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    on the novel The Death of Napoleon, written by Simon Leys.[citation needed] "MONTHOLON DE, Charles Tristan". Base Léonore. Archives Nationales. LH/1919/80...
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    Charles IV (Spanish: Carlos Antonio Pascual Francisco Javier Juan Nepomuceno José Januario Serafín Diego de Borbón y Sajonia; 11 November 1748 – 20 January...
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  • The ley de lemas is a variant of open list proportional representation, which is, or has been, used in elections in Argentina, Uruguay, and Honduras, and...
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    is the restraint of a person's liberty. The 17th century book Termes de la Ley contains the following definition: Imprisonment is no other thing than...
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    spelled Lies and Leys in the Middle Ages. It is easy to imagine that, in Northern France, the Lieschblume would have been called 'fleur-de-lis'. This would...
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    Henri Leys, Hendrik Leys or Jan August Hendrik, Baron Leys (18 February 1815 – 26 August 1869) was a Belgian painter and printmaker. He was a leading representative...
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  • limitations.[citation needed] In France, this power has been used only once, by Charles de Gaulle in 1961 during the Algerian War. Other modern political concepts...
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    Chief of the Name and Arms of Burnett is James Comyn Amherst Burnett of Leys.[citation needed] It remains uncertain if the name of Burnett is of Saxon...
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    December 1624, James I created him Baron Ley, of Ley in the County of Devon, and on 5 February 1626, Charles I created him Earl of Marlborough. Both titles...
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    "Uso de la bandera de España y el de otras banderas e insignias. Includes the Ley 39/1981, de 28 de octubre (BOE nº 271, de 12 de noviembre). Uso de la...
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