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| British National Party The British National Party (BNP) is a far-right and whites-only political party in the United Kingdom, formed as a splinter group of the British National Front by John Tyndall in 1982. The party's current chairman is Nick Griffin, himself a former national organiser of the National Front.A minor political party in the United Kingdom, the BNP is not represented in Parliament. British_National_Party | |
| Diego Garcia Diego Garcia is an island considered the largest atoll, in terms of land area, of the Chagos Archipelago, and is part of the British Indian Ocean Territories. The island is located in the Indian Ocean, about 1,600India. Other countries in the vicinity of Diego Garcia include Sri Lanka and Maldives.In the 1960s, the Chagos archipelago was secretly leased to the United Kingdom and detached from Mauritius with the intention of expelling its entire population and establishing a military base. Diego_Garcia | |
| Derry Derry or Londonderry () often called the Maiden City, is a city in Northern Ireland. The old walled city of Londonderry lies on the west bank of the River Foyle with the location of old Derry on the east bank, the present city now covers both banks (Cityside to the west and Waterside to the east) and the river is spanned by two bridges. Derry | |
| Greenwich Mean Time Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) is a term originally referring to mean solar time at the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, London. It is regularly used to refer to Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) when this is viewed as a time zone, especially by bodies connected with the United Kingdom, such as the BBC World Service, the Royal Navy, the Met Office and others, although strictly UTC is an atomic time scale which only approximates GMT to within a second. Greenwich_Mean_Time | |
| Foreign relations of the Republic of Ireland The foreign relations of Ireland are substantially influenced by its membership of the European Union, although bilateral relations with the United States and United Kingdom are also important to the country. It is one of the group of smaller nations in the EU, and has traditionally followed a non-aligned foreign policy.Ireland tends towards independence in foreign policy, thus it is not a member of NATO and has a longstanding policy of military neutrality. Foreign_relations_of_the_Republic_of_Ireland | |
| Inquest (England and Wales) Inquests in England and Wales are held into sudden and unexplained deaths and also into the circumstances of discovery of a certain class of valuable artefacts known as "treasure trove". Inquests are the responsibility of the coroner. Inquest_(England_and_Wales) | |
| Judicial Committee of the Privy Council The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (JCPC) is one of the highest courts in the United Kingdom, established by the Judicial Committee Act 1833. It replaced the Court of Delegates. It is also the highest court of appeal (or court of last resort) for several independent Commonwealth countries, the UK overseas territories, and the British Crown dependencies. Judicial_Committee_of_the_Privy_Council | |
| J. K. Rowling Joanne "Jo" Murray OBE (née Rowling) (born 31 July 1965), who writes under the pen name pen name, J. K. Rowling, J._K._Rowling | |
| M'Naghten Rules M'Naghten Rules (pronounced, and sometimes spelled, McNaughton) were the first serious attempt to codify and rationalize the attitude of the criminal law towards mentally incompetent defendants. They arise from the attempted assassination of the British Prime Minister, Robert Peel, in 1843 by Daniel M'Naghten. M'Naghten_Rules | |
| Pound (mass) The pound or pound-mass (abbreviationlb, lbm, or sometimes in the United States#) is a unit of mass imperial, United States customary and other systems of measurement. A number of different definitions have been used, the most common today being the international avoirdupois pound of exactly The word pound comes from the Latin word pondus meaning "weight". The abbreviation lb comes from the Latin word libra, meaning "scales, balances", Pound_(mass) | |
| Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council is a body of advisors to the British Sovereign. Its members are largely senior politicians, who were or are members of either the House of Commons or House of Lords of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.The Privy Council, the successor of the Privy Council of England, was formerly a powerful institution, but its policy decisions are now controlled by one of its committees, the Cabinet of the United Kingdom. Her_Majesty's_Most_Honourable_Privy_Council | |
| South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (SGSSI) is a British overseas territory in the southern Atlantic Ocean. This territory is a remote and inhospitable collection of islands, consisting of South Georgia and a chain of smaller islands, the South Sandwich Islands. South_Georgia_and_the_South_Sandwich_Islands | |
| Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative and Unionist Party, more commonly known as the Conservative Party, is a conservative political party in the United Kingdom. Founded in its present form during the early 19th century, it has historically been the principal party of the right, though in the modern day the party and its voters are more associated with the centre-right. Conservative_Party_(UK) | |
| DNA profiling DNA profiling (also called DNA testing, DNA typing, or genetic fingerprinting) DNA profiles. DNA profiles are basically just sets of numbers that can be used as a identifier. The number set can be encrypted to a DNA indentification number. DNA profiling should thus not be confused with full genome sequencing. DNA_profiling | |
