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(Encyclopedia)World Bank: see International Bank for Reconstruction and Development. ...World Cup
(Encyclopedia)World Cup: see baseball; hockey, ice; rugby; soccer. ...world's fair
(Encyclopedia)world's fair: see exposition.world soul
(Encyclopedia)world soul, Lat. anima mundi, in philosophy, term denoting a universal spirit or soul that functions as an organizing principle. While many early Greek philosophers saw the world as of one principle, ...World's View
(Encyclopedia)World's View, Zimbabwe: see Malindidzimu Hill. ...World War I
(Encyclopedia)World War I, 1914–18, also known as the Great War, conflict, chiefly in Europe, among most of the great Western powers. It was the largest war the world had yet seen. World War I and the resul...International Criminal Court
(Encyclopedia)International Criminal Court (ICC), first permanent world court created specifically to try individuals for genocide, war crimes, crimes of aggression, and crimes against humanity, est. 2002; located ...International Court of Justice
(Encyclopedia)International Court of Justice, principal judicial organ of the United Nations, established 1946 by chapter 14 of the UN Charter. It superseded the Permanent Court of International Justice (see World ...Permanent Court of International Justice
(Encyclopedia)Permanent Court of International Justice: see World Court. ...Exchequer, Court of
(Encyclopedia)Exchequer, Court of ĕkschĕkˈər, ĕksˈchĕkˌər [key], in English history, governmental agency. It originated after the Norman Conquest as a financial committee of the Curia Regis. By the reign o...Browse by Subject
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