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The title Abbot of Misrule or Lord of Misrule was given to the person in charge of diversions and revelries at the Christmas festivities. In Scotland the equivalent title was Master of Unreason and in France L'abbe de Liesse.
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In law, alienation is the transfer of the title to property from one person to another by conveyance, and not by inheritance.
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Anabasis is the Greek title of Xenophon's celebrated account of the expedition of Cyrus the Younger against his brother Artaxerxes, king of Persia. The title is also given to Arrian's work which records the campaigns of Alexander the Great.
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Baboo or babu is a Hindu title of respect equivalent to sir or master, usually given to wealthy and educated native gentlemen, especially when of the mercantile class.
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Baron is an English peerage title.
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Basilicon Doron (the royal gift) is the title of a book written by King James I in 1599, containing a collection of precepts of the art of government. It maintains the claim of the king to be sole head of the church. It was printed at Edinburgh, in 1603.
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In England, black-rod is the usher belonging to the order of the Garter, so called from the black rod which he carries. His full title is Gentleman-usher of the Black Rod, and his deputy is styled the Yeoman-usher. They are the official messengers of the House of Lords; and either the gentleman- or the yeoman-usher summons the Commons to the House of Lords when the royal assent is given to bills or royal speeches read, takes into custody parties guilty of breach of privilege and contempt, etc.
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Bona fides or bona fide (from the Latin 'good faith', or 'in good faith'), is a term derived from the Roman jurists, implying the absence of all fraud or unfair dealing. A bona fide traveller in England and Scotland was fomerly someone who is actually travelling at some distance from home on Sunday and was thus legally entitled to demand and obtain alcoholic refreshments at a hotel. In the law of Scotland a bona fide possessor was a person who holds property upon a title which he honestly believes to be good.
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The British North America Act was passed by Parliament in 1867 and provided for the voluntary union of the provinces of Canada, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick into one confederation under the title of 'The Dominion of Canada'. A further British North America Act passed in 1871 provided the Parliament of Canada with the ability to establish new provinces.
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A chartulary is a record or register in which the charters, title-deeds, etc, of any corporation were copied for safety and convenience of reference. They were often kept by private families.
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