Search results for: “secret society”
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Adoption Society
English Legal System: Adoption SocietyIn the context of the English law, A Dictionary of Law provides the following legal concept of Adoption Society : A group of people organized to make arrangements for the *adoption of children. Adoption societies must be approved by the Secretary of State […]
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Orangemen
Grammar This term is a noun. Etimology of Orangemen (You may find Orangemen at the world legal encyclopedia and the etimology of more terms). secret society founded 1795 in Belfast to promote Protestant power in Northern Ireland, named for William of Orange (who became King William III of […]
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Ku Klux Klan
A secret society, the membership of which is limited to white men, against which legislation has been directed on account of alleged anti-Negro and anti-Semitic practices. …
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Anti-mason
Grammar This term is a noun. Etimology of Anti-mason (You may find Anti-Mason at the world legal encyclopedia and the etimology of more terms). by 1928 in reference to a U.S. third political party formed in opposition to elites and for a time powerful in the mid-Atlantic states, from anti- […]
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Know-nothing
Grammar This term is a noun. Etimology of Know-nothing (You may find know-nothing at the world legal encyclopedia and the etimology of more terms). 1827, “ignoramus,” from know (verb) + nothing. As a U.S. nativist political party, active 1853-56, the name refers to the secret […]
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International Organisation
Hierarchical Display of International organisation International Relations > International affairsInternational Organisations > Extra-European organisations > African organisationInternational Organisations > World organisations > World organisationInternational Organisations > […]