| Bodily harm Bodily harm is a legal term of art used in the definition of both statutory and common law offences in England and Wales and other common law jurisdictions. It is a synonym for injury or bodily injury and similar expressions, though it may be used with a precise and limited meaning in any given jurisdiction. The expression grievous bodily harm first appeared in a statute in Lord Ellenborough's Act (1803). Bodily_harm | |
| The Smiths The Smiths were an English rock band formed in Manchester in 1982. Based on the songwriting partnership of Morrissey (vocals) and Johnny Marr (guitar), the band also included Andy Rourke (bass) and Mike Joyce (drums). Critics have called them one of the most important alternative rock bands to emerge from the British independent music scene of the 1980s, and the group has had major influence on subsequent artists. The_Smiths | |
| County Londonderry County Londonderry or County Derry ( ) is one of the six counties of Northern Ireland in the province of Ulster in Ireland. It was named after its main townDerry (or Londonderry), which lies in the north-western corner of the county. It is one of four counties in Northern Ireland which presently has a majority of the population from a Catholic community background, according to the 2001 census. County_Londonderry | |
| Acorn Computers Acorn Computers was a British computer company established in Cambridge, England, in 1978. The company produced a number of computers which were especially popular in the UK. These included the Acorn Electron, the BBC Micro and the Acorn Archimedes. Acorn's BBC Micro computer dominated the UK educational computer market during the 1980s and early 1990s, drawing many comparisons with Apple in the U.S. Acorn_Computers | |
| Champerty and maintenance In common law jurisdictions, maintenance is the intermeddling of an uninterested party to encourage a lawsuit. It is "A taking in hand, a bearing up or upholding of quarrels or sides, to the disturbance of the common right."Champerty is the maintenance of a person in a lawsuit on condition that the subject matter of the action is to be shared with the maintainer. Among laypersons, this is known as "buying into someone else's lawsuit." Champerty_and_maintenance | |
| Burden of proof The burden of proof () is the obligation to shift the assumed conclusion away from an oppositional opinion to one's own position. The burden of proof may only be fulfilled by evidence.The burden of proof is often associated with the Latin maxim semper necessitas probandi incumbit ei qui agit, the best translation of which seems to be Burden_of_proof | |
| Fox hunting Fox hunting is an activity involving the tracking, chase, and sometimes killing of a fox, traditionally a red fox, by trained foxhounds or other scent hounds, and a group of followers led by a master of foxhounds, who follow the hounds on foot or on horseback. Fox_hunting | |
| Parliament Acts 1911 and 1949 The Parliament Acts 1911 and 1949 are two Acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which form part of the constitution of the United Kingdom. It is provided that they are to be construed as though they were a single Act.The first Parliament Act, the Parliament Act 1911 (1 & 2 Geo. Parliament_Acts_1911_and_1949 | |
| Software patent Software patent does not have a universally accepted definition. One definition suggested by the Foundation for a Free Information Infrastructure is that a software patent is a "patent on any performance of a computer realised by means of a computer program".There is intense debate over the extent to which software patents should be granted, if at all. Software_patent | |
| Defamation Talk:Defamation | |
| David Irving David John Cawdell Irving (born 24 March 1938) is a British writer specializing in the military history of World War II. His interpretations of Nazi Germany have proved highly controversial due to allegations of undue sympathy for the Third Reich and antisemitism, and because of his involvement in the Holocaust denial movement. David_Irving | |
| Morrissey Steven Patrick Morrissey (; born 22 May 1959), known primarily as Morrissey, is a British singer-songwriter. After a short stint in the punk rock band The Nosebleeds in the late 1970s, he rose to prominence in the 1980s as the lyricist and vocalist of the alternative rock band The Smiths. Morrissey | |
| Jury trial Talk:Jury_trial | |
| The Jerry Springer Show The Jerry Springer Show is a syndicated television tabloid talk show hosted by Jerry Springer, a former politician, broadcast in the United States and other countries. It is videotaped at the Rich Forum Theatre in Stamford, Connecticut and is distributed by NBC Universal, although it is not currently broadcast on any NBC-owned stations. The_Jerry_Springer_Show | |
| Fox hunting Talk:Fox_hunting | |
| Edmund FitzAlan-Howard, 1st Viscount FitzAlan of Derwent Edmund_FitzAlan-Howard,_1st_Viscount_FitzAlan_of_Derwent | |
| Northern Ireland Talk:Northern_Ireland | |
| Edward Coke Sir Edward Coke (pronounced "Cook") (1 February 1552–3 September 1634), was a seventeenth-century English jurist and Member of Parliament whose writings on the common law were the definitive legal texts for nearly 150 years. Born into a family of minor Norfolk gentry, Coke traveled to London as a young man to make his living as a barrister. Edward_Coke | |
| Government of Ireland Act 1920 Government_of_Ireland_Act_1920 | |
| Southern Ireland Southern Ireland () was the short-lived autonomous region (or constituent country) of the United Kingdom established on 3 May 1921 and dissolved on 6 December 1922. Southern Ireland was established under the Government of Ireland Act 1920 together with its sister region, Northern Ireland. It was envisaged that Southern Ireland would have the following institutions Southern_Ireland | |
| Shannon Airport Shannon Airport () is one of Ireland's three primary airports (along with Dublin Airport and Cork Airport). It is the third busiest airport in the Republic of Ireland with 3.1 million passengers in 2008. The airport is located by the new town of Shannon, County Clare, around from Ennis and Shannon_Airport | |
