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  World of Therra - Intelligence on House Mercur
Nevertheless, House Coppi and its members were content, for in the course of a single century, they had risen from a family of farmers into a prosperous noble household of the growing Imperium.
And so for another two centuries House Coppi flourished, it being one of the leading families in the Empire and its fortunes waxing or waning as noble houses tend to do, but always with a du Coppi in the Imperial senate and present in a seat of honour at the coronation of a new Emperor.
But the House is now a staunch ally of House Riverine, one of several noble families allied with the merchant house and which allow Riverine access to some of the avenues and privileges of the nobility that are denied, formally, to the merchant houses.
www.devinweb.com /housecoppi.htm   (1627 words)

  
 Swedenborg in the House of Nobles   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The subject of Swedenborg's work in the House of Nobles is peculiarly appropriate at this time, when service to the country is uppermost in the thoughts.
That Swedenborg was a member of the House of Nobles is, of course, known, but not much is known as to his work there, or his contributions to the settlement of current political questions.
Later, in 1723, Swedenborg presented to the House of Nobles a Memorial advocating the establishment of rolling or steel mills in Sweden.
www.newchurchhistory.org /awa1942.htm   (3371 words)

  
 Encyclopedia of Arda: Royal House of Gondor   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The extended house of the nobles and royalty of Gondor, descended from its first Kings.
The house included the Kings of Gondor and their heirs, of course, but also their siblings and their descendants.
The descendants of the House of Húrin, who would eventually take on the hereditary Stewardship of the realm, were noted as being of high Númenórean blood, but they were not members of the Royal House itself.
www.encyclopedia-of-arda.com /r/royalhouse.html   (245 words)

  
 ArmageddonMUD - RP - Allanak Nobles   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Nobles are exempt from all laws of Allanak, with the exception of rioting or massing forces against the city-state.
Nobles can, and often do, take concubines and catamites from the ranks of the common folk when an especially attractive individual catches their eye, and the position of such individuals is comparable to that of other influential house servants.
Noble marriages are only in extremely rare cases prompted by romantic considerations; the majority are carefully thought out political or economic alliances planned by the elder members of the house and are accompanied by formal contracts setting out dowries, inheritances, and obligations.
www.armageddon.org /general/noble.html   (2317 words)

  
 CtS: Ch3 - Government   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The Assembly is the legislative branch and is composed of three houses: The House of Nobles, The House of Law, and The House of Men.
The House of Nobles is composed of the holders of the titles of the 'Greater Nobility,' mostly Dukes but the most powerful of the Barons also hold seats.
The House of Law is split evenly by law into seats reserved for clergy chosen from the Old Religion and secular seats which are further split between delegates representing the military and a number of seats which are acquired through purchase by private citizens or corporations.
web.utk.edu /~efeger/CtS/ch3-gov.html   (618 words)

  
 Roleplaying >> Palladium >> World Expansion >> House Azazel
The House of Azazel is an ancient Elven house, one of the few still in existence due to the Elf-Dwarf War.
Though some of the nobles refused to contaminate their bloodline, others were forced to face the facts in order to perpetuate their species in a time where they were faced with a very real possibility of extinction.
In more recent years, the noble has been allowed to stay, but must remain out of the public eye (often the attending healer is killed to silence him or her).
www.mymegaverse.org /Games/Palladium/Fantasy/World/azazel.shtm   (2688 words)

  
 Kingdom of Hawaii Constitution of 1852   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Each House shall be the judge of the qualifications of its own members, and a majority of each shall constitute a quorum to do business: but a small number may adjourn from day to day, and compel the attendance of absent members, in such manner and under such penalties as each House may provide.
Each House shall keep a journal of its proceedings, and the yeas and nays of the members of either House, on any question, shall, at the desire of one fifth of those present, be entered on the journal.
The House of Representatives shall be the grand inquest of the Kingdom; and all impeachments made by them shall be heard and tried by the House of Nobles.
www.alohaquest.com /archive/constitution_1852.htm   (3104 words)

  
 The House of Royals
This house holds the future Kings of the land and is the communications hub for all ELS that have Icq.
This is the High Lord of the Council of Lords he rules over the House of Lords and Nobles, and represents the views and wishes of the largest houses in the kingdom to his fellow Royals and his Emperor.
While his house may never be as large as other houses in the realm it is none the less considered to be just as if not more important then some, for his house deals with external affairs that could well fore tell the success of the kingdom or its ruin.
erosrex.tripod.com /ELS/id3.html   (3193 words)

  
 Those Who Rule: Nobles
House Decados is a long-standing rival to House Hawkwood.
Now, House Li Halen is the House most closely allied with the Universal Church, and the most pious of all the noble families.
Nobles of this house are keenly interested in exotic goods and the lure of adventure, but have also developed an excellent sense of political strategy.
www.bcholmes.org /fading_suns/nobles.html   (572 words)

