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luxury tax
(Encyclopedia) luxury tax, levy on articles that are not essential to a normal standard of living. Such taxes may be imposed strictly for revenue purposes or they may be intended to discourage…Carla's Song
Director:Kenneth LoachWriter:Paul LavertyDirector of Photography:Barry AckroydEditor:Jonathan MorrisMusic:George FentonProduction Designer:Martin JohnsonProducer:Sally HibbinShadow…The Congress of Women: Property Rights of Women
Personal Rights of WomenProperty Rights of Women The subject of the present property rights of women is lastly to be considered. In England and America the unmarried woman is now, as…The Supreme Court: Deciding Property Rights
Deciding Property RightsThe Supreme CourtDeciding Property RightsProtecting Land and HomeSaving WetlandsProtecting Patents, Copyrights and TrademarksTrademark for Sex Shop Your home is your…enterprise zone
(Encyclopedia) enterprise zone, designated geographical district in which resident businesses are legally entitled to receive special benefits from a government, established in economically depressed…chattel
(Encyclopedia) chattelchattelchătˈəl [key], in law, any property other than a freehold estate in land (see tenure). A chattel is treated as personal property rather than real property regardless of…Hardenberg, Karl August, Fürst von
(Encyclopedia) Hardenberg, Karl August, Fürst vonHardenberg, Karl August, Fürst vonkärl ouˈg&oobreve;st fürst fən härˈdənbĕrk [key], 1750–1822, Prussian administrator and diplomat, b. Hanover.…publican
(Encyclopedia) publican [Lat.,=state employee], in ancient Rome, man who was employed by the state government under contract. As early as c.200 b.c. there was a class of men in Rome accustomed to…Mishustin, Mikhail Vladimirovich
(Encyclopedia) Mishustin, Mikhail Vladimirovich, 1966–, Russian economist and political leader. Trained in systems engineering and economics, he was Russia's deputy tax minister (1998–2004), then…embezzlement
(Encyclopedia) embezzlement, wrongful use, for one's own selfish ends, of the property of another when that property has been legally entrusted to one. Such an act was not larceny at common law…