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parent company — a corporation or other business enterprise that owns controlling interests in one or more subsidiary companies (distinguished from holding company). [1865 70] * * * parent company noun A company that holds the majority of the shares of another… …   Useful english dictionary

Natural-born-citizen clause of the U.S. Constitution — Part of the constitutional provision as it appeared in 1787 Status as a natural born citizen of the United States is one of the eligibility requirements established in the United States Constitution for election to the office of President or Vice …   Wikipedia

Reserve clause — The reserve clause is a term formerly employed in North American professional sports contracts. The reserve clause , contained in all standard player contracts, stated that, upon the contract s expiration the rights to the player were to be… …   Wikipedia

Hell or high water clause — A hell or high water clause is a clause in a contract, usually a lease, which provides that the payments must continue irrespective of any difficulties which the paying party may encounter (usually in relation to the operation of the leased… …   Wikipedia

Grandfather clause — A grandfather clause is a term used in U.S. English for an exception that allows an old rule to continue to apply to some existing situations, when a new rule will apply to all future situations. It is often used as a verb: to grandfather means… …   Wikipedia

Nominative case — The nominative case (abbreviated nom) is one of the grammatical cases of a noun or other part of speech, which generally marks the subject of a verb or the predicate noun or predicate adjective, as opposed to its object or other verb arguments.… …   Wikipedia

List of newspaper comic strips A-L — Parent article: List of comic strips; Siblings: A L • M Z0 9* 13, rue de l espoir (1959 1972) by Paul Gillon, Jacques Gall and Francois Gall (France) * 9 Chickweed Lane (1993 ) by Brooke McEldowney (USA) * 9 to 5 (1990 ) by Harley Schwadron (USA) …   Wikipedia

Prolog — infobox programming language paradigm = Logic programming year = 1972 designer = Alain Colmerauer implementations = BProlog, ECLiPSe, Ciao Prolog, GNU Prolog, Quintus, SICStus, Strawberry, SWI Prolog, YAP Prolog, tuProlog dialects = ISO Prolog,… …   Wikipedia

Birthright citizenship in the United States — For laws regarding U.S. citizenship, see United States nationality law. For U.S. citizenship (birthright and naturalized), see Citizenship in the United States. Birthright citizenship in the United States refers to a person s acquisition of… …   Wikipedia

Schools — • History and development of education as related to the church Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Schools     Schools     † …   Catholic encyclopedia

Ages of consent in South America — The ages of consent for sexual activity vary by jurisdiction across South America. The specific activity engaged in or the gender of its participants can also be affected by the law. Below is a discussion of the various laws dealing with this… …   Wikipedia