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Scots law is a hybrid system based on common-law and civil-law principles. The chief courts are the Court of Session, for civil cases, [239] and the High Court of Justiciary, for criminal cases. [240] The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom serves as the highest court of appeal for civil cases under Scots law. [241]
Wikipedia has no firm rules; The rules developed by the community are stored in wiki form, and Wikipedia editors write and revise the website's policies and guidelines in accordance with community consensus. [95] Editors can enforce the rules by deleting or modifying non-compliant material.
Air transports for heads of state and government are, in many countries, provided by the air force in specially equipped airliners or business jets.One such aircraft in particular has become part of popular culture: Air Force One, used by the President of the United States and operated by the United States Air Force.
Switzerland, [d] officially the Swiss Confederation, [e] is a landlocked country located in west-central Europe. [f] [13] It is bordered by Italy to the south, France to the west, Germany to the north, and Austria and Liechtenstein to the east.
The Vedic literature that survives is entirely of a religious form, whereas works in Classical Sanskrit exist in a wide variety of fields including epics, lyric, drama, romance, fairytale, fables, grammar, civil and religious law, the science of politics and practical life, the science of love and sex, philosophy, medicine, astronomy, astrology ...
The large service sector accounts for about 71.2% of total GDP, followed by the industrial sector (25.3%), while its agriculture sector is by far the smallest, making up only 3.6% of total GDP. [276] Australia is the world's 21st-largest exporter and 24th-largest importer .
The name Mumbai (Marathi: मुंबई) originated from Mumbā or Mahā-Ambā—the name of the patron Hindu goddess (Kula Devata) Mumbadevi of the native Koli community [40] —and from ā'ī, meaning "mother" in the Marathi language, which is the mother tongue of the Koli people and the official language of Maharashtra.