common
based on Islamic law, Turkish law, English common law, and local tribal customary law; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
www.exxun.com/Yemen/d_gv.html
common
based on English common law and customary law; judicial review of legislative acts in an ad hoc constitutional council; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
www.exxun.com/Zambia/d_gv.html
common
mixture of Roman-Dutch and English common law; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
www.exxun.com/Zimbabwe/d_gv.html
commonly
... theocratic system of government with ultimate political authority vested in a learned religious scholar referred to commonly as the Supreme Leader who, according to the constitution, is accountable only to the Assembly ...
www.exxun.com/Iran/a_fg.html
commonly
Hebrew (official), Arabic used officially for Arab minority, English most commonly used foreign language
www.exxun.com/Israel/c_pp.html
commonly
... fixed-line telephone system is small and inefficient; trunks are primarily microwave radio relay; business data commonly transferred by a very small aperture terminal (VSAT) system domestic: no recent growth in fixed ...
www.exxun.com/Kenya/f_cm.html
commonly
... the flag; red and green are traditional colors in Arab flags, although the use of red is more commonly associated with the Arab states of the Persian gulf; design dates to 1912
www.exxun.com/Morocco/d_gv.html
commonly
unicameral House of Representatives - commonly called Parliament (120 seats; 69 members elected by popular vote in single-member constituencies including 7 Maori constituencies, and 51 proportional seats chosen from party lists; to ...
www.exxun.com/NewZealand/d_gv.html
commonly
Arabic (official), English commonly used as a second language
www.exxun.com/Qatar/c_pp.html
commonly
Sinhala (official and national language) 74%, Tamil (national language) 18%, other 8% note: English is commonly used in government and is spoken competently by about 10% of the population
www.exxun.com/SriLanka/c_pp.html
commonly
... white cross of Saint Andrew (patron saint of Scotland); properly known as the Union Flag, but commonly called the Union Jack; the design and colors (especially the Blue Ensign) have been the ...
www.exxun.com/UnitedKingdom/d_gv.html
commonly
... a continent total of six (or five, if the Eurasia designation is used).North America is commonly understood to include the island of Greenland, the isles of the Caribbean, and to extend ...
www.exxun.com/World/b_mp.html
commonplace
... NP 6; RED 5; UDC 5; other 6; note - defections by members of National Congress are commonplace, resulting in frequent changes in the numbers of seats held by the various parties; as ...
www.exxun.com/Ecuador/d_gv.html
Commons
... year term; following legislative elections, the leader of the majority party or the leader of the majority coalition in the House of Commons is automatically designated prime minister by the governor general
www.exxun.com/Canada/d_gv.html
Commons
... seats; consisting of approximately 500 life peers, 92 hereditary peers, and 26 clergy) and House of Commons (646 seats since 2005 elections; members are elected by popular vote to serve five-year ...
www.exxun.com/UnitedKingdom/d_gv.html
Commonwealth
... formed a colony in 1667. Slavery, established to run the sugar plantations on Antigua, was abolished in 1834. The islands became an independent state within the British Commonwealth of Nations in 1981
www.exxun.com/AntiguaandBarbuda/a_fg.html
Commonwealth
... service is available by microwave radio relay and landline connections to the other countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States, through the Moscow international switch, and by satellite to the rest of ...
www.exxun.com/Armenia/f_cm.html
Commonwealth
the laws of the Commonwealth of Australia and the laws of the Northern Territory of Australia, where applicable, apply
www.exxun.com/AshmoreandCartierIslands/d_gv.html
Commonwealth
... Six colonies were created in the late 18th and 19th centuries; they federated and became the Commonwealth of Australia in 1901. The new country took advantage of its natural resources to rapidly ...
www.exxun.com/Australia/a_fg.html
Commonwealth
... quadrant and a large seven-pointed star in the lower hoist-side quadrant known as the Commonwealth or Federation Star, representing the federation of the colonies of Australia in 1901; the star ...
www.exxun.com/Australia/d_gv.html
Commonwealth
15.4% of GDP note: The Commonwealth government eliminated its net debt in 2006, but continues a gross debt issue to support the market for risk-free securities. (2007 est.)
www.exxun.com/Australia/e_ec.html
Commonwealth
conventional long form: Commonwealth of The Bahamas conventional short form: The Bahamas
www.exxun.com/Bahamas/d_gv.html
Commonwealth
overseas territory of the UK; administered by a commissioner, resident in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in London
www.exxun.com/BritishIndianOceanTerritory/d_gv.html
Commonwealth
... province of India until 1937 when it became a separate, self-governing colony; independence from the Commonwealth was attained in 1948. Gen. NE WIN dominated the government from 1962 to 1988, first ...
www.exxun.com/Burma/a_fg.html
