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  1. In Society

    Infobox Film name In Society image insociety.jpg caption Theatrical release poster director Jean Yarbrough producer Edmund L. Hartmann writer John Grant screenwriter John Grant br Edmund Hartmann br Hal Fimberg starring Bud Abbott br Lou Costello br Marion Hutton br Kirby Grant br Arthur Treacher music Edgar Fairchild cinematography editing Philip Cahn distributor Universal Pictures released Film date 1944 8 18 runtime 74 min language English budget 659,000 In Society is a 1944 film starring the comedy team of Abbott and Costello . It was the first of five Abbott and Costello films to be directed by Jean Yarbrough . It was re released in 1953. Plot Eddie Harrington Bud Abbott and Albert Mansfield Lou Costello are plumbers who receive a call about a leak in the private bathroom of Mr. Van Cleve Thurston Hall , a wealthy businessman. The leak is keeping him awake, but the costume ball that his wife Nella Walker is throwing downstairs is not. Eddie and Albert enlist the aid of a friend, Elsie Hammerdingle Marion Hutton , a taxi driver, to take them to the mansion. While they are upstairs attempting to fix the leak, but flooding the room instead, Peter Evans Kirby Grant , a guest dressed as a cab driver, mistakes Elsie for another costumed guest...despite her insistence that she really is just a cab driver. He winds up inviting her to another gala event, Mrs. Winthrop s Margaret Irving estate Briarwood, where a valuable painting The Plunger is to be revealed. Meanwhile, Eddie and Albert mistakenly receive their own invitation to the event, as Mrs. Van Cleave was intending to send them a letter of complaint for the devastation that they inflicted on her home, but instead mails them her invitation to Briarwood. They think it is a reward for a job well done, and look at it as a chance to meet other wealthy clients. However, a loan shark named Drexel Thomas Gomez that they owe ... Universal Pictures films Category 1940s comedy films es In Society it Gianni e Pinotto in societ ...   more details



  1. Civil authority

    Civil authority also known as civil government is that apparatus of the State polity state other than its military units that enforces law and order politics law and order . It is also used to distinguish between religious authority for example Canon law and secular authority. In a religious context it may be defined as synonymous with human government, in contradistinction to a government by God, or the divine government. ref D. LIPSCOMB, CIVIL GOVERNMENT Its Origin, Mission, and Destiny, AND THE Christian s Relation To It. NASHVILLE, TENN. McQUIDDY PRINTING CO.,1913 . http www.mun.ca rels restmov texts dlipscomb civgov.html ref History Among the first modern experiments in civil government took place in 1636 when Roger Williams theologian Roger Williams , a Christian minister, founded the colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations . He sought to create a wall of separation between church and state to prevent corruption of the church and maintain civil order as expounded upon in his 1644 book, Bloudy Tenent of Persecution . ref Roger Williams, James Calvin Davis editor , On religious liberty selections from the works of Roger Williams , Harvard University Press, 2008 , ISBN ... 1 ref Types of authority Thus three forms of authority may be seen in States Civil authority ... being deprived of what makes him fully human, and because authority is necessary for a society ... to live in society, to submit to authority, and to be governed by that custom of society which crystallizes ... to which it actually provides for the government of society. In modern states enforcement of law and order is typically a role of the police although the line between military and civil units may ... References reflist External links http www.newadvent.org cathen 02137c.htm Catholic Encyclopedia Civil Authority Catholic Category Religion and society Category Religious pluralism Category Government gov stub es Autoridad civil ...   more details



  1. Civil societarianism

    division and disunity. See Robert Nisbet and his Quest For Community. See also Civil society Civil liberty Civil libertarianism Communitarianism References reflist Category Political science theories ...Primarysources date March 2009 Civil societarianism is the belief that intermediary organizations and associations between the individual and the society have greater moral importance than the state. This differs from communitarianism in that it does not value such intermediary associations more than the individual. The term was coined by Arnold Kling , a George Mason University economics professor, to clear some ground between Objectivist philosophy Randian libertarianism libertarians and those libertarians that do not base their philosophy on selfishness. In his article, Kling writes cquote The stereotypical libertarian might cite Ayn Rand and simply exalt the individual. Instead, a civil societarian would cite Alexis de Tocqueville , and his observation that Americans of all ages, all conditions, and all dispositions constantly form associations. These voluntary associations are what a civil societarian sees as the key to civilization. ref cite web url http www.tcsdaily.com article.aspx?id 022107A title Religion, Government, and Civil Society accessdate 2007 12 13 ref He also offers the concept as an alternative to ideas that Liberals should withdraw, or try to escape, from state dominated societies. cquote I think that the big challenge for libertarians is to create conditions that enable people to exit from overbearing government. Patri Friedman s idea is seasteading. I am a skeptic on that one. I think we need to boost the organizations of civil society that compete with government private schools, private firms, charities, neighborhood associations, and groups that supply ... Jean Jacques Rousseau s theory of the General Will serves as a good contrast to the civil societarian ... Libertarianism by form Category Corporatism poli term stub es Societario civil ...   more details



