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To give them security while generating state revenue, the right of aubaine was transformed into a tax on foreigners: for a 5% tax on the value of the property of the deceased, the king waived his right of aubaine for the nationals of Geneva (1608), Holland (1685), England (1739), Denmark (1742), Naples, Spain and other Bourbon lands in Europe ...
Food stuff ration coupons types I–V for direct laborers and workers in Vietnam, 1976–1986. In marketing, a coupon is a ticket or document that can be redeemed for a financial discount or rebate when purchasing a product.
Code: Version 2.0 is a 2006 book by Harvard law professor Lawrence Lessig which proposes that governments have broad regulatory powers over the Internet. [1] The book is released under a Creative Commons license , CC BY-SA 2.5.
Devon Energy's debt rose after it acquired Grayson Mill Energy, but it expects to cut debt worth $2.5 billion over the next couple of years or so. Meanwhile, management is committed to paying a ...
Drinking coffee could extend your life up to two years, new research finds. Regular coffee consumption was found to be associated with increased health span (time spent living free from serious ...
Last year, just 17.6% of the Lower 48 experienced a white Christmas. This was the lowest percentage since records began in 2003.Outside of the higher elevations of the West, there was an area of ...
Ile-de-France. The artificialization of soil, an environment, or natural or semi-natural habitat is the loss of its qualities: its naturalness, a quality that includes a self-sustaining capacity to harbor certain biodiversity, natural cycles (carbon, nitrogen, water, oxygen cycles, etc.), and biogeochemical qualities (carbon sink, for example).
MORE: Survivors of so-called 'Gone Girl' case reflect on the life-changing experience. Weeks later, on Oct. 18, 2009, Muller allegedly broke into a home in Palo Alto, bound and gagged a woman and ...