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Nairnshire

(Encyclopedia)Nairnshire or Nairn, former county, NE Scotland. Under the Local Government Act of 1973, Nairnshire became (1975) part of the new Highland region (now a council area). ...

Ross and Cromarty

(Encyclopedia)Ross and Cromarty, former county, N Scotland. Under the Local Government Act of 1973, Ross and Cromarty was divided between the new Highland and Western Isles regions (now council areas). ...

civil rights

(Encyclopedia)civil rights, rights that a nation's inhabitants enjoy by law. The term is broader than “political rights,” which refer only to rights devolving from the franchise and are held usually only by a c...

Dumfriesshire

(Encyclopedia)Dumfriesshire or Dumfries, former county, SW Scotland. Under the Local Government Act of 1973, Dumfriesshire became (1975) part of the new Dumfries and Galloway region (now a council area). ...

Kirkcudbrightshire

(Encyclopedia)Kirkcudbrightshire or Kirkcudbright, former county, SW Scotland. Under the Local Government Act of 1973, Kirkcudbrightshire became (1975) part of the new Dumfries and Galloway region (now a council ar...

Wigtownshire

(Encyclopedia)Wigtownshire or Wigtown, former county, SW Scotland. Under the Local Government Act of 1973, Wigtownshire became (1975) part of the new Dumfries and Galloway region (now a council area). ...

Roxburghshire

(Encyclopedia)Roxburghshire or Roxburgh, former county, S Scotland. Under the Local Government Act of 1973, Roxburghshire became (1975) part of the new Borders region (now the Scottish Borders council area). ...

Selkirkshire

(Encyclopedia)Selkirkshire or Selkirk, former county, SE Scotland. Under the Local Government Act of 1973, Selkirkshire became (1975) part of the new Borders region (now the Scottish Borders council area). ...

Darién Scheme

(Encyclopedia)Darién Scheme, Scottish project to establish a colony on the Isthmus of Panama (Darién). In 1695, the Scottish Parliament passed an act that chartered a company for trading with Africa and the Indie...

Environmental Protection Agency

(Encyclopedia)Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), independent agency of the U.S. government, with headquarters in Washington, D.C. It was established in 1970 to reduce and control air and water pollution, noise ...