  1. Civil engineer

    associations ASCE Main American Society of Civil Engineers The ASCE American Society of Civil ...refimprove date June 2009 Infobox Occupation name Civil engineer image caption official names Civil engineer ..., retrieved July 24, 2010. ref field of study Civil engineering File CBQreview.jpeg thumb right While all civil engineers tend to spend at least some time working on site , much of the modern civil engineering work is done in offices, working with plans or computers. A civil engineer is a person who practices civil engineering the application of planning, designing, constructing, maintaining ... existing infrastructures that have been neglected. Originally, a civil engineer worked on public .... Over time, various branches of engineering have become recognized as distinct from civil engineering ... much of military engineering has been absorbed by civil engineering. In some places, a civil engineer ... and grounds maintenance, such as grass mowing, are called civil engineers and are not required to meet any minimum educational requirements. Specialization Civil engineers usually practice in a particular ... . Some civil engineers, particularly those working for government agencies, may practice .... Education and licensing In most countries, a civil engineer will have graduated from a post secondary school with a degree in civil engineering, which requires a strong background in mathematics and the physical science s this degree is typically a bachelor s degree , though many civil ... and Postdoctoral researcher post doctoral degrees. In many countries, civil engineers are subject to licensure ... themselves civil engineers. Europe Belgium In Belgium, Civil Engineer abbreviated ir. lang fr Ing nieur Civil , lang nl Burgerlijk Ingenieur is a legally protected title applicable to graduates of the five .... Their speciality can be all fields of engineering civil engineering civil , structural engineering ... www.facsa.ulg.ac.be cms index.php?page ingenieur civil 2 title Facult des Sciences Appliqu es Ing nieur ...   more details



  1. Civil religion

    culture and a leadership hierarchy of an existing society, civil religion s priestly role, can interfere ... regarded as the moral and spiritual foundation essential for any modern society. For Rousseau, civil ... of England , who desired a civil society founded on a different religious vision. Other religious ... 2005 03 06 by Robert N. Bellah cite web title Civil religion work Encyclopedia of Religion and Society ...Sociology Original research date December 2009 The intended meaning of the term civil religion often ... the contexts of the monotheism monotheistic , prophet ic, revelation revealed faiths, civil religion ... entering the public sphere throughout all ages and cultures. At times of national crisis civil religion ... authority. In his book, Rousseau outlines the simple dogmas of the civil religion Deity ... Winter title Civil Religion in America journal Journal of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences ... of religions of politics a civil religion and a Political religion . ref Gentile, Emilio Politics as Religion ... leaders. In the sociology of religion , civil religion is the folk religion of a nation or a politics political culture . Civil religion stands somewhat above folk religion in its social and political status, since by definition it suffuses an entire society, or at least a segment of a society and is often practiced by leadership leader s within that society. On the other hand, it is somewhat ... fixed and formal relationship with the government that establishes them. Civil religion is usually .... Examples Such civil religion encompasses such things as the invocation of God in political speeches ... writing in newspapers and magazines sometimes use the term civil religion or civic religion to refer ... between the two conceptions These two conceptions sociological and political of civil religion ... worshipped gods other than those sanctioned by the polis. Rome also had a civil religion, whose ... and civic virtue. The Roman civil religion later became centered on the person of the Emperor through ...   more details



  1. Civil service

    outlets for social mobility in Chinese society. ref name China civil service cite web url http www.britannica.com ...distinguish civilian service The term civil service has two different meanings A branch of governmental ... examinations. The body of employees in any government agency other than the military. A civil servant ... Ministry headquarters. The extent of civil servants of a state as part of the Civil Service varies ... to as civil servants, county or city employees are not. Many consider the study of civil service ... sometimes called QUANGO s may also be classed as civil servants for the purpose of statistics and possibly for their terms and conditions. Collectively a state s civil servants form its Civil Service or Public Service . An international civil servant or international staff member is a civilian employee ... Civil Service by Chittharanjan Felix Amerasinghe ref These international civil servants do not resort ... by an internal staff regulation. All disputes related to international civil service are brought before ... Tribunal of the ILO. ref For more info see International Civil Service Update by Bertold ... Civil Service Commission ICSC of the United Nations , an independent expert body established by the United ... civil service. History Early history File Meister der Kahriye Cami Kirche in Istanbul 005.jpg thumb right 200px The Roman Empire Roman civil service in action. Mary mother of Jesus ... again appointments depended on patronage and were often bought and sold. Making of civil service through merit Image Exam cells large.jpg left thumb 200px Imperial Civil Service Examination hall with 7500 ... jonathan mirsky chinas examination hell civil service examinations imperial china publisher History Today title China s Examination Hell The Civil Service Examinations of Imperial China accessdate October 25, 2011 ref of the civil service can be traced back to Imperial examination founded in History ... cite web url http www.princeton.edu elman documents Civil 20Service 20Examinations.pdf publisher ...   more details



