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| dr. capacité {f} juridique | legal capacity [capacity to be a subject of legal rights and duties] | |
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| statutaire {adj} | statutory [regulations, rights, duties, penalty] | |
| hist. pol. Grand Privilège {m} des Pays de par-deçà [1477] | Great Privilege [an instrument signed by Mary of Burgundy in 1477, following death of her father at Battle of Nancy. It reconfirmed the rights of Flanders, Brabant, Hainaut, and Holland] | |
| hist. pol. doge {m} | Doge [elected lord and Chief of State in several Italian city-states, notably Venice and Genoa, during the medieval and renaissance periods] | |
| cuis. piperade {f} | piperade [typical Gascon and Basque dish prepared with onion, green peppers, and tomatoes sautéd and flavoured with red Espelette pepper] | |
| cuis. canelé {m} | [small French pastry flavored with rum and vanilla with a soft and tender custard center and a dark, thick caramelized crust] | |
| déserter | to desert [from the military, one's duties etc.] | |
| hist. pol. traités {m.pl} de Stockholm [1719 et 1720] | Treaties of Stockholm [1719 and 1720] [ending the war between Sweden and an alliance of Hanover and Prussia] | |
| géogr. Antilles {f.pl} | Antilles [archipelago bordered by the Caribbean Sea to the south and west, the Gulf of Mexico to the northwest, and the Atlantic Ocean to the north and east] | |
| géogr. hist. pol. duché {m} de Parme et Plaisance [1545-1802 and 1814-1858] | Duchy of Parma [1545-1802 and 1814-1858] [also: Duchy of Parma and Piacenza] [a historic state in northern Italy] | |
| hist. pol. traité {m} de Madrid [1526] | Treaty of Madrid [signed in 1526 by King Francis I of France and Charles, Holy Roman Emperor. Francis renounced all his claims in Italy, Flanders, and Artois, and surrendered Burgundy to Charles] | |
| outrepasser qc. [droits, pouvoir] | to overstep sth. [rights, powers] | |
| hist. mil. pol. bataille {f} de Nancy [1477] | Battle of Nancy [in 1477, the final and decisive battle in the Burgundian Wars. The Duke of Burgundy was defeated and killed by Lorraine and Swiss forces (funded by France)] | |
| cuis. baeckeoffe {m} | [casserole dish that is typical in Alsace with sliced potatoes and onions, marinated cubed mutton, beef, and pork] | |
| dr. faillir à qc. | to impinge on sth. [rights, perogatives, etc.] | |
| cuis. roux {m} | roux [flour and fat cooked together and used to thicken sauces] | |
| cuis. pissaladière {f} | [Speciality of Ligurian and Nice cusine] [flatbread with toppings usually of caramelised onions, black olives, and anchovies] | |
| supplice {m} du collier | necklacing [forcing a rubber tyre drenched with petrol around a victim's chest and arms, and setting it on fire] | |
| hist. Piste {f} des larmes | Trail of Tears [ethnic cleansing and forced displacement of the "Five Civilized Tribes" between 1830 and 1850 by the US government] | |
| cuis. cinq à sept {m} [can.] [fam.] | afternoon get-together [in Quebec] [similar to a happy hour, cocktail party, or wine and cheese, held approximately between 5 and 7 p.m.] | |
| relig. marabout {m} | marabout [Muslim religious leader and teacher in West Africa, and (historically) in the Maghreb] | |
| hist. pol. guelfes {m.pl} | Guelphs [faction supporting the Pope in 12C and 13C in the Italian city-states of Central and Northern Italy] | |
| cuis. potée {f} | potée [soup or stew pork and vegetables, most frequently, cabbage and potatoes of which choucroute is the most characteristic] | |
| hist. pol. gibelins {m.pl} | Ghibellines [faction supporting the Holy Roman Emperor in 12C and 13C in the Italian city-states of Central and Northern Italy] | |
| myth. Parques {f.pl} | Parcae [also: the Fates] [female personifications of destiny who directed the lives (and deaths) of humans and gods in Roman mythology] | |
| dr. empiètement {m} [fig.] | infringement [fig.] [on sb's rights] | |
| dépasser qc. [outrepasser] [droits, pouvoir] [fig.] | to overstep sth. [rights, powers] [fig.] | |
| hist. pol. traité {m} de Paris [1947] | Treaty of Paris [1947] [formally established peace between the World War II Allies and Bulgaria, Hungary, Italy, Romania and Finland] | |
| dr. déchéance {f} d'un droit | estoppel [preventing someone on relying on their legal rights] | |
