ripper act

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• Ripper act — Rip per act or Ripper bill Rip per bill An act or a bill conferring upon a chief executive, as