  1. Civil resistance

    for two main reasons It emphasises the positive civic goals widespread civil society involvement ... d tat. Two days later, following extensive civil resistance, the coup, which had been aimed at restoring .... Photo www.kremlin.ru The term civil resistance , alongside the term nonviolent resistance , is used to describe political action that relies on the use of non violent methods by civil groups to challenge a particular power, force, policy or regime. ref Examples of the use of the term civil resistance include Erica Chenoweth and Maria J. Stephan, http cup.columbia.edu book 978 0 231 15682 0 why civil resistance works Why Civil Resistance Works The Strategic Logic of Nonviolent Conflict , Columbia ... 3Dstripbooks&field keywords Civil Resistance in Kosovo Civil Resistance in Kosovo , Pluto Press ... ?view usa&ci 9780199778218 Nonviolent Revolution Civil Resistance in the Late 20th ... randle1994 Civil Resistance , Fontana, London, 1994 Adam Roberts scholar Adam Roberts , http www.aeinstein.org organizationse3a7.html Civil Resistance in the East European and Soviet Revolutions , Albert Einstein Institution, Massachusetts, 1991. ref Civil resistance operates through appeals to the adversary ... of government. Civil resistance movements motivations for avoiding violence are generally related to context, including a society s values and its experience of war and violence, rather than to any absolute ethical principle. Cases of civil resistance can be found throughout history and in many modern ... This is abstracted from the longer definition of civil resistance in Adam Roberts, Introduction, in Adam Roberts and Timothy Garton Ash eds. , http books.google.com books?id BxOQKrCe7UUC&dq Civil resistance and power politics&source gbs navlinks s Civil Resistance and Power Politics The Experience ... of Civil Resistance in Conflicts , Oxford University Press, New York, 2011, p. 87. ref The phenomenon of civil resistance is often associated with the advancement of democracy. ref See e.g. the report ...   more details



  1. Civil affairs

    at the forefront of a mission s interaction with local government officials, civil society, and other civilian partners in the international community. Definition UN Civil Affairs components ...Civil Affairs CA is a term used by both the United Nations and by military institutions such as the US military , but for different purposes in each case. TOC limit limit 3 United Nations Civil Affairs The UN uses the term Civil Affairs differently from other mainly military institutions. Civil affairs ... conditions and structures conducive to sustainable peace. , ref DPKO DFS Policy Directive on Civil Affairs April 2008 ref There are currently around 500 UN Civil Affairs Officers in 13 UN Peacekeeping Operations worldwide. Civil Affairs components perform one or more of three core roles, depending ... of Civil Affairs intersects with, supports and draws upon the work of a variety of other actors. Depending ... iii. Support to the restoration and extension of state authority. US Military Civil Affairs Image PIPELINE.jpg thumb 256px right A civil affairs soldier with the 411th Civil Affairs Battalion assesses ... Civil Affairs units to enter Iraq, and the first to return for a second rotation. ref Office of the Adjutant ... June 5, United States Army. ref According to the U.S. Army , Civil Affairs units help military commanders by working with civil authorities and civilian populations in the commander s area of operations ... war. ref cite web url http www.bragg.army.mil sorb CA what is CA.htm title What is Civil Affairs? author U.S. Army date 1 June 2011 accessdate 11 July 2011 ref With their expertise in civil matters, they are the principal unit in assisting a commander in the conduct of civil military operations ..., water treatment facilities, etc. Once a project has been decided on, a contract is put out at a civil ... Military Civil Affairs Main History of Civil Affairs U.S. Military Civil Affairs is based upon the principle ... the U.S. Army was involved in Civil Affairs and civic action. Civil Affairs has its origins in military ...   more details



