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prefect
In ancient Rome, any of various high officials primarily with judicial and administrative responsibilities. In the early republic, a prefect of the city (praefectus urbi) took over the consuls' duties during their absence from Rome. They lost some importance after the introduction of praetors (mid-4th cent. BC). Augustus revitalized the office when he appointed five prefects to supervise the city government, the fire brigade, the grain supply, and the Praetorian Guard. The praetorian prefects acquired great power and often became virtual prime ministers.
privet
Any of about 40-50 species of shrubs and small trees in the genus Ligustrum of the olive family that are widely used for hedges, screens, and ornamental plantings. Native to Europe, Asia, Australia, and the Mediterranean, these evergreen or deciduous plants have usually oval, smooth-edged leaves; creamy-white, often odorous clusters of flowers; and black berries. The hardy common privet (L. vulgare), native to NE Europe and Britain and naturalized in NE N. America, is used widely as a hedge plant. Mock privets belong to the genus Phillyrea (same family) and bear small, bright-red fruits that turn purple-black as they mature.
property
In law, something that is owned or possessed. Concepts of property vary widely among cultures. In Western society, it is generally regarded as either tangible (e.g., land or goods) or intangible (e.g., stocks and bonds or a patent). Individual ownership of property is emphasized in the West, whereas in many non-Western societies property ownership is de-emphasized or conceived on a more strictly communal basis. The use of property is extensively regulated throughout the West. Landowners injured by adjoining land uses may sue in nuisance in the Anglo-Amer. countries; similar actions exist in civil-law countries. Throughout the West, property may be acquired in various ways. "Occupancy" allows one to become the owner of property formerly not owned by anyone. A far more common means of acquiring property is by transfer from the previous owner or owners. Such transfers include sales, donations, and inheritance. See also adverse possession, community property, easement, intellectual property, prescription, real and personal property.
Provence
Historical and cultural region, SE coastal France. It was part of Roman Gallia Narbonensis. With the breakdown of the Roman empire in the late 5th cent., it was invaded successively by the Visigoths, Burgundians, and Ostrogoths. It came under the rule of the Franks c.536. During the 13th cent. it was involved in the Albigensian Crusade. It was united with the French crown in 1481. Its language, Provenç al, was important in medieval literature, and its Romanesque architecture was an outstanding cultural achievement of the Middle Ages. It suffered in the 16th-cent. Wars of Religion. In 1790, during the French Revolution, it lost its political ...
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