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Vexillology (/ ˌvɛksɪˈlɒlədʒi / VEK-sih-LOL-ə-jee) is the study of the history, symbolism and usage of flags or, by extension, any interest in flags in general. [1] A person who studies flags is a vexillologist, one who designs flags is a vexillographer, and the art of designing flags is called vexillography.
Vexatious litigation is legal action which is brought solely to harass or subdue an adversary. It may take the form of a primary frivolous lawsuit or may be the repetitive, burdensome, and unwarranted filing of meritless motions in a matter which is otherwise a meritorious cause of action. Filing vexatious litigation is considered an abuse of ...
This is a list of roots, suffixes, and prefixes used in medical terminology, their meanings, and their etymologies.Most of them are combining forms in Neo-Latin and hence international scientific vocabulary.
VEXAS syndrome is an adult-onset autoinflammatory disease primarily affecting males, caused by a somatic mutation of the UBA1 gene in hematopoietic progenitor cells. [1][2][3][4][5] The name VEXAS is an acronym deriving from the core features of disease: [6] V: Vacuoles are often identified in the bone marrow stem cells of patients presenting ...
Vexillography. The flag of Nepal is the only country flag in the world that is not rectangular in shape. Vexillography (/ ˌvɛksɪˈlɒɡrəfi / VEK-sil-OG-rə-fee) is the art and practice of designing flags; a person who designs flags is a vexillographer. Vexillo graphy is allied with vexillo logy, the scholarly study of flags, but is not ...
Vexillological symbol. Vexillological symbols are used by vexillologists to indicate certain characteristics of flags, such as where they are used, who uses them, and what they look like. The symbols were created by vexillologist Whitney Smith and then adopted by the International Federation of Vexillological Associations (FIAV) in the early ...
Quia timet (Latin for 'because he fears'), is a common law injunction to restrain wrongful acts which are threatened or imminent but have not yet commenced. The 1884 English legal case of Fletcher v. Bealey [28 Ch.D. 688 at p. 698] stated the necessary conditions for the equity courts to grant an injunction in such cases: proof of imminent danger; proof that the threatened injury will be ...
Fox. Foxes are small-to-medium-sized omnivorous mammals belonging to several genera of the family Canidae. They have a flattened skull; upright, triangular ears; a pointed, slightly upturned snout; and a long, bushy tail ("brush"). Twelve species belong to the monophyletic "true fox" group of genus Vulpes.