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Known as the "Lawgiver" among Turks, Suleiman is regarded as a sacred character, whose rule from 1520 to 1566 marked the height of the Ottoman military, political and economic power, when it stretched from Budapest to Mecca, Algiers to Baghdad.
Reuters: Top News 2011
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Following Grotius, Rousseau recalls that when Ceres was given the title of "Lawgiver," it was to indicate that the partition of land brought with it the necessity of a new kind of law, the law of property, as distinguished from natural law.
Mises Dailies 2009
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Battle of the Planet of the Apes is the awful one with John Huston as the Lawgiver.
Top 10 Best Fourth Movies in a Franchise » Scene-Stealers 2009
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Suleiman ruled the Ottoman Empire from 1520 to 1566 at the height of its glory and is still revered as Kanuni, or Lawgiver.
Magnificent Century divides Turkish TV viewers over the life of Suleiman 2011
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Lawgiver, you need to quit sweet talking to Jeremy.
Somali pirates, U.S. crew, Rush Limbaugh, and Barack Obama. Ann Althouse 2009
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Lawgiver - What exactly did I say that you're so upset about?
"I don’t know why anyone would be so angry. We’re always helping people. It’s just a great place to be." Ann Althouse 2009
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Lawgiver - I really hate to ask this, but are you saying George.
Somali pirates, U.S. crew, Rush Limbaugh, and Barack Obama. Ann Althouse 2009
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Lawgiver - You've never made more than $30,000 a year in your life...and if you ever did, your employer got screwed.
Pirates defeated. Ann Althouse 2009
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Lawgiver said - and please...don't tell me you're actually a lawyer or remotely involved in our legal system: Of course you are you idiot.
"He's a serial exaggerator. If I was being unkind I would say he's a liar, but it's a habit he ought to drop." Ann Althouse 2009
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Lawgiver - What is with this you're "lying" thing?
"He's a serial exaggerator. If I was being unkind I would say he's a liar, but it's a habit he ought to drop." Ann Althouse 2009
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