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The Civil Code of California is a collection of statutes for the State of California. The code is made up of statutes which govern the general obligations and rights of persons within the jurisdiction of California. [1] It was based on a civil code originally prepared by David Dudley Field II in 1865 for the state of New York (but which was ...
In United States law, treble damages is a term that indicates that a statute permits a court to triple the amount of the actual/compensatory damages to be awarded to a prevailing plaintiff. Treble damages are usually a multiple of, rather than an addition to, actual damages, but on occasion they are additive, as in California Civil Code § 1719.
This is a list of irredentist claims or disputes.Irredentism is any political or popular movement that seeks to claim or reclaim and occupy a land that the movement's members consider to be a "lost" (or "unredeemed") territory from their nation's past.
Roman civil wars from Social War (91–87 BC) to War of Actium: 3,000,000+ 91 BC– 30 BC Roman civil wars Europe/North Africa/Middle East Fall of the Roman Republic: Gallic Wars: 1,000,000+ 58 BC–50 BC Roman Republic vs. Gallic tribes France Iceni Revolt: 150,000+ 60–61 Roman Empire vs. Celtic tribes England
George Whitefield (1714–1770) collaborated with John Wesley in the founding of Methodism, but remained a Calvinist and broke with Wesley when Wesley became an Arminian. These theological issues played a divisive part in the early history of Methodism in the 18th century.
The history of codification dates back to ancient Babylon.The earliest surviving civil code is the Code of Ur-Nammu, written around 2100–2050 BC.The Corpus Juris Civilis, a codification of Roman law produced between 529 and 534 AD by the Byzantine emperor Justinian I, forms the basis of civil law legal systems that would rule over Continental Europe.
The 1950 United States Senate elections occurred in the middle of Harry S. Truman 's second term as president. The 32 seats of Class 3 were contested in regular elections, and four special elections were held to fill vacancies. As with most 20th-century second-term midterms, the party not holding the presidency made significant gains.
In this election, Florida voted 7.8 points right of the nation as a whole, the furthest it has voted from the nation since 1988, when the state voted 14.6 points right of the national result. This was the first election in which Florida backed the losing candidate since 1992 , when the losing candidate, George H.W. Bush , was also an incumbent ...