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  • 61Lenity — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Lenity >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 lenity lenity lenience leniency Sgm: N 1 moderation moderation &c. 174 Sgm: N 1 tolerance tolerance toleration Sgm: N 1 mildness mildness gentleness …

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  • 62len´ient|ly — len|ient «LEEN yuhnt, LEE nee uhnt», adjective. 1. mild or gentle; not harsh or stern; merciful; tolerant: »a lenient judge, lenient punishment. My father was always very strict about how I talked to Mother, but he was more lenient if I yelled at …

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  • 63len|ient — «LEEN yuhnt, LEE nee uhnt», adjective. 1. mild or gentle; not harsh or stern; merciful; tolerant: »a lenient judge, lenient punishment. My father was always very strict about how I talked to Mother, but he was more lenient if I yelled at my… …

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  • 64LANDAU, EZEKIEL BEN JUDAH — (1713–1793), halakhic authority of the 18th century, known as the Noda bi Yehudah, after one of his works (see below). Landau was born in Opatow, Poland, and received his talmudic education first in his hometown until the age of 13 and… …

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  • 65SHAMMAI — (Ha Zaken, i.e., The Elder; c. 50 B.C.E.–c. 30 C.E.), one of the zugot , the leaders of the Sanhedrin. Hillel s first colleague was menahem the Essene and Shammai was appointed to succeed him as av bet din when he retired. Nothing is known of the …

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  • 66WOMAN — This article is arranged according to the following outline: the historical perspective biblical period marriage and children women in household life economic roles educational and managerial roles religious roles women outside the household… …

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  • 67Insanity defense — For similar defences in Canada and Australia, see mental disorder defence …

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  • 68Fredric Brown — Infobox Writer name = Fredric Brown caption = pseudonym = birthdate = birth date|1906|10|29|mf=y birthplace = Cincinnati, Ohio deathdate = death date and age|1972|3|11|1906|10|29|mf=y deathplace = occupation = Novelist, short story author genre …

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  • 69Benefit of clergy — In English law, the benefit of clergy (Law Latin Privilegium clericale) was originally a provision by which clergymen could claim that they were outside the jurisdiction of the secular courts and be tried instead in an ecclesiastical court under… …

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  • 70Ahmed Ressam — Born May 9, 1967 (1967 05 09) (age 44)[1][2] Bou Ismaïl, Algeria[3] …

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