  1. Civil war

    pp semi protected small yes two other uses the definition of the specific type of war civil wars in history List of civil wars history of war Image Battle of Gettysburg.jpg thumb Aftermath of the Battle of Gettysburg , American Civil War , 1863 A civil war is a war between organized groups within the same ... james d fearon iraq s civil war.html Iraq s Civil War in Foreign Affairs , March April 2007. For further discussion on civil war classification, see Definition the section Definition . ref ... http eh.net bookreviews library 1130 Nations, Markets, and War Modern History and the American Civil ... of the Latin wikt bellum civile bellum civile which was used to refer to the various Roman civil wars civil wars of the Roman Republic in the 1st century BC. A civil war is a high intensity conflict .... Civil wars may result in large numbers of casualty person casualties and the consumption of significant ... States, and the Perpetuation of Civil War , Harvard University Press Cambridge, Mass., 2005, p. 3, ISBN 0674015320 ref Civil wars since the end of World War II have lasted on average just over four ... of emergence of new civil wars has been relatively steady since the mid 19th century, the increasing ... no more than five civil wars underway simultaneously in the first half of the 20th century, while over 20 concurrent civil wars were occurring at the end of the Cold War , before a significant ..., civil wars have resulted in the deaths of over 25 million people, as well as the forced migration forced displacement of millions more. Civil wars have further resulted in economic collapse Burma Myanmar ... being engulfed in civil wars. ref Hironaka 2005 , pp. 1 2, 4 5 ref Definition Image T 55s civil war.JPG ... Civil War , 1991 James Fearon , a scholar of civil wars at Stanford University , defines a civil war ... that one side of a civil war is the state polity state . ref name hironaka3 The intensity at which a civil disturbance becomes a civil war is contested by academics. Some political scientists define ...   more details



  1. Civil engineering

    , 2004. http dictionary.reference.com browse civil 20engineering accessed 2007 08 08 . ref ref cite web title History and Heritage of Civil Engineering work American Society of Civil Engineers ASCE url ... name CSCE cite web title What is Civil Engineering? work The Canadian Society for Civil Engineering ... the Smeatonian Society of Civil Engineers, a group of leaders of the profession who met informally ... society. In 1818 the Institution of Civil Engineers was founded in London , and in 1820 the eminent ... Site survey multicol end Associations This list is alphabetical. multicol American Society of Civil Engineers Canadian Society for Civil Engineering Chi Epsilon , a civil engineering honor society ... References Reflist 2 External links http www.asce.org asce.cfm American Society of Civil Engineers ... s tallest buildings from 1998 to 2004. Civil engineering is a Professional Engineer professional engineering ... Institution of Civil Engineers What is Civil Engineering work Institution of Civil Engineers ICE url http www.ice.org.uk downloads little book full colour.pdf accessdate 2007 09 22 ref Civil engineering ... to distinguish non military engineering from military engineering. ref name eb cite web title Civil engineering work Encyclop dia Britannica url http www.britannica.com eb article 9105844 civil engineering ... 881018 57 1 postscript None ref Civil engineering takes place on all levels in the public sector from ... to international companies. TOC right limit 2 History of the civil engineering profession See ... of human existence. The earliest practice of civil engineering may have commenced between 4000 and 2000 ... times there was no clear distinction between civil engineering and architecture , and the term engineer ... ancient historic civil engineering constructions include the Qanat water management system the oldest ... the Jetavanaramaya and the extensive irrigation works in Anuradhapura . The Romans developed civil structures ..., the term civil engineering was coined to incorporate all things civilian as opposed to military engineering ...   more details



  1. Miguel Civil

    Deleted image removed File Civil tur .tif thumb alt Alternative text Photograph of Miguel Civil 1960s . Miguel Civil Miquel Civil i Desveus is an expert in Sumerian and Ancient Mesopotamian studies. He was born in Sabadell Barcelona , Catalonia in 1926. He studied Sumerology in Paris and was associate researcher at the University of Pennsylvania from 1958 to 1963. From 1964 until 2001, he was Professor of Sumerology at the Oriental Institute in the University of Chicago . He was also associate director of studies of the cole Pratique des Hautes tudes in Paris, epigraphist of the http oi.uchicago.edu research projects nip Nippur Expedition to Iraq , a member of the editorial board of the http oi.uchicago.edu research pubs catalog cad Chicago Assyrian Dictionary , and main editor of the series Materials for the Sumerian Lexicon in which he published several volumes . He is widely considered the world expert in the use of the cuneiform script to write down the Sumerian language i.e., the writing interface of Sumerian Rykle Borger called him der beste Kenner der sumerischen Schrift the best expert in Sumerian writing . ref R. Borger, Assyrisch babylonische Zeichenliste Neukirchener, 1988 ..., and culture, from phonology to agriculture. Civil has also published several contributions ... big Civil, Miguel. 1960. Prescriptions m dicales sum riennes. Revue d Assyriologie 54 57 72. . 1961 ... and Enlil s chariot. Journal of the American Oriental Society 88 3 14. . 1973. Notes on Sumerian lexicography .... Enlil and Ninlil The marriage of Sud. Journal of the American Oriental Society 103 43 64. . 1984 ... 67. Pp. 37 55. New Haven American Oriental Society. . 1987. The early history of HAR ra The Ebla link ... Persondata . NAME Civil, Miguel ALTERNATIVE NAMES Miquel Civil i Desveus SHORT DESCRIPTION Assyriologist ... PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Civil, Miguel Category Living people Category 1926 births Category American Assyriologists Category People from Sabadell tr Miguel Civil ...   more details



