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Brewer's: Tippling Act
(The), 24 Geo. II., chap. 40, which restricted the sale of spirituous liquors retailed on credit for less than 20s. at one time. In part repealed. A “tippler” originally meant a tavern-…Americans with Disabilites Act
The Question: I was recently told that I qualified at my job under the Americans with Disablity Act and that my employer was required to "accomodate" me at my job. Where can I…Brewer's: Black Acts
Acts of the Scottish Parliament between the accession of James I. and the year 1587; so called because they were printed in black characters. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E.…Intolerable Acts
(Encyclopedia) Intolerable Acts, name given by American patriots to five laws (including the Quebec Act) adopted by Parliament in 1774, which limited the political and geographical freedom of the…Aldrich, Nelson Wilmarth
(Encyclopedia) Aldrich, Nelson Wilmarth, 1841–1915, U.S. Senator from Rhode Island, b. Foster, R.I. He rose in local politics as state assemblyman (1875–76) and U.S. Representative (1879–81) before…Catholic Emancipation
(Encyclopedia) Catholic Emancipation, term applied to the process by which Roman Catholics in the British Isles were relieved in the late 18th and early 19th cent. of civil disabilities. They had…James Gillespie BLAINE, Congress, ME (1830-1893)
Senate Years of Service: 1876-1881 Party: Republican BLAINE James Gillespie , a Representative and a Senator from Maine; born in West Brownsville, Washington County, Pa., January 31, 1830;…Fitch, Thomas
(Encyclopedia) Fitch, Thomas, c.1700–1774, colonial governor of Connecticut, b. Norwalk, Conn. A lawyer, Fitch was an assistant in the colony (1734–35, 1740–50). The assembly elected him deputy…Fitzherbert, Maria Anne
(Encyclopedia) Fitzherbert, Maria Anne, 1756–1837, wife of George, Prince of Wales (later George IV). He was her third husband. The marriage (1785) was illegal by the terms of the Royal Marriage Act…inclosure
(Encyclopedia) inclosure or enclosure, in British history, the process of inclosing (with fences, ditches, hedges, or other barriers) land formerly subject to common rights. Such land included fields…Trending
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