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  2. Unanimous consent - Wikipedia

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    Unanimous consent. Appearance. In parliamentary procedure, unanimous consent, also known as general consent, or in the case of the parliaments under the Westminster system, leave of the house (or leave of the senate), is a situation in which no member present objects to a proposal.

  3. Petition to the King - Wikipedia

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    The Petition to the King was a petition sent to King George III by the First Continental Congress in 1774, calling for the repeal of the Intolerable Acts. The King's rejection of the Petition, was one of the causes of the later United States Declaration of Independence and American Revolutionary War. The Continental Congress had hoped to ...

  4. Wikipedia:Example requests for permission - Wikipedia

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    This is a modification of the Epopt's letter above. Changes have been made to make it less specific to the particular situation that inspired the original letter, and more applicable to other cases. Name or Title Address. Dear <NAME>: I am an editor of Wikipedia, a multilingual project to create a complete and accurate encyclopedia by open editing.

  5. Appellate procedure in the United States - Wikipedia

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    United States appellate procedure involves the rules and regulations for filing appeals in state courts and federal courts. The nature of an appeal can vary greatly depending on the type of case and the rules of the court in the jurisdiction where the case was prosecuted. There are many types of standard of review for appeals, such as de novo ...

  6. Columbus's letter on the first voyage - Wikipedia

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    A letter written by Christopher Columbus on February 15, 1493, is the first known document announcing the results of his first voyage that set out in 1492 and reached the Americas. The letter was ostensibly written by Columbus himself, aboard the caravel Niña, on the return leg of his voyage. [2] A postscript was added upon his arrival in ...

  7. Harry T. Burn - Wikipedia

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    The letter Febb Burn at her Niota farm. After much debating and argument, the result of the vote was 48-48. After Burn voted twice to "table" the amendment, the house speaker called for a vote on the "merits". [3] Burn followed his mother's advice and voted "aye". His vote broke the tie in favor of ratifying the amendment.

  8. Confirmation - Wikipedia

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    In 1910, his successor, Pope Pius X, showing concern for the easy access to the Eucharist for children, in his Letter Quam Singulari lowered the age of first communion to seven. That was the origin of the widespread custom in parishes to organise the First Communion for children at 2nd grade and confirmation in middle or high school ...

  9. Politeness theory - Wikipedia

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    Politeness theory, proposed by Penelope Brown and Stephen Levinson, centers on the notion of politeness, construed as efforts to redress the affronts to a person's self-esteems or face (as in "save face" or "lose face") in social interactions. [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8] Notable concepts include positive and negative face, the face threatening act ...