  1. Civil confinement

    Generalize date October 2010 Merge to involuntary commitment United States date October 2010 Civil confinement is a controversial procedure permitted by a law passed in New York , advocated by the former governor, Eliot Spitzer , allowing the civil commitment of sex offender s because they are deemed by a court to be a danger to themselves or to society. One political commentator on the topic has said, When the most dangerous sexual predator s are due to leave prison ... officials can revoke their freedom and toss them into mental hospital s indefinitely. ref Mark K. Matthews, Molesters confined even after jail time is up http www.stateline.org live ViewPage.action?siteNodeId 136&languageId 1&contentId 87312 State Line . Accessed January 24, 2008. ref Essentially, Civil confinement permits the state to transform a criminal sentence with a specified duration into an indeterminate life sentence . ref David Rosen, Sex Offenders, Civil Confinement and the Resurrection of Evil The New Disappeared, May 10, 2007, http www.counterpunch.org rosen05102007.html Counterpunch . Accessed January 24 ... controversy, at least 20 states have recently passed laws allowing civil confinement, Citation needed ... Children s Bureau Express Online Digest Supreme Court Decision Will Impact Civil Confinement of Sex ... date August 2008 See also Committal procedure Government Authorities who wish to make a civil confinement ... rights that apply to him or her in such proceedings. A judge hearing a petition for civil confinement ... March 2008 The very first case to be tried under the New York state civil confinement law was Douglas .... Under New York civil confinement law, a jury ruled he suffered no mental problems and was not a threat ... in Albany, New York. He too was previously released after being deemed mentally stable by a civil ... offender registration Preventive detention DEFAULTSORT Civil Confinement Category History of mental health Category Law Category Sex laws Category Civil rights and liberties Category Civil liberties ...   more details



  1. Civil marriage

    Refimprove date January 2010 Image Ziviltrauung 1887.jpg thumb 300px A civil marriage in 19th century Switzerland . br Albert Anker , 1887 Civil marriage is marriage performed by a government official ... History Every country maintaining a Civil registry population registry of its residents keeps track ... couples. Most countries define the conditions of civil marriage separately from religious requirements ... by the state, i.e. Church of England , Religious Society of Friends the Quakers , or in a Jewish ... ceremonies in France were made secondary to civil marriage. Religious ceremonies could still be performed, but only for couples who had already been married in a civil ceremony. Napoleon later spread this custom throughout most of Europe. In present day France only civil marriage has legal validity. A religious ceremony may be performed after the civil union, but has no legal effect. In Germany ..., civil marriage in Germany began to die out. However, certain sovereign German states introduced civil ... or civil ceremony being accepted. Already before 1848 the Duchy of Saxe Weimar Eisenach enacted optional civil marriages, followed by the German republics of the Free City of Frankfurt Free City of Frankfurt ..., pp. 52 56, here p. 56. ISBN 3 930929 12 0. ref Civil marriages enabled interfaith marriage s as well ... von Bismarck as the Civil Marriage Law in 1875 since then, only civil marriages have been recognised ..., 2008, religious marriages could not be performed until the couple had first married in a civil ceremony. Civil marriage in the world currently England Today marriages in England must be held in authorised ... Wedding Guide UK type article title Legal contribution England and Wales . ref Civil marriages require .... United States In all states in the United States, it is possible to obtain a civil marriage. Such ceremonies are conducted before a local civil authority, such as a mayor, judge, deputy marriage commissioner ... with the civil ceremony. Countries with mandatory civil marriage In most Europe an countries there is a civil ...   more details



  1. Civil disobedience

    is also said to help preserve society s tolerance of civil disobedience. ref citation title Civil ... for advocating non violent civil disobedience. Civil disobedience is the active, professed refusal .... Civil disobedience is commonly, though not always, ref citation title Violent Civil Disobedience ... url http www.humboldt.edu essays mararo.html ref ref citation title The justifiability of violent civil ... resistance . It is one form of civil resistance . In one view in India, known as ahimsa or satyagraha ... A Geographical Perspective author Zunes, Stephen 1999 42 publisher Blackwell Publishing ref Civil ... Civil Rights Movement 1955 1968 American Civil Rights Movement , in the Singing Revolution to bring ... ref in Ukraine, among other various movements worldwide. One of the oldest depictions of civil disobedience ... Thoreau in his essay Civil Disobedience Thoreau Civil Disobedience , and later by Gandhi in his doctrine ... s 1848 essay Civil Disobedience Thoreau Civil Disobedience , originally titled Resistance to Civil Government , has had a wide influence on many later practitioners of civil disobedience. The driving ... David Thoreau.jpg thumb Henry David Thoreau s classic essay Civil Disobedience Thoreau Civil Disobedience inspired Martin Luther King and many other activists. Thoreau s 1849 essay Resistance to Civil Government was eventually renamed Essay on Civil Disobedience. After his landmark lectures were ... Lord 1851 ref ref The Limits of Civil Disobedience A Sermon..., by Nathaniel Hall 1851 ref ref The Duty and Limitations of Civil Disobedience A Discourse, by Samuel Colcord Bartlett 1853 ref Thus, by the time Thoreau s lectures were first published under the title Civil Disobedience, in 1866, four ... civil disobedience has always suffered from ambiguity and in modern times, become utterly debased ... delinquent s and political assassin s. ref citation title Civil Disobedience in a Constitutional ..., the student of civil disobedience rapidly finds himself surrounded by a maze of semantic ...   more details



