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Oxford and law
The exception being those areas where, up to the 19th century, civil law rather than common law was the governing tradition, including admiralty law, probate and ecclesiastical law, such cases were heard in the Doctor's Commons, and argued by advocates who held degrees either of doctor of civil law at Oxford or doctor of law at Cambridge.
In October 1595 Oxford wrote to his brother in law, Sir Robert Cecil of friction between himself and the ill-fated Earl of Essex, partly over his claim to the property, terming him ' the only person that I dare rely upon in the court '.
Hubble was also a dutiful son, who despite his intense interest in astronomy since boyhood, surrendered to his father ’ s request to study law, first at the University of Chicago and later at Oxford, though he managed to take a few math and science courses.
After the death of his father in 1913, Edwin returned to the Midwest from Oxford, but did not have the motivation to practice law.
As the professor of jurisprudence at Oxford University, Hart argued that law is a ' system of rules '.
He attended King Edward VI Grammar School and following two years in the Royal Air Force read law at St Peter's College, Oxford.
In the late 1950s, while writing Titus Alone, Peake's health subsequently declined into physical and mental incapacitation, and he died on 17 November 1968 at a care home run by his brother in law, at Burcot, near Oxford.
The most prominent contemporary natural law jurist, Australian John Finnis, is based in Oxford, but there are also Americans Germain Grisez, Robert P. George, and Canadian Joseph Boyle.
Oxford had borrowed the name from a third Shakespeare, the man of that name from Stratford-upon-Avon, who was a law student at the time, but who was never an actor or a writer.
Common law pleading was the system of civil procedure used in England, which early on developed a strong emphasis on the form of action rather than the cause of action ( as a result of the Provisions of Oxford, which severely limited the evolution of the common law writ system ).
As a result, the English system of common law developed in parallel to Roman-based civil law, with its practitioners being trained at the Inns of Court in London rather than receiving degrees in Canon or Civil Law at the Universities of Oxford or Cambridge.
A physical law or scientific law is, according to the Oxford English dictionary, " a theoretical principle deduced from particular facts, applicable to a defined group or class of phenomena, and expressible by the statement that a particular phenomenon always occurs if certain conditions be present.
According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the first time the phrase appeared in print was in the August 1894 issue of Forum: " The true cause for exultation is the universal outburst of patriotism in support of the prompt and courageous action of President Cleveland in maintaining the supremacy of law throughout the length and breadth of the land, in establishing the pax Americana.
He was also instrumental in founding the official Oxford University Press, and installed the pioneer of international law, Alberico Gentili, and the exotic theologian, Antonio del Corro, at Oxford.
After graduating from college, he read philosophy and politics at the University of Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar, studied law at Harvard Law School, and earned an Ed.

Oxford and required
Nowell's letter to Cecil stating: " I clearly see that my work for the Earl of Oxford cannot be much longer required " and his departure after eight months has been interpreted as either a sign of the thirteen-year-old Oxford's intractability as a pupil, or an indication that his precocity surpassed Nowell's ability to instruct him.
The fellows then agreed to the Bishop of Oxford as their president but James required that they admit they had been in the wrong and ask for his pardon.
The bill allowed for fines for anyone who imported or traded in unlicensed or foreign books, required every book that would be given copyright protection to be entered into the Stationers ' Register, provided a legal deposit system centred around the King's Library, the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge, but said nothing about limiting the term of copyright.
*— ( 2004 ) " Reynolds, John Henry ( 1842 – 1927 )", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, accessed 18 June 2005 ( subscription required )
He strongly believed that education should be more widely available, particularly to those who were not wealthy or who did not belong to the established church, both of which were required of students by Oxford and Cambridge.
* Seaward, Paul ( September 2004 ; online edn, January 2008 ) " Charles II ( 1630 – 1685 )", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press,, retrieved 19 April 2010 ( Subscription required )
* Goldman, Lawrence ( May 2006 ) " Elizabeth ( 1900 – 2002 )", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press,, retrieved 1 May 2009 ( Subscription required )
* Matthew, H. C. G. ( September 2004 ; online edition May 2009 ) " George V ( 1865 – 1936 )", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press,, retrieved 1 May 2010 ( Subscription required )
Geoffrey V. Morson, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 ( Subscription or library card required for online edition )
Roger T. Stearn, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 ; online edn, May 2010 ; accessed 11 March 2011 ( subscription required for the convenience link ).
By his own admission, while at Oxford University, Neave did only the minimal amount of academic work that was required of him by his tutors.
He advised on work to the buildings of Jesus College, Oxford in 1815, for which he required no fee but asked that the college should commission a portrait of him from Sir Thomas Lawrence to hang in the college hall.
Vicars of St Giles were formerly either Fellows of the College, or ex-Fellows who were granted the living on marriage ( when Oxford fellows were required to be unmarried ).
Oxford Art Online, subscription required, ( accessed April 25, 2011 ).
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Oxford Dictionary of National Biography ( subscription required ).
Oxford Art Online, ( accessed January 30, 2012 ; subscription required ).
At some universities, such as the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge, undergraduates may be required to wear gowns on formal occasions and on graduation.

