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• law|mak|er — «L MAY kuhr», noun. a person who helps to make laws of a country; member of a legislature or parliament; legislator; lawgiver: »Congressmen are lawmakers …   Useful english dictionary

• law|mak|ing — «L MAY kihng», adjective, noun. –adj. having the duty and power of making laws; legislative: »Congress is a lawmaking body. –n. the act or process of making laws; legislation …   Useful english dictionary

• Mak's Noodle — (麥奀雲吞麵世家) View of the shop from footbridge Restaurant information Current owner(s) Mak Chi ming …   Wikipedia

• Mak nyah — (pronounced [ˈmaʔ ˈɲa]) is a Malay term for a male to female transsexual. The name is preferred by Malaysian transsexuals to various derogatory terms (namely, pondan and bapok), as these slurs are variously directed to gay men as well as… …   Wikipedia

• MaK 400 BB — als RhB Gm 4/4 Nummerierung: LAW D 08, Brohltalbahn D 4, RhB 241 Anzahl: 1 Hersteller: MaK Baujahr(e) …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• makeham's law — ˈmākəmz noun Usage: usually capitalized M Etymology: after William Makeham, 19th century British mathematician : an actuarial rule: the mortality risk of a person at any age over 20 is equal to a constant plus a simple exponential function of the …   Useful english dictionary

• PENAL LAW — Principles of Legality Under talmudic law, no act is a criminal offense and punishable as such unless laid down in express terms in the Bible (the Written Law). For this purpose, it is not sufficient that there should be a provision imposing a… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• Bran Mak Morn — is a hero of several pulp fiction short stories by Robert E. Howard. In the stories, most of which were first published in Weird Tales , Bran is the last king of Howard s romanticized version of the tribal race of Picts.Howard s history of the… …   Wikipedia

• Chi Mak — (Chinese: 麥大志, pinyin: Mài Dàzhì) is a naturalized American citizen who worked as an engineer for California based defense contractor Power Paragon, a part of L 3 Communications.[1] In 2007, Mak was found guilty of conspiring to export sensitive… …   Wikipedia

• Evergreen Mak Cheung-ching — This is a Chinese name; the family name is Mak. Evergreen Mak Chinese name 麥長青 (Traditional) Chinese name 麦长青 (Simplified) Pinyin Mài Chángqīng ( …   Wikipedia