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  2. Trustee model of representation - Wikipedia

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    The trustee model of representation is a model of a representative democracy, frequently contrasted with the delegate model of representation. [1] In this model, constituents elect their representatives as ' trustees ' for their constituency. These 'trustees' have autonomy to deliberate and act as they see fit, in their own conscience even if ...

  3. Per stirpes - Wikipedia

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    Per stirpes (/ pɜːr ˈstɜːrpiːz /; "by roots" or "by stock") [1] is a legal term from Latin, used in the law of inheritance and estates. An estate of a decedent is distributed per stirpes if each branch of the family is to receive an equal share of an estate. When an heir in the first generation of a branch predeceased the decedent, the ...

  4. Issue (genealogy) - Wikipedia

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    Issue is a narrower category than heirs, which includes spouses, and collaterals (siblings, cousins, aunts, and uncles). [2] This meaning of issue arises most often in wills and trusts. [3] A person who has no living lineal descendants is said to have died without issue. A child or children are first-generation descendants and are a subset of ...

  5. No taxation without representation - Wikipedia

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    t. e. " No taxation without representation " (often shortened to " taxation without representation ") is a political slogan that originated in the American Revolution, and which expressed one of the primary grievances of the American colonists for Great Britain. In short, many colonists believed that as they were not represented in the distant ...

  6. District of Columbia federal voting rights - Wikipedia

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    D.C. residents have no representation in the Senate. The Twenty-third Amendment, adopted in 1961, effectively entitles the District to three [a] electoral votes in the election of the president and vice president. The District's lack of voting representation in Congress has been an issue since the capital's founding.

  7. The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life - Wikipedia

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    ISBN. 978-0-14-013571-8. OCLC. 59624504. The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life is a 1956 sociological book by Erving Goffman, in which the author uses the imagery of theatre to portray the importance of human social interaction. This approach became known as Goffman's dramaturgical analysis. Originally published in Scotland in 1956 and in ...

  8. The World as Will and Representation - Wikipedia

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    In the English language, this work is known under three different titles. Although English publications about Schopenhauer played a role in the recognition of his fame as a philosopher in later life (1851 until his death in 1860) [4] and a three volume translation by R. B. Haldane and J. Kemp, titled The World as Will and Idea, appeared already in 1883–1886, [5] the first English translation ...

  9. United States House of Representatives - Wikipedia

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    The United States House of Representatives is the lower chamber of the United States Congress, with the Senate being the upper chamber. Together, they compose the national bicameral legislature of the United States. [1][2] The House is charged with the passage of federal legislation, known as bills; those that are also passed by the Senate are ...