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• Tender (rail) — Sierra Railway #3 Tender …   Wikipedia

• Tender (railroad car) — Steam locomotives often haul a tender, which is a special railway truck (railroad car in American usage) designed to hold the locomotive s fuel (wood, coal, or oil) and water. In America, tenders are sometimes called coal cars. Steam locomotives… …   Wikipedia

• Tender years doctrine — Caroline Norton, the person who initiated the tender years doctrine The tender years doctrine is a legal principle which has existed in family law since the late nineteenth century. This common law doctrine presumes that during a child s tender… …   Wikipedia

• tender — 01. My foot is still kind of [tender] from where I dropped the book on it. 02. Chaz is very [tender] with his new baby girl, and loves to hold her in his arms until she falls asleep. 03. The woman s voice was [tender], and full of concern as she… …   Grammatical examples in English

• Tender Years Doctrine — The Tender Years Doctrine is a legal doctrine in child custody cases which has existed in Family Law since the late 19th century. The doctrine presumes that during a child s tender years (generally regarded as the of age thirteen and under), the… …   Wikipedia

• Legal tender — This article is about the payment medium. For the song, see Legal Tender (song). Legal tender is a medium of payment allowed by law or recognized by a legal system to be valid for meeting a financial obligation.[1] Paper currency is a common form …   Wikipedia

• Legal Tender Cases — The Legal Tender Cases were a series of United States Supreme Court cases in the latter part of the nineteenth century that affirmed the constitutionality of paper money. In the 1870 case of Hepburn v. Griswold , the Court had held that paper… …   Wikipedia

• Seaplane tender — A seaplane tender (or seaplane carrier ) is a ship that provides facilities for operating seaplanes. These ships were the first aircraft carriers and appeared just before the First World War. The first seaplane tender appears in 1911 with the… …   Wikipedia

• child of tender years — A child whose imprudences are usually due to the play of childish instincts, unenlightened by experience, and unrestrained by reason; hence, a child too young to be chargeable with contributory negligence. Central of Georgia Railroad Co. v Robins …   Ballentine's law dictionary

• literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… …   Universalium

• Economic Affairs — ▪ 2006 Introduction In 2005 rising U.S. deficits, tight monetary policies, and higher oil prices triggered by hurricane damage in the Gulf of Mexico were moderating influences on the world economy and on U.S. stock markets, but some other… …   Universalium