  1. Civil registry

    more footnotes date June 2011 Civil registration is the system by which a government records the vital ... civil register or registry , or population registry . The primary purpose of civil registration is to create legal document s that are used to establish and protect the civil rights of individuals ... affects the registry. The United Nations defines civil registration as the continuous, permanent, compulsory .... Civil registration is carried out primarily for the purpose of establishing the legal documents ..., accuracy and timeliness of civil registration are essential for quality vital statistics. ref ... Civil registration systems ref Vital events that are typically recorded include live birth , death ... unsd publication SeriesF SeriesF 84E.pdf United Nations Handbook on Training in Civil Registration ... from civil registration are birth certificate s, death certificate s, and marriage certificate s. A family register is a type of civil register common in Continental Europe and Asia, such as of Germany ... within the family unit. A resident registration register of residents is a type of civil register primarily ... civil registrations are carried out and held by individual states. Tasmania began theirs in 1838 ... in 1870 and Australian Capital Territory in 1911. Because early civil registration often involved the churches, it is sometimes difficult to distinguish whether early records are civil or church records. From 1856 civil registration was carried out by government employees and was independent of the church ... in offices named Registro Civil Civil Registry of Mexico . Each state has its own registration format ... in Mexico and specific dates of issuing. Netherlands In the Netherlands , maintaining the civil registry ... taking place in a given municipality, such as birth, marriage, civil union , and death. ref name ... Population registration in Sweden In Sweden, the civil registry is maintained by the Swedish Tax Agency ... 18th century, and Sweden has one of the longest and most comprehensive suites of civil records of any ...   more details



  1. Civil twilight

    Civil twilight can mean The brightest phase of Twilight Civil twilight twilight . Civil Twilight band , three piece rock music band who originated in Cape Town, South Africa before moving to the USA. Civil Twilight , a song by The Weakerthans from their 2007 album Reunion Tour . Civil Twilight album , the debut album of Civil Twilight band . disambig ...   more details



  1. Civil law

    wiktionary civil law civil law civil laws Civil law may refer to Civil law area , a branch of Continental law which is the general part of private law Civil law common law , a branch of common law dealing with relations between individuals or organizations as opposed to criminal law Civil law legal system , any of the various systems or codes of law which are derived from Roman law historically The law that apply to the citizens of a city or state as opposed to international law The law as it relates to ordinary citizens as opposed to commercial law, military law, ecclesiastical law, etc. See also Civil disambiguation Ius civile , Latin for civil law disambiguation de Civil Law eo Civila kodekso ja th zh ...   more details



  1. Civil Party

    Civil Party may refer to Civilista Party , conservative former political party in Peru Civil Party Taiwan , minor political party in the Republic of China on Taiwan Independent Civil Party , former political party in Peru Partido Civil Costa Rica , former political party in Costa Rica in the late 19th and early 20th centuries See also Civic Party disambiguation dab ...   more details



  1. Asociación Civil

    Asociaci n Civil can refer to The legal systems of many Spanish language Spanish speaking countries A civil association is a non profit organization Examples Nuestras Hijas de Regreso a Casa a.c. Asociaci n de Maquiladoras a.c. disambig ...   more details



