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  • 61BARATERIE — n. f. T. de Droit maritime Sorte de malversation, de fraude commise par le capitaine, maître ou patron d’un navire, ou par l’équipage, au préjudice soit des armateurs, soit des assureurs, et qui consiste le plus souvent à faire essuyer au… …

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  • 62CONCUSSION — n. f. Profit illicite que l’on fait dans l’exercice d’une fonction publique. Il est accusé, il est convaincu de concussion. Exercer des concussions. Le crime de concussion. Il a vieilli ; on dit plutôt aujourd’hui MALVERSATION …

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  • 63Charles Maitland, 3rd Earl of Lauderdale — (b. c1620 Lethington d. 9 June 1691, Haltoun House), was the second son (The Great Seal of Scotland gives him as third son) of John Maitland, 1st Earl of Lauderdale (died 1645). Following the death of his father in law, Richard Lauder of Haltoun …

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  • 64Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville — This article is about the 1st Viscount Melville. For the 3rd Viscount Melville, see Henry Dundas, 3rd Viscount Melville. The Right Honourable The Viscount Melville PC …

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  • 65Fabre d'Églantine — Philippe François Nazaire Fabre d Églantine (commonly known as Fabre d Églantine ; July 28, 1750 ndash; April 5, 1794) was a French actor, dramatist, and politician of the French Revolution.Early lifeHe was born in Carcassonne. His surname was… …

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  • 66Fidel V. Ramos — Infobox President name = Fidel V. Ramos |250px| order = 12th President of the Philippines 2nd President of the 5th Republic term start = June 30, 1992 term end = June 30, 1998 vicepresident = Joseph E. Estrada predecessor = Corazon C. Aquino… …

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  • 67Picquart's Investigations of the Dreyfus Affair — While Alfred Dreyfus was serving his sentence on Devil s Island back in France a number of people began to question his guilt. The most notable of these was Major Georges Picquart.Colonel PicquartNot long after the condemnation of Alfred Dreyfus …

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  • 68Maximilien de Béthune, duc de Sully — Maximilien de Béthune, Duke of Sully (December 13, 1560 ndash; December 22, 1641) was the doughty soldier, French minister, staunch Huguenot and faithful right hand man who assisted Henry IV of France in the rule of France.BiographyHe was born at …

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  • 69Peder Griffenfeld — Peder Schumacher portrayed by Abraham Wuchters in 1672 Count Peder Griffenfeld (before ennoblement Peder Schumacher) (24 August 1635 – 12 March 1699) was a Danish statesman. Contents …

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  • 70Lysias — (Greek: Λυσίας) (born ca. 445 BC; died ca. 380 BC) was an Attic orator.LifeAccording to Dionysius of Halicarnassus and the author of the life ascribed to Plutarch, Lysias was born in 459 BC, which would accord with a tradition that Lysias reached …

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