Rule in Howe v Earl of Dartmouth — The rule in Howe v Earl of Dartmouth (1802) 7 Ves 137 is a rule of equity in relation to the duties of a trustee in relation to a trust fund where there are successive interests in relation to the trust fund, and seeks to strike a fair balance… … Wikipedia
Rule of three (writing) — For other uses, see Rule of Three. The Three Bears The rule of three is a principle in writing that suggests that things that come in threes are inherently funnier, more satisfying, or more effective than other numbers of things. The… … Wikipedia
Simpson's rule — can be derived by approximating the integrand f (x) (in blue) by the quadratic interpolant P (x) (in red). In numerical analysis, Simpson s rule is a method for numerical integration, the numerical approximation of definite integrals.… … Wikipedia
Trapezoidal rule — This article is about the quadrature rule for approximating integrals. For the Explicit trapezoidal rule for solving initial value problems, see Heun s method. The function f(x) (in blue) is approximated by a linear function (in red). In… … Wikipedia
John Atkinson, Baron Atkinson — John Atkinson, Baron Atkinson, (13 December, 1844 ndash; March 13, 1932) was an Irish politician and British judge. He was born at Drogheda, County Louth, the eldest son of Edward Atkinson, a physician, of Glenwilliam Castle, County Limerick and… … Wikipedia
Hartwick's rule — In resource economics, Hartwick s Rule defines the amount of investment in produced capital (buildings, roads, knowledge stocks, etc.) that is needed to exactly offset declining stocks of non renewable resources. This investment is undertaken so… … Wikipedia
Norman Atkinson — (born 25 March 1923) is a British politician who served as Labour Member of Parliament for the London constituency of Tottenham from 1964 until 1987. Manchester born, Atkinson was educated at technical school and became a design engineer at… … Wikipedia
Tweddle v. Atkinson — (1861),1 B. S. 393; 121 E.R. 762 was a British court case that served to establish the principle of privity of contract in English law.The Plaintiff was the son of the late John Tweddle. Tweddle had arranged with late William Guy that a marriage… … Wikipedia
Hobson, John Atkinson — (1858–1940) John Hobson, an economist, political commentator, and activist, formulated what has been probably the single most influential theory of imperialism in his volume Imperialism: A Study (1902). Hobson was the son of a Derbyshire… … Encyclopedia of the Age of Imperialism, 1800–1914
List of law topics (N-R) — NOTOC Law [From Old English lagu something laid down or fixed ; legal comes from Latin legalis , from lex law , statute ( [http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=law searchmode=none Law] , Online Etymology Dictionary; [http://www.m… … Wikipedia