  1. Civil Guard

    dabconcept Civil Guard refers to various policing organisations Current Civil Guard Spain The Spanish gendarmerie Civil Guard Israel An Israeli volunteer police reserve Civil Guard Costa Rica Historic Civil Guards now abolished Civil Guard Peru , formed as main police Preventive police preventive police force of Peru in 1924, later became General Police which in 1988 merged into new National Police Civil Guard Colombia , created in 1902 Civil Guard El Salvador , created in 1867, which then gave way to the Guardia Nacional El Salvador Guardia Nacional in 1912. Civil Guard Honduras , a militarized police commanded directly by President of Honduras president Ramon Villeda Morales rather than the chief of the armed forces created in 1957 Civil Guard Panama abolished Civil Guard Philippines , a local gendarmerie organized under the auspices of the Spanish colonial authorities with a contingent of local soldiers that died off with the Spanish American war in 1898, now being reestablished in the city of Ozamiz City Ozamiz http www.sunstar.com.ph static cag 2006 07 05 news .guardia.civil.set.for.revival.html . In the Intramuros district of Manila, security forces are dressed in guardia civil uniforms http www.philippines travel guide.com intramuros.html . Civil Guard South Vietnam Gwardya Sibil Philippine resistance network , a civilian underground network operating during the years 1936 to 1939 to gather intelligence on the activities of the Japanese invaders http www.psdtc.com Pekiti.Tirsia pekiti.tirsia.history.htm . White Guard Finland Suojeluskunta , a Finnish militia for which Civil Guard is one of the many English translations. See also National Guard disambiguation Civic Guard disambiguation Home Guard disambiguation disambig he es Guardia Civil desambiguaci n ...   more details



  1. Civil procedure

    Globalize date February 2011 Civil procedure is the body of law that sets out the rules and standards that court s follow when adjudication adjudicating Civil law common law civil lawsuits as opposed to criminal ... s or statements of case , motion legal motion s or applications, and court order order s allowed in civil ... Legal remedy remedies , and how the courts and clerks must function. Differences between civil and criminal procedure Criminal and civil procedure are different. Although some systems, including the England ... the defendant. Civil action s, on the other hand, are started by private individual s, companies or organizations ... also be parties to civil actions. The cases are usually in different courts, and juries are not so often used in civil cases. In Anglo American law, the party bringing a criminal charge that is, in most cases, the state is called the prosecution , but the party bringing most forms of civil action ... States and R. Regina, that is, the Queen regnant Queen v. Sanchez in England. But a civil action ... v. Sanchez if it was started by Mr. Smith. Most countries make a clear distinction between civil .... But the victim of the crime generally pursues his claim for Damages compensation in a civil, not a criminal ... admissible as evidence in a civil action about the same matter. For example, the victim of a road ... driving. He still has to prove his case in a civil action, unless the doctrine of collateral estoppel ... his civil case even when the driver is found not guilty in the criminal trial, because the standard ... by a civil jury not to have been negligent, a prosecutor may be estopped from charging him criminally. If the plaintiff has shown that the defendant is liable, the main remedy in a civil court is the amount ... 0582056357, 9780582056350 oclc 30075861 doi ref Alternative civil remedies include restitution or transfer ... standards of proof are higher in a criminal case than in a civil one, since the state does not wish ... beyond reasonable doubt but the plaintiff in a civil action is required to prove his case on the balance ...   more details



  1. Civil ensign

    The civil ensign also known as merchant flag or merchant ensign is the national flag flown by civil ships ... flag for most purposes on land, a distinct civil ensign for non military ships, and a naval .... In other countries a distinction is made between the land flag and the civil and naval ensigns ... Navy . Countries having specific civil ensigns The civil ensigns that are different from the general ... Image Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Caption Red Ensign United Kingdom ref the plain red ... Civil Ensign of Guernsey.svg Caption Flag of Guernsey Guernsey United Kingdom UK Flag entry Image Civil ... flag row Flag entry Image Civil Ensign of the British Virgin Islands.svg Caption Flag of the British Virgin Islands British Virgin Islands United Kingdom UK Flag entry Image Civil Ensign of the Falkland ... Civil Ensign of Gibraltar.svg Caption Flag of Gibraltar Gibraltar United Kingdom UK Flag entry Image Civil Ensign of the Cayman Islands.svg Caption Flag of the Cayman Islands Cayman Islands United Kingdom UK Flag entry Image Civil Ensign of the Turks and Caicos Islands.svg Caption Flag of the Turks and Caicos Islands Turks and Caicos Islands United Kingdom UK New flag row Flag entry Image Civil ... national flag is also used for smaller ships ref Flag entry Image Civil Ensign of Fiji.svg Caption Flag of Fiji Fiji Flag entry Image Civil Ensign of New Zealand.svg Caption Flag of New Zealand New Zealand New flag row Flag entry Image Civil Ensign of the Bahamas.svg Caption Flag of the Bahamas Bahamas Flag entry Image Civil Ensign of Bangladesh.svg Caption Flag of Bangladesh Bangladesh Flag entry Image Civil Ensign of Ghana.svg Caption Flag of Ghana Ghana Flag entry Image Civil Ensign of India.svg Caption Flag of India India Flag entry Image Civil Ensign of Malaysia.svg Caption Flag of Malaysia Malaysia New flag row Flag entry Image Civil Ensign of Mauritius.svg Caption Flag of Mauritius Mauritius Flag entry Image Civil Ensign of Pakistan.svg Caption Flag of Pakistan Pakistan Flag entry Image ...   more details