  
 Re-establishing the Hawaiian Government   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The lawfully appointed members to the House of Nobles were prevented from reconvening after the 1886 Legislative Session until the death of Queen Lili‘uokalani on November 11, 1917.
House of Nobles), the remaining class, being the Tenants, is the only class capable of reconvening the Hawaiian Legislature as the House of Representatives, to elect by ballot a "permanent" Regent or Council of Regency in accordance with Article 33 of the Constitution of 1864.
House of Representatives) shall hereafter convene to confirm or amend this appointment in accordance with Article 33 of the Constitution of 1864.
www.alohaquest.com /arbitration/re-establishing.htm   (1035 words)

  
 The Heraldry Society of Sweden
In the house of nobles, created in 1626, the nobility was divided into three classes; The Master classes: Counts and Viscounts, being members of the council and with hereditary titles; The Knights class (descendents of counsellors before 1626) and the Svenne class (lower nobility).
Through the statutes of the house of nobles the legal grounds for nobility was established.
The house of nobility lost their last privileges and political influences in 2003 and is today considered an exclusive society for nobles.
www.heraldik.se /english_3.html   (1330 words)

  
 Nobles
Of the many noble houses throughout the Known Worlds, five have achieved prominence and effectively rule most of the Human Space -- under their new Emperor, of course.
The life of a noble is not the leisurely idyll one might expect: there are fiefs to manage, rivals to crush and wars to wage.
House Hawkwood is more beloved by its vassals than any other house, for they treat them fairly and with justice.
www.holistic-design.com /FS/Universe/Nobles.htm   (588 words)

  
 B.C.'s RPGs: The Empire of the Thirteen Nobility
The highest nobles in the Empire are the house nobles -- people who come from old families that have held noble titles for many generations.
The Emperor or the Archduke is allowed to appoint a duty noble (generally a Baron) to govern a fief or holding on behalf of the nobility.
House Diilgar provides stipends and pays off the debts of the poorer house, and in exchange, the poorer house designates some of its noble titles to Diilgar heirs.
www.bcholmes.org /rpgs/EmpireNobles.html   (706 words)

  
 The Kingdom of Eternia Myst | Charters   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The House of Nobles encompasses the Union Overseers, each peerage of the Nobility, as well as the Royalty.
Members of this House will often be called upon by the Royalty for advisement or opinions on upcoming laws and situations that may be occuring in the kingdom.
Moreover, a Noble may denounce his or her title at any time to return to the union.
members.aol.com /icyfacade/eternia/charters.htm   (616 words)

  
 Nobles of Amber   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
His house is the least prosperous, and he himself is lacking in strength, character, and wit.
The land to the east of Norward is rocky and unsuitable for agriculture.
Gavin, the elder of the two, by some minutes, is of even temperment, and rumored to be something of a master cocksman (his own words), generally considered to be devious and somewhat suspect.
home.comcast.net /~mad_dworkin/amber/foundations/nobles_of_amber.htm   (551 words)

  
 House of Nobles - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
House of Nobles - a political institution in the Kingdom of Hawaii
House of Nobles - an alternate name for the House of Knights, a corporation of the Swedish nobility
This is a disambiguation page: a list of articles associated with the same title.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/House_of_Nobles   (119 words)

  
 Riksdag of the Estates
In 1612 the meeting decided to give the nobility the privilege and right to hold all higher offices of government, after successful lobbying by Axel Oxenstierna.
At the Riksdag in 1680 a large scale reduction (a return of lands to the Crown earlier granted to the nobility) was decided.
Until that time it retained a quasi-official role as the representation of the nobility, and was regulated by government.
www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/riksdag_of_the_estates   (502 words)

  
 HELSINGFORS - LoveToKnow Article on HELSINGFORS   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Other public institutions are the Athenaeum, with picture gallery, a Swedish theatre and opera house, a Finnish theatre, the Archives, the Senate House, the Nobles House (Riddarhuset) and the House of the Estates, the German (Lutheran) church and the Russian church.
Some of the scientific societies of Helsingfors have a wide repute, such as the academy of sciences, the geographical, historical, Finno-Ugrian, biblical, medical, law, arts and forestry societies, as also societies for the spread of popular education and of arts and crafts.
His noble portraits of the burgomaster Bicker and Andreas Bicker the younger, in the gallery of Amsterdam, of the same date no doubt as Bickers wife lately in the Ruhl collection at Cologne, were completed in 1642.
www.87.1911encyclopedia.org /H/HE/HELSINGFORS.htm   (1206 words)

  
 HUI KALAIAINA   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The Blount Report is actually 1/3 of the House Foreign Relations Committee Report of 1894, officially titled "Affairs in Hawaii." It was prepared by Representative James H. Blount, who was sent by President Grover Cleveland to assess conditions in Hawaii after the Hawaiian Republic had been forcibly taken over by the "Committee of Safety," i.e.
The number of nobles was 20 and the number of representatives were 28, and these, constituting one body, enacted the laws.
Practically this vested the power of electing nobles in the white population, or, as it is sometimes termed, the reform party.
home1.gte.net /kakaukii/hkblount.html   (1759 words)

  
 The Houses of the Drow
Nobles of this house often wonder the streets of Ched Nasad specifically to look for or cause trouble.
House Mistrizia is not a powerful house by sword or by magic, but rather by rumor and lies.
The houses entire drow soldier force is undead, resurrected by their house wizard.
www.geocities.com /Area51/Labyrinth/5637/Clanpage28.html   (239 words)

