common
floods and landslides are common; earthquakes, tsunamis, tropical cyclones
www.exxun.com/EastTimor/b_mp.html
common
based on English common law; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
www.exxun.com/Tonga/d_gv.html
common
based on English common law; judicial review of legislative acts in the Supreme Court; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
www.exxun.com/TrinidadandTobago/d_gv.html
common
in 1995, the government restored the legal system to one based on English common law and customary law; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction, with reservations
www.exxun.com/Uganda/d_gv.html
common
based on common law tradition with early Roman and modern continental influences; has nonbinding judicial review of Acts of Parliament under the Human Rights Act of 1998; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction, with ...
www.exxun.com/UnitedKingdom/d_gv.html
common
... system, of which all but one (Louisiana, which is still influenced by the Napoleonic Code) is based on English common law; judicial review of legislative acts; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
www.exxun.com/UnitedStates/d_gv.html
common
... Australia into a "land mass" termed Oceania or Australasia. Although the above groupings are the most common, different continental dispositions are recognized or taught in certain parts of the world, with some ...
www.exxun.com/World/b_mp.html
common
... an economic point of view, are becoming further marginalized. The introduction of the euro as the common currency of much of Western Europe in January 1999, while paving the way for an ...
www.exxun.com/World/e_ec.html
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
