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(Encyclopedia) cleavage, tendency of many minerals to split along definite smooth planar surfaces determined by their crystal structure. The directions of these surfaces are related to weaknesses in…dower
(Encyclopedia) dower, that portion of a deceased husband's real property that a widow is legally entitled to use during her lifetime to support herself and their children. A wife may claim the dower…title
(Encyclopedia) title, in law, the means by which the owner has just and legal possession of his or her property. It is distinct from the document (e.g., a deed) that is evidence of the title. Title…Federal Farmer X
Federal Farmer X7 January 1788by See also Federalist No. 58Dear sir,It is said that our people have a high sense of freedom, possess power, property, and the strong arm; meaning, I presume,…Federal Farmer III
Federal Farmer III10 October 1787by The Federal FarmerSee also Federalist No. 36Dear Sir,The great object of a free people must be so to form their government and laws, and so to administer…Brutus V
Brutus V13 December 1787AbstractA powerful rebuttal of Hamilton, the logic of Brutus can be found in a supreme Court decision of 1819, McCulloch v. Maryland. Taken from "Brutus" fifth essay,…Maryland Farmer VI
Maryland Farmer VI28 March 1788by (Continued from our last.)After every consideration I can give this subject, I am satisfied, that government founded on representation, indispensibly…Machault d'Arnouville, Jean Baptiste de
(Encyclopedia) Machault d'Arnouville, Jean Baptiste deMachault d'Arnouville, Jean Baptiste dezhäN bätēstˈ də mäshōˈ därn&oomacr;vēlˈ [key], 1701–94, French statesman. He held a succession of…Federalist No. 35
No 34 No 36 The Same Subject Continued (Concerning the General Power of Taxation) For the Independent Journal.Hamilton To the People of the State of New York:…The Northwest Ordinance
Because the Articles of Confederation, adopted by the states in 1781 as the country's first constitution, have often been considered a failure, it is all too easy to overlook the significant…Trending
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