English system
Noun
Meaning
a system of weights and measures based on the foot and pound and second and pint
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Charles I, painted by Van Dyck Parliament in the English constitutional framework At the time, the Parliament of England did not have a large permanent role in the English system of government.
It has been claimed that the English system has been borrowed from Brittonic, since Welsh tag questions vary in almost exactly the same way.
In the event of the bridegroom going to court for divorce, the dissolution under the received English system does not automatically set aside the marriage conducted under native law and custom.
Duncombe’s report drew in large part on an increasingly dominant banking orthodoxy in the United Kingdom which challenged the English system of chartered banks.
The English system alternates the notes of the scale between two hands, enabling rapid melodies.
The English system developed out of a mixture of the British and American systems, reflecting the Loyalist background of so many early settlers. citation There are also secular and religious private schools in the province.