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2. Invitation to treat - Wikipedia

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   For example, where an offer is made in response to an invitation to treat, the offer may incorporate the terms of the invitation to treat (unless the offer expressly incorporates different terms). If, as in the Boots case (described below) the offer is made by an action without any negotiations—such as presenting goods to a cashier—the ...

3. Vice President of the United States - Wikipedia

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   As the vice president's role within the executive branch has expanded, the legislative branch role has contracted; for example, vice presidents now preside over the Senate only infrequently. [11] The role of the vice presidency has changed dramatically since the office was created during the 1787 Constitutional Convention.

4. Abrahamic religions - Wikipedia

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   The term Abrahamic religions (and its variations) is a collective religious descriptor for elements shared by Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. [9] It features prominently in interfaith dialogue and political discourse, but also has entered Academic discourse.

5. Piyyut - Wikipedia

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   The earliest piyyuṭim date from the Talmudic (c. 70 – c. 500 CE) [citation needed] and Geonic periods (c. 600 – c. 1040). [citation needed] They were "overwhelmingly from the Land of Israel or its neighbor Syria, because only there was the Hebrew language sufficiently cultivated that it could be managed with stylistic correctness, and only there could it be made to speak so expressively."

6. Invitations to the first inauguration of Barack Obama - Wikipedia

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   The invitation reads, "The Presidential Inaugural Committee requests the honor of your presence to attend and participate in the Inauguration of Barack H. Obama as President of the United States of America and Joseph R. Biden Jr. as Vice President of the United States of America on Tuesday, the twentieth of January two thousand and nine in the ...

7. Performative utterance - Wikipedia

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   The initial examples of performative sentences Austin gives are these: "I do (sc. take this woman to be my lawful wedded wife)" – as uttered in the course of a marriage ceremony. "I name this ship the Queen Elizabeth" "I give and bequeath my watch to my brother" – as occurring in a will "I bet you sixpence it will rain tomorrow" (Austin ...