach (MRA) to theft.[1][2] Described by Marcus Felson as classic research [3] and as a simple idea,[4] Sutton s MRA has had a significant influence upon theory and… …
74Market reduction approach — In 1796, the London magistrate Patrick Colquhoun[1] observed that It rarely happens that thieves go upon the highway, or commit burglaries, until the money they have previously acquired is exhausted, and that ...without a safe and ready market he …
75Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery Works on Paper Award — The National Works on Paper Award is a catch all term for a body of related awards for contemporary art made on, or with, paper. First awarded in 1998, it is the successor event to the Spring Festival of Drawing and the Prints Acquisitive.[1] The …
76POSSESSION — Observée dans des contextes culturels très divers, la possession par des entités divines – » esprits », « génies », etc. – est un phénomène social d’une grande fréquence, qui a suscité des interrogations et reçu des interprétations multiples. Une …
77extincteur — extincteur, trice [ ɛkstɛ̃ktɶr, tris ] adj. et n. m. • 1862; « destructeur » 1719; du rad. de extinction ou lat. extinctor ♦ Rare Se dit d un appareil capable d éteindre un foyer d incendie (par projection d une substance sous pression). N. m.… …
78acquisitif — acquisitif, ive (entrée créée par le supplément) (a ki zi tif, ti v ) adj. Qui a la propriété d acquérir. • Quelle doit être la durée de la possession.... pour être véritablement acquisitive de la propriété du nom ?, D HERBELOT avocat général,… …
79materialistic — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. material, worldly; pleasure seeking, hedonistic, sybaritic, epicurean; greedy, avaricious, mercenary. See irreligion, pleasure, gluttony. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. mundane, carnal, earthly minded …
80mercenary — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. calculating, selfish, sordid, venal, grasping, avaricious. See parsimony. Ant., altruistic, unselfish. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. acquisitive, selfish, miserly; see greedy 1 , stingy . n. Syn.… …
