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1819 in Scotland

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1819 in Scotland From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to navigation Jump to search ← 1818 1817 1816 1815 1814 1819 in Scotland → 1820 1821 1822 1823 1824 Centuries: 17th 18th 19th 20th 21st Decades: 1790s 1800s 1810s 1820s 1830s See also: List of years in Scotland Timeline of Scottish history 1819 in: The UK • England • Wales • Ireland • Elsewhere Events from the year 1819 in Scotland . Contents 1 Incumbents 1.1 Law officers 1.2 Judiciary 2 Events 3 Births 4 Deaths 5 The arts 6 See also 7 References Incumbents [ edit ] Further information: Politics of Scotland and Order of precedence in Scotland Monarch – George III Law officers [ edit ] Lord Advocate – Alexander Maconochie; then Sir William Rae, Bt Solicitor General for Scotland – James Wedderburn Judiciary [ edit ] Lord Presi

No man's land

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This article is about the general concept of "no man's land". . For specific things named "No Man's Land", see No Man's Land (disambiguation). An aerial photograph showing opposing trenches and no man's land between Loos and Hulluch during World War I No man's land is land that is unoccupied or is under dispute between parties who leave it unoccupied due to fear or uncertainty. The term was originally used to define a contested territory or a dumping ground for refuse between fiefdoms. [1] In modern times, it is commonly associated with World War I to describe the area of land between two enemy trench systems, which neither side wished to cross or seize due to fear of being attacked by the enemy in the process. [2] Contents 1 Origin 2 World War I 3 Cold War 4 Israel–Jordan 5 Oklahoma Panhandle 6 See also 7 References Origin According to Alasdair Pinkerton, an expert in human geography at the

1817 in Scotland

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1817 in Scotland From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to navigation Jump to search ← 1816 1815 1814 1813 1812 1817 in Scotland → 1818 1819 1820 1821 1822 Centuries: 17th 18th 19th 20th 21st Decades: 1790s 1800s 1810s 1820s 1830s See also: List of years in Scotland Timeline of Scottish history 1817 in: The UK • Wales • Ireland • Elsewhere Events from the year 1817 in Scotland . Contents 1 Incumbents 1.1 Law officers 1.2 Judiciary 2 Events 3 Births 4 Deaths 5 The arts 6 See also 7 References Incumbents [ edit ] Further information: Politics of Scotland and Order of precedence in Scotland Monarch – George III Law officers [ edit ] Lord Advocate – Alexander Maconochie Solicitor General for Scotland – James Wedderburn Judiciary [ edit ] Lord President of the Court of Session – Lord