  1. Civil code

    Image Code Civil 1804.png thumb First page of the 1804 original edition of the Napoleonic code A civil ... law . A jurisdiction that has a civil code generally also has a code of civil procedure . In some jurisdictions with a civil code, a number of the core areas of private law that would otherwise typically be codified in a civil code may instead be codified in a commercial code. History The concept of Codification law codification dates back to ancient Babylon . The earliest surviving civil code ... ancient civil code, however, is the Corpus Juris Civilis , a codification of Roman law produced between 529 534 AD by the Byzantine Empire Byzantine emperor Justinian I , which forms the basis of Civil law legal system civil law legal systems. Other civil codes used since ancient times include .... It was followed in 1792 by a legal compilation that included civil, penal, and constitutional ... Civil Code called Allgemeines b rgerliches Gesetzbuch , ABGB was only completed in 1811 after the dissolution ..., the France French Napoleonic code Code Civil was enacted in 1804 after only a few years of preparation ... countries, Spain , Portugal with the Civil Code of 1867, later replaced by the Civil Code of 1966 ... their civil law systems to a strong extent on the Napoleonic Code. In Asia , the civil code of Spain ... enacted its own Civil Code of the Philippines Civil Code in 1950 after almost fifty years ... Pandectism , whose work peaked in the BGB German Civil Code BGB , which was enacted in 1900 in the course of Germany s national unification project, and in the Swiss Civil Code Zivilgesetzbuch ... law . While the French Civil Code was structured in a casuistic approach attempting to regulate ... as diverse as Japan , Greece , Turkey , Portugal 1966 Civil Code and Macau 1999 Civil Code . In Europe ... by the codification movement. The particular tradition of the civil code originally enacted in a country ... usually subdivide the countries of the civil law tradition as belonging either to the French ...   more details



  1. Civil recovery

    In the legal systems of the countries of the United Kingdom , civil recovery also named civil recovery scheme or civil recovery regime is claimed by retailers to a enable the retailer s claims handling agent to recover, in civil law common law civil proceeding s before the High Court of Justice High Court or Court of Session , property which is, or represents, property including intellectual property obtained through unlawful conduct, and b enable cash which is, or represents, property obtained through unlawful conduct, or which is intended to be used in unlawful conduct, to be Asset forfeiture forfeit ed in civil proceedings before a county court or in Scotland the sheriff . Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 http www.opsi.gov.uk acts acts2002 20029 f.htm 2002 c. 29 s 240 et seq. . However the Citizen s Advice Bureau advises that in many cases, the process may constitute deceitful , unfair and improper business practice, as defined by the OFT http www.citizensadvice.org.uk index pressoffice press index press 20090812.htm United States In the United States , civil recovery laws allow store and retailers to prosecute alleged shoplifters in civil court. All 50 states have some form of civil recovery law. In some jurisdictions, both a civil recovery demand and a ticket or arrest for stealing is initiated by the retailer. See also Assets Recovery Agency Shoplifting Civil Recovery Demands Shoplifting Further reading Zimmerman, Ann The Wall Street Journal , February 20, 2008 A1 Big retail chains dun mere suspects in theft http online.wsj.com article SB120347031996578719.html?mod rss law page Landro, Laura The Wall Street Journal September 20, 2007 A1 The Accidental Thief http online.wsj.com article SB119024912866933218.html DEFAULTSORT Civil Recovery Category Civil procedure Category Criminal procedure Category Law in the United Kingdom UK law stub law term stub ...   more details



  1. Civil calendar

    In any country, the civil calendar is the calendar , or possibly one of several calendars, used within that country for civil, official or administrative purposes. The civil calendar is almost always used for general purposes by people and private organizations. The most widespread civil calendar and de facto standard de facto international standard is the Gregorian calendar . Though that calendar is associated with the Catholic Church and the papacy, it has been adopted, as a matter of convenience, by many secular and non Christian countries. Some countries have retained the older Julian calendar , while others use other calendars. Commonly, another calendar, or more than one, is used alongside the civil calendar. For example, Christian Church es have their own calendars, which they use to compute the dates for their own festivals, though most of these dates are then expressed relative to the civil calendar. In Christian terminology these festivals are called moveable feast movable feasts . Very few Christian festivals are fixed in relation to the civil calendar, the most notable one being Christmas . The same applies to Jew s and to Muslim s, who have their own calendars for religious purposes, but whose religious occasions are then expressed in civil calendar dates Citation needed date January 2011 . In Israel , which also has the Hebrew calendar , the Gregorian calendar is called the civil calendar and Gregorian calendar. See also Islamic calendar List of calendars Hebrew calendar Chinese calendar Category Calendars id Kalender sipil ...   more details




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