| Arrest arrest is the act of depriving a person of his or her liberty usually in relation to the investigation and prevention of crime. The term is Anglo-Norman in origin and is related to the French word arrêt, meaning "stop". Arrest | |
| Bail Traditionally, bail is some form of property deposited or pledged to a court in order to persuade it to release a suspect from jail, on the understanding that the suspect will return for trial or forfeit the bail (and be guilty of the crime of failure to appear). Bail | |
| Modchip A modchip (short for modification chip) is a small electronic device used to modify or disable built-in restrictions and limitations of many popular videogame consoles. It introduces various modifications to its host system's function, including the circumvention of region coding, digital rights management, and copy protection checks for the purpose of running software intended for other markets, copied game media, or unlicensed third-party (homebrew) software. Modchip | |
| Village green Village_green | |
| Animal testing Animal testing / animal experimentation is the use of non-human animals in scientific experimentation. It is estimated that 50 to 100 million vertebrate animals worldwide zebrafish to non-human primates invertebrates are used and the use of flies and worms as model organisms is very important, experiments on invertebrates are largely unregulated and not included in statistics. Animal_testing | |
| Identity theft Identity theft is a crime used to refer to fraud that involves someone pretending to be someone else in order to steal money or get other benefits. The term is relatively new and is actually a misnomer, since it is not inherently possible to steal an identity, only to use it. The person whose identity is used can suffer various consequences when he or she is held responsible for the perpetrator's actions. In many countries specific laws make it a crime to use another person's identity for personal gain. Identity_theft | |
| Liebeck v. McDonald's Restaurants Liebeck v. McDonald's Restaurants is a 1994 product liability lawsuit that became a flashpoint in the debate in the U.S. over tort reform after a jury awarded $2.86 million to a woman who burned herself with hot coffee. The trial judge reduced the total award to $640,000, and the parties settled for a confidential amount before an appeal was decided. The case entered popular understanding as an example of frivolous litigation; ABC News calls the case “the poster child of excessive lawsuits.” Liebeck_v._McDonald's_Restaurants | |
| Law of the Republic of Ireland The Republic of Ireland has a common law legal system with a written constitution which provides for a parliamentary democracy based on the British parliamentary system albeit with a popularly elected president, representative democracy, a separation of powers, a developed system of constitutional rights and judicial review. Law_of_the_Republic_of_Ireland | |
| Heather Mills Heather Anne Mills (born 12 January 1968) is an English charity campaigner and former model and the former wife of musician Paul McCartney; during the marriage she was called Heather Mills McCartney. Mills has an older brother, Shane, a younger sister, Fiona, and a half-sister, Claire.Mills started her own model agency, in 1986, and married Alfie Karmal, on 6 May 1989, but divorced in 1991. Heather_Mills | |
| Defense of property The defense of property is a possible justification used by defendants who argue that they should not be held liable for the loss and injury they have caused because they were acting to protect their property. Courts have generally ruled that the use of force may be acceptable, but that lethal force is generally not acceptable in defending property, although it may be acceptable in self-defense or, in some countries, the defense of one's home. Defense_of_property | |
| Provocation (legal) Also seeProvocation in English law. In criminal law, provocation is a possible defense by excuse or exculpation alleging a sudden or temporary loss of control (a permanent loss of control is in the realm of insanity) as a response to another's provocative conduct sufficient to justify an acquittal, a mitigated sentence or a conviction for a lesser charge. Provocation_(legal) | |
| Right to keep and bear arms The right to keep and bear arms (RKBA) or right to bear arms is the concept that people, individually or collectively, have a right to weapons for individual use, or to bear arms in militia, or both.The right to keep and bear arms varies by country and at times by jurisdiction within a sovereign state. Right_to_keep_and_bear_arms | |
| Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (UK) The Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (c.13) (DDA 1995) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which makes it unlawful to discriminate against people in respect of their disabilities in relation to employment, the provision of goods and services, education and transport. Disability_Discrimination_Act_1995_(UK) | |
| Donoghue v Stevenson Donoghue v Stevenson legal history. The decision of the House of Lords founded the modern tort of negligence (delict in Scotland), both in Scots law and English law. The case originated in Paisley, Scotland but the House of Lords declared that the principles of their judgment also applied in English and Welsh law. It is often referred to as the "Paisley snail" or the "snail in the bottle" case. Donoghue_v_Stevenson | |
| Haughton v Smith Haughton v Smith, House of Lords, which held that it was impossible to commit the crime of handling stolen goods where the goods in question were not in fact stolen; nor could an offence of attempting to handle stolen goods be committed in the same circumstances. Haughton_v_Smith |
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