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reprobation/reprimand/censure of nobility, also translated by Norman Davies as Test of Nobility was a legal procedure of the revocation of nobility in the Polish–Lithuanian...

often been an estate of the realm with many exclusive functions and characteristics. The characteristics associated with nobility may constitute substantial...

Russian nobility or dvoryanstvo (Russian: дворянство) arose in the Middle Ages. In 1914, it consisted of approximately 1,900,000 members, out of a total...

False titles of nobility or royal title scams are claimed titles of social rank that have been fabricated or assumed by an individual or family without...

accepts a real duel. Each Duelist was given a rose crest ring by the End of the World. Utena also has a rose crest, but hers came from a prince she met...

test may be administered verbally, on paper, on a computer, or in a predetermined area that requires a test taker to demonstrate or perform a set of skills...

called a prova di nobiltà, a "test of nobility". This was particularly required of Venetian colonial elite in outlying regions of the Venetian thalassocracy...

This is a list of fictional nobility that have appeared in various works of fiction. This list is organized by noble rank and limited to well-referenced...

Clause 8 of the United States Constitution, that prohibits the federal government from granting titles of nobility, and restricts members of the federal...

lowest grantable rank of nobility, and the basic unit of rank progression. For example, a yunjiwei who received another grant of yunjiwei became a jiduwei...

James II, effective head of the Catholic nobility, at whom it was largely aimed. In Scotland, a religious test was imposed immediately after the Reformation...

1479, and Malta became part of the Spanish Empire. Meanwhile, Malta's administration fell in the hands of local nobility who formed a governing body called...

extraction, he speedily made his way to the top of his profession. The camaraderie of the ring has but one test – ability." Another great circus performer...

territories. The classes of the order became Knight, Commander, Commander by Number, and Grand Cross. The concession and tests of nobility was suppressed in...

authorities provided that it did not cause any "breach of the Sabbath". It is believed that the nobility in general adopted cricket at this time through involvement...

series which ran from September 19, 1962 until March 24, 1971, with a total of 249 episodes across nine seasons. It aired on NBC in color and starred James...

 568–569. Séguin 1990, p. 370. Beale, Lauren. "Test The Waters At A 19th Century Chateau In The Spa Town Of Vichy, France". Forbes. Retrieved 10 October...

this lineage carried out tests of nobility and cleanliness of blood to enter the various military orders, preferably those of Santiago, Montesa and Alcántara...

Germaine of Foix (c. 1488 – 15 October 1536) was an early modern French noblewoman from the House of Foix. By marriage to King Ferdinand II of Aragon,...

or "baroness" is a rank of the ancient nobility of the Baronage of Scotland, and a title of honour, and refers to the holder of a barony, formerly a feudal...