Oxford and issuance
On June 20, 1214, de Romanis's actions resulted in the issuance of the Charter for the University of Oxford.

Oxford and writ
Ultimately, in 1258, the King was forced to accept the Provisions of Oxford, which prohibited, among other things, the creation of new forms of writ without the sanction of the King's council.
This expansion of jurisdiction by the royal courts aroused so much resentment that the 1258 Provisions of Oxford provided that no further expansion of the writ system would be allowed.

Oxford and took
At once my ears were drowned by a flow of what I took to be Spanish, but -- the driver's white teeth flashing at me, the road wildly veering beyond his glistening hair, beyond his gesticulating bottle -- it could have been the purest Oxford English I was half hearing ; ;
Fleming finally abandoned penicillin, and not long after he did, Howard Florey and Ernst Boris Chain at the Radcliffe Infirmary in Oxford took up researching and mass-producing it, with funds from the U. S. and British governments.
On 12 April 1571, Oxford attained his majority and took his seat in the House of Lords.
Whether it was Sidney next challenged Oxford to a duel or the other way around, Oxford did not take it further, and the Queen personally took Sidney to task for not recognizing the difference between his status and Oxford's.
Oxford was still under house arrest in mid-July, but took part in an Accession Day tournament at Whitehall on 17 November 1581.
The lecturers of Shrewsbury College are veterans of the prolonged struggle for academic degrees to women, which Oxford granted only reluctantly ( Sayers herself took part in this struggle ).
While he was at Cambridge, Abendana sold Hebrew books to the Bodleian Library of Oxford, and in 1689 he took a teaching position in Magdalen College.
In 1368, he gave up his living at Fylingham and took over the rectory of Ludgershall, Buckinghamshire, not far from Oxford, which enabled him to retain his connection with the university.
Radcliffe, however, not only wrote little but also took a certain iconoclastic pride in having read little, remarking once of some vials of herbs and a skeleton in his study: “ This is Radcliffe ’ s library .” However, he bequeathed a substantial sum of money to Oxford for the founding of the Radcliffe Library, an endowment which, Samuel Garth quipped, was “ about as logical as if a eunuch should found a seraglio .”
In 1576 he was elected fellow of Pembroke College, Cambridge ; in 1580 he took orders and in 1581 was incorporated MA at Oxford.
Some of the pioneering trials of penicillin took place at the Radcliffe Infirmary in Oxford, England.
The Boat Race between Oxford University and Cambridge University first took place in 1829, and was the second intercollegiate sporting event ( following the first Varsity Cricket Match by 2 years ).
Jenkins was educated at Abersychan County School, University College, Cardiff, and at Balliol College, Oxford, where he was twice defeated for the Presidency of the Oxford Union but took First Class Honours in Politics, Philosophy and Economics ( PPE ).
He took 18 wickets in these matches, including 3 / 20 and 3 / 37 against Oxford University, 5 / 13 against Minor Counties and 4 / 38 against Hampshire.
Robert had tried to convince Theobald to take the throne in 1135 ; he did not attend Stephen's first court in 1136 and it took several summonses to convince him to attend court at Oxford later that year.
In 1990, Sondheim took the Cameron Mackintosh chair in musical theatre at Oxford, and in this capacity ran workshops with promising writers of musicals, such as George Stiles, Anthony Drewe, Andrew Peggie, Paul James, Stephen Keeling and others.
After Æthelred's death 911 Æthelflæd ruled as ‘ Lady of the Mercians ’ but Edward took control of London and Oxford, which Alfred had placed under Æthelred's control.
In October of that year Arthur took her to visit Boar's Hill, near Oxford, in legend so named because a scholar attacked by a boar there choked it to death by stuffing a copy of Thucydides in its mouth.
Peel was educated first at Hipperholme Grammar School, then at Harrow School and finally Christ Church, Oxford, where he took a double first in classics and mathematics.
Its Press took on the project that became the Oxford English Dictionary in the late 19th century, and expanded to meet the ever-rising costs of the work.
In 1879, he also took on the publication that led that process to its conclusion: the huge project that became the Oxford English Dictionary ( OED ).
Blunden left the army in 1919 and took up the scholarship at Oxford that he had won while still at school.

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