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395 matches to Legal Tender Act
Legal Tender Act. 1862. US authorizes paper money without gold backing.
Abortion. Legalized 1968 Britain, 1969 Canada, 1973 USA, 1975 France. Roe v Wade.
American Civil Liberties Union. ACLU. 1920-. US legal action group supporting civil rights.
Assignats. French legal tender, 1789-96. Overissue caused inflation. Became worth 1% of face value.
Bootlegging. 1920-33. Illegal trafficking in alcohol during Prohibition.
Brehon Laws. (Feinechus) 8-17C. Irish legal system.
Bucket Shop. Brokerage house that attempted to profit by delaying placing orders. Now illegal.
Civil Rights Acts. US. 1866 Black citizenship. 1964 Ends all legal discrimination. 1968 Bans housing discrimination. 1991 Equal employment.
Code of Hammurabi. 18C BC. Written legal code.
Corpus Juris Civilis. Developed 529-35. Roman legal code. Influenced European legal systems.
Crédit Mobilier of America. 1865-72. Scandal involving illegal profits, graft in Union Pacific Railroad construction.
Filibusters. 1850s. US adventurers who illegally organized revolutions in Central America. Walker.
Haeretico Comburendo. 1401. English statute legalizing the burning of heretics.
Instruction. 1767. Catherine the Great’s proposal for liberal humanitarian legal reform.
Leo VI. 866-912. Byzantine Emperor. Compiled Basilica legal code.
M’Naghten Rule. 1843. US legal test of capacity to determine right from wrong.
National Covenant. 1638. Oath to maintain Scottish Presbyterianism against Charles I episcopacy. 1638-90. Presbyterians persecuted in Scotland. 1643-67 Solemn League allied with Parliament in Civil War. 1647-supported Charles. 1661 illegal.
Opium Wars. 1839-42 Hong Kong ceded to Britain. 1856-60. French, British force China to open trade, legalize opium. Demonstrated European weapon superiority. Nanking Treaty.
Prohibition. 1920-33. US 18th Amendment. Alcoholic drinks illegal. Repealed by 21st. Temperance Movement.
Sinn Fein. 1905. (=Ourselves Alone). Irish Nationalist movement. 1916 uprising. Founded Irish Free State. Legalized as political party in Northern Ireland, 1974. Political wing of IRA. De Valera.
Stamp Act. 1765. British tax on newspapers and legal documents. A cause of American Revolution. Stamp Act Congress.
Sumerians. c6000-2000BC Civilization in Tigris-Euphrates valley. First writing system. First legal code. Akkad. Ur.
Sunni. Majority orthodox Moslem sect who follow Sunnah, traditional legal, social practices. Shi’ite.
Trade Unions. Legalized: 1824 Britain. 1834 France. 1869 Germany. 1875 British legalized picketing.
Tyrant. Originally any Greek ruler who seized power illegally. 5CBC- came to signify a cruel ruler.