| géogr. hist. Valachie {f} | Wallachia [also: Walachia] [historical and geographical region of Romania, situated north of the Lower Danube and south of the Southern Carpathians] | |
| géogr. îles {f.pl} Lucaye | Lucayan Archipelago [also: Bahama Archipelago] [an island group in the western North Atlantic Ocean comprising the Commonwealth of The Bahamas and the Turks and Caicos Islands] | |
| géogr. hist. pol. convention {f} anglo-russe de 1907 | Anglo-Russian Convention of 1907 [also: Convention between the United Kingdom and Russia relating to Persia, Afghanistan, and Tibet] | |
| hist. mil. pol. guerre {f} de la Quatrième Coalition [1806-1807] | War of the Fourth Coalition [1806-1807] [conflicts of France against Prussia and Russia, and both were heavily defeated] | |
| hist. pol. Sérénissime Maison {f} de Bragance | Most Serene House of Braganza [also: Brigantine Dynasty] [a dynasty of emperors, kings, princes, and dukes of Portuguese origin which reigned in Europe and the Americas] | |
| géogr. hist. comté {m} de Hainaut [ou Hainau] | County of Hainaut [or Hainault] [territorial lordship in the medieval Holy Roman Empire, straddling today's border of Belgium and France; main towns Mons (BG) and Valenciennes (FR)] | |
| hist. pol. congrès {m} d'Arras [1435] | Congress of Arras [in 1435, 1st international peace conference between France, England & Burgundy and observers from Aragon, Bohemia, Brittany, Castile, Denmark, Holy Roman Empire, and many more.] | |
| géogr. Guadeloupe {f} [un archipel des Caraïbes, formant une région et un département d'outre-mer français] | Guadeloupe <.gp> [an archipelago and overseas department and region of France in the Caribbean] | |
| hist. relig. dévotion {f} moderne [devotio moderna] | Modern Devotion [devotio moderna] [a movement for relious reform, flourishing in the low countries and Germany in 1C and 15C] | |
| géogr. hist. pol. royaume {m} de Navarre | Kingdom of Navarre [Basque kingdom that occupied lands on either side of the western Pyrenees, alongside the Atlantic Ocean between present-day Spain and France between 824 and 1620] | |
| géogr. ligne {f} Mason-Dixon | Mason–Dixon line [also: Mason and Dixon line or Mason's and Dixon's line] | |
| géogr. hist. pol. royaume {m} de Castille | Kingdom of Castile [large and powerful state on the Iberian Peninsula during the Middle Ages. In 1479, the crowns of Aragon and Castile were united to form the nucleus of modern Spain.] | |
| hist. mil. pol. traité {m} de Bucarest [1812] | Treaty of Bucharest [1812] [between the Ottoman and Russian Empires, ending the Russo-Turkish War of 1806–12 and freeing Russia to concentrate on the upcoming war with France] | |
| géogr. Martinique {f} [une île française située dans les Caraïbes et département et région d'outre-mer] | Martinique <.mq> [an island and an overseas department/region and single territorial collectivity of France] | |
| hist. mil. pol. guerre {f} de la Troisième Coalition [1803-1806] | War of the Third Coalition [1803-1806] [conflicts between France, supported by Spain and Bavaria, and several European powers (Britain, Holy Roman Empire, Russia, Naples, Tuscany & Sweden)] | |
| pol. oblast {m} | oblast [a type of administrative division of Belarus, Bulgaria, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, and Ukraine, as well as the former Soviet Union and the Kingdom of Yugoslavia] | |
| hist. mil. pol. guerres {f.pl} daciques de Trajan [101-102 et 105-106] | Trajan's Dacian Wars [101-102 and 105-106] [between the Roman Empire and Dacia] | |
| hist. mil. pol. guerre {f} de la Sixième Coalition [1813-1814] | War of the Sixth Coalition [1813-1814] [coalition of Austria, Prussia, Russia, UK, Portugal, Sweden, Spain and some German States defeated France and drove Napoleon into exile on Elba] | |
| géogr. hist. Îles {f.pl} des Princes [un archipel de neuf îles dans la mer de Marmara au sud-est d'Istanbul en Turquie] | Prince Islands [also: Prince Archipelago or Adalar] [during the Byzantine and Ottoman periods, princes and other royalty were exiled here] | |
| géogr. hist. pol. royaume {m} d'Aragon | Kingdom of Aragon [a medieval and early modern kingdom on the Iberian Peninsula. In 1479, the crowns of Aragon and Castile were united to form the nucleus of modern Spain.] | |
| hist. pol. paix {f} de Westphalie [1648] [aussi : traités de Westphalie] | Peace of Westphalia [1648] [2 treaties which ended the 30 Years' War and the 80 Years' War and brought peace to the Holy Roman Empire] | |