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• irregular — irregular, anomalous, unnatural mean outside the sphere of what conforms to or is explainable by law, rule, custom, or principle. Irregular implies failure to conform to a rule, a law, or a pattern, especially to one imposed for the sake of… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• Irregular verb — In contrast to regular verbs, irregular verbs are those verbs that fall outside the standard patterns of conjugation in the languages in which they occur.When comparing languages, one measure often brought into play as one of the few quantitative …   Wikipedia

• irregular — I. adjective Etymology: Middle English irreguler, from Anglo French, from Late Latin irregularis not in accordance with rule, from Latin in + regularis regular Date: 14th century 1. a. not being or acting in accord with laws, rules, or… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• irregular judgment — One rendered contrary to the method of procedure and practice allowed by the law in some material respect. Davidson Chevrolet, Inc. v. City and County of Denver, 138 Colo. 171, 330 P.2d 1116, 1118, 1119 …   Black's law dictionary

• irregular judgment — One rendered contrary to the method of procedure and practice allowed by the law in some material respect. Davidson Chevrolet, Inc. v. City and County of Denver, 138 Colo. 171, 330 P.2d 1116, 1118, 1119 …   Black's law dictionary

• irregular judgment — A judgment rendered or entered with a want of adherence to some prescribed rule or mode of procedure, consisting either in omitting to do something that is necessary, or in doing it at an unreasonable time or in an improper manner. Murray v… …   Ballentine's law dictionary

• List of English irregular verbs — This is a list of irregular verbs in the English language. The citation form (the infinitive) comes first (with a link to the Wiktionary article on the verb), together with the present tense forms when they are different, then the preterite or… …   Wikipedia

• The Theory and Practice of Oligarchical Collectivism — The Theory and Practice of Oligarchical Collectivism, by Emmanuel Goldstein, is the fictional book that is a thematic and plot element integral to the dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty Four (1949), by George Orwell. In the totalitarian society of… …   Wikipedia

• burial, irregular —    Traditionally, outcasts in life were outcasts in death. In early modern England, The infliction of damage upon the corpses of executed criminals the quartering of traitors, and the use of dissection upon murderers historically constituted a… …   A Dictionary of English folklore

• Synod of Whitby — The Synod of Whitby was a seventh century Northumbrian synod where King Oswiu of Northumbria ruled that his kingdom would calculate Easter and observe the monastic tonsure according to the customs of Rome, rather than the customs practised by… …   Wikipedia

• Baron West — is a title created in the Peerage of England in 1402. The title has been in abeyance since 1554, although it is possible to argue that it has been merged.The First Lord West was Sir Thomas West, of Oakhanger, Northampton. He married the heiress… …   Wikipedia