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  2. Robert's Rules of Order - Wikipedia

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    For the online publication formerly known as In Brief, see Virginia Law Review Online. First edition, 1876. Robert's Rules of Order, often simply referred to as Robert's Rules, is a manual of parliamentary procedure by U.S. Army officer Henry Martyn Robert. "The object of Rules of Order is to assist an assembly to accomplish the work for which ...

  3. Rules of chess - Wikipedia

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    The rules of chess (also known as the laws of chess) govern the play of the game of chess. Chess is a two-player abstract strategy board game. Each player controls sixteen pieces of six types on a chessboard. Each type of piece moves in a distinct way. The object of the game is to checkmate the opponent's king; checkmate occurs when a king is ...

  4. Rules and Regulations - Wikipedia

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    Rules and Regulations by Roll Deep, 2007, and its title track "Rules and Regulations", a 1986 EP by We've Got a Fuzzbox and We're Gonna Use It "Rules and Regulations" (song), by Rufus Wainwright, 2007 "Rules And Regulations", a song by Public Image Limited from the 1987 album Happy? (Public Image Ltd album) ”Rules and Regulations”, a Thomas ...

  5. Natural law - Wikipedia

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    Natural law[ 1 ] (Latin: ius naturale, lex naturalis) is a system of law based on a close observation of natural order and human nature, from which values, thought by natural law's proponents to be intrinsic to human nature, can be deduced and applied independently of positive law (the express enacted laws of a state or society). [ 2 ]

  6. Thomas Wildcat Alford - Wikipedia

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    Alford enrolled at Hampton under the name Thomas Wildcat; Wildcat being his father's nickname. At Hampton he was legally bestowed the name Alford, and added it to the end of the name under which he had enrolled. Hampton Institute at the time was a co-educational school with strict militaristic rules and regulations.

  7. Thomas & Friends - Wikipedia

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    Thomas & Friends[e] is a British children's television series that aired for 24 series and 584 episodes from 9 October 1984 to 20 January 2021. Based on The Railway Series books by the Reverend Wilbert Awdry and his son Christopher, the series was developed for television by Britt Allcroft.

  8. Thomas Hobbes - Wikipedia

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    Thomas Hobbes. Thomas Hobbes (/ hɒbz / HOBZ; 5 April 1588 – 4 December 1679) was an English philosopher. Hobbes is best known for his 1651 book Leviathan, in which he expounds an influential formulation of social contract theory. [4] He is considered to be one of the founders of modern political philosophy. [5][6]

  9. Thomas Robert Malthus - Wikipedia

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    Thomas Robert Malthus FRS (/ ˈmælθəs /; 13/14 February 1766 – 29 December 1834) [1] was an English economist, cleric, and scholar influential in the fields of political economy and demography. [2] In his 1798 book An Essay on the Principle of Population, Malthus observed that an increase in a nation's food production improved the well ...