  
 House Gwydion
Indeed, although many of this house would rather die than admit to it, when a noble of House Gwydion cannot best a rival by honorable means, he is apt to lapse into his Unseelie demeanor until he finds a way to come out on top.
Nobles of House Eiluned never tire of challenging the House of High Summer, seeing their vainglorious ways as an invitation for a come-uppance.
Whenever their honor is creditably challenged, and also when Wounded, nobles of the House of High Summer must make a Willpower Roll at a difficulty of 5, or fall into a fit of rage, attacking anyone nearby whether friend or foe.
www.fortunecity.com /rivendell/rhydin/111/gwydion.htm   (696 words)

  
 Farm House Villa Selvatico - English
During the XII and the XIII Century the castle owners were the rich and powerful Speronella Dalesmanin and her shameful son Jacopo da Sant'Andrea, who was even mentioned in Dante's "Inferno" (Divina Commedia), XIII Canto.
This pre-palladian Villa is a typical patrician country house, where the nobles used to spend their summer vacation and from where they used to control their land properties.
More than fifty villas were built along the river from the XVI Century to the XVIII Century by the Venetian nobles, nowadays some of these villas, designed by architects such as Palladio, Scamozzi, Frigimelica and painted by artists such as Benedetto Caliari, Jacopo Guarana, the Tiepolos, are visitable.
www.villaselvatico.com /english/la_villa.html   (659 words)

  
 The House of Lords
Indeed this house has since spawned many great Healers that are no strangers to the art of the mace or the art of war.
This house has since moved from being one of relative obscurity to be a member of the crowns main attacking force, healing their allies while vanquishing their enemies!
The elder of this house is greatly respected and sometimes even feared by even those in the house of Royals.
erosrex.tripod.com /ELS/id5.html   (2699 words)

  
 House Officials
The House Bard is also responsible for assisting any members of the house that are part of the glirdain.
If the house bard believes someone in the house is ready to be promoted in the Glirdain they should inform the househeads so they can rally on said person's behalf.
Basically if the house is to have involvement with the Crafters guild you go to the house crafter first.
armiel.tripod.com /raav/id14.html   (804 words)

  
 Mark Twain in Sacramento Union - #12
The handful of Nobles and Ministers, being backed by the King and acting as his mouth pieces, outweigh the common multitude on the other side of the House, and carry things pretty much their own way.
It is well enough, for even if the Representatives were to assert their strength and override the Nobles and pass a law which did not suit the King, his Majesty would veto the measure and that would be the end of it, for there is no passing a bill over his veto.
The Nobles are able, educated, fine-looking man, who do not talk often, but when they do they generally say something - a remark which will not apply to all their white associates in the same house.
www.twainquotes.com /18660620u.html   (1722 words)

  
 Hawaiian Kingdom Arbitration - Re-establishing the Hawaiian Government
The King represented the vested right of the Government class, the House of Nobles represented the vested right of the Chiefly class, and the House of Representatives represented the vested rights of the native Tenant class.
In 1851, the Hawaiian Kingdom Legislature passed a resolution calling for the appointment of three commissioners, one to be chosen by the King, one by the House of Nobles, and one by the House of Representatives, whose duty was to revise the Constitution of 1840.
The Convention was not comprised of delegates elected by the people with the specific task of altering the constitution, but rather their elected officials serving in the House of Representatives, together with the House of Nobles and the King in Privy Council.
www.alohaquest.com /arbitration/constitutional_government.htm   (2655 words)

  
 house
One day I painted my house tejano colors; the next day, my house is in all the news, cars swarming by, families having their photos taken in front of my purple casita as if it were the Alamo.
No famous architect designed the houses of the tejanos, and there are no books in the San Antonio Conservation Society library about houses of the working-class community, no photos romanticizing their poverty, no ladies' auxiliary working toward preserving their presence.
My purple house colors are not deemed historically appropriate because "there is no evidence or documentation these colors were ever used in King William.'' But if the HDRC is true to its word, oral testimonies should count as evidence.
bbs.nobles.edu /~Kate_Boyle/house.html   (1178 words)

  
 Houses of ELSe
This house is chaired by the Grand Lord and is overseen by the House of Royals and by certain members of the House of Seers.
This House is the house of spirituality and is made up of both advisors to individual Royals as well as advisors to some of the different Kingdoms in the land.
He is most often the personal advisor to the Emperor and he insures that all in his house are content with their rolls or if they seek to quest for high roles within the Kingdom.
erosrex.tripod.com /ELS/id4.html   (1246 words)

  
 House Eiluned
Indeed, if a lord or lady of House Eiluned is unable to penetrate a mystery through Seelie modes of inquiry, they are said to be able to willingly bring their Unseelie nature to the fore in order to investigate by other means.
The Duchess Evelenau, to whom Rowan-Oak's countess owes fealty, is of this house, and although aloof her influence over county affairs is considerable.
Nobles of House Eiluned hold one freehold in the fealty to the countess, and share the rule of another.
www.fortunecity.com /rivendell/rhydin/111/eiluned.htm   (542 words)

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