Category
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wealth tax
levy on the total value of personal assets, including owner-occupied housing; cash, bank deposits, money funds, and savings in insurance and pension plans
maquis
World War Two French resistance groups
contravention
In civil law, a contravention is a lesser offense, similar to an infraction or civil penalty in common law countries.
upper middle class
social group constituted by higher status members of the middle class
Patent Law Treaty
treaty
gayphobia
fear, dislike, or hatred of gay men or male homosexuality
communal oven
feudal institution in medieval France
school for the deaf
school specializing in educating deaf and hard-of-hearing students
buildings archaeology
archaeological sub-discipline