Treason is the crime of attacking a state authority to which one owes allegiance. This typically includes acts such as participating in a war against...
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Gunpowder Plot (redirect from Gunpowder treason)
of 1605, in earlier centuries often called the Gunpowder Treason Plot or the Jesuit Treason, was an unsuccessful attempted regicide against King James...
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Petty treason or petit treason was an offence under the common law of England in which a person killed or otherwise violated the authority of a social...
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An Experiment In Treason is the ninth historical mystery novel about Sir John Fielding by Bruce Alexander (a pseudonym for Bruce Cook). A pack of confidential...
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torturous capital punishment used principally to execute men convicted of high treason in medieval and early modern Britain and Ireland. The convicted traitor...
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Treason is a British spy thriller television miniseries created by Matt Charman for the streaming service Netflix. It stars Olga Kurylenko, Oona Chaplin...
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law of the United Kingdom, high treason is the crime of disloyalty to the Crown. Offences constituting high treason include plotting the murder of the...
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up treason in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Treason is a crime that covers a variety of extreme acts against one's sovereign or nation. Treason may...
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the United States, there are both federal and state laws prohibiting treason. Treason is defined on the federal level in Article III, Section 3 of the United...
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1968 United States presidential election (redirect from Nixon treason)
participate in the peace talks. 'This is treason', LBJ says to Dirksen." Robert "KC" Johnson. "Did Nixon Commit Treason in 1968? What The New LBJ Tapes Reveal"...
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No Treason is a composition of three essays by individualist anarchist Lysander Spooner, all written in 1867: No. 1, No. 2: "The Constitution", and No...
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Guy Fawkes Night (redirect from Gunpowder Treason Day)
of thanksgiving for the plot's failure. Within a few decades Gunpowder Treason Day, as it was known, became the predominant English state commemoration...
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Guilty of Treason is a 1950 American drama film directed by Felix E. Feist and starring Charles Bickford, Bonita Granville and Paul Kelly. Also known...
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high treason in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. High treason is criminal disloyalty to one's government. High Treason may also refer to: High Treason, a...
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Gunpowder, Treason & Plot is a 2004 BBC miniseries based upon the lives of Mary, Queen of Scots and her son James VI of Scotland. Written by Jimmy McGovern...
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is a list of people convicted of treason. Some countries have a high constitutional hurdle to conviction for treason, while many countries have less stringent...
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If This Be Treason ... is a 33-page booklet published privately in Italy in early 1948 by Olga Rudge, mistress of the American poet Ezra Pound. Pound...
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"Reason Is Treason" is the second single release from British rock band Kasabian. As a limited release it was ineligible for chart entry. The 10" release...
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Julien Benda (redirect from Treason of the clerks)
is best known for his short book, La Trahison des Clercs from 1927 (The Treason of the Intellectuals or The Betrayal by the Intellectuals). Born into a...
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Misprision of treason is an offence found in many common law jurisdictions around the world, having been inherited from English law. It is committed by...
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The Treasons Act 1571 (13 Eliz. 1. c. 1) was an Act of the Parliament of England during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I. It restored the provisions of the...
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Act of Supremacy 1558 (redirect from Treason Act 1558)
(S)) remains in force in Scotland. Another act, the Treason Act 1558 (1 Eliz. 1. c. 5), made it treason to "compass" or "imagine" to deprive the Queen (or...
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Treason is a musical with music and lyrics by Ricky Allan with a book by Allan and Kieran Lynn based on the 1605 Gunpowder Plot. The musical was announced...
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Article Three of the United States Constitution (redirect from Treason Clause)
federal law, as well as other enumerated areas. Article Three also defines treason. Section 1 of Article Three vests the judicial power of the United States...
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The Treasons Act 1534 or High Treason Act 1534 (26 Hen. 8. c. 13) was an Act of the Parliament of England passed in 1534, during the reign of King Henry...
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Treason Act 1351 (25 Edw. 3 Stat. 5. c. 2) is an Act of the Parliament of England wherethrough, according to William Blackstone, common law treason offences...
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The History of The Lord of the Rings (redirect from The Treason of Isengard)
The volumes are: (HoME 6) The Return of the Shadow (1988) (HoME 7) The Treason of Isengard (1989) (HoME 8) The War of the Ring (1990) (HoME 9) Sauron...
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The Treason Act 1842 (5 & 6 Vict. c. 51) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. It was passed early in the reign...
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IV: Constitution of Treason is the fourth full-length studio album by the New Jersey heavy metal quintet God Forbid. It is a concept album telling the...
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criticisms in a column called "Answering My Critics". In her third book, Treason: Liberal Treachery from the Cold War to the War on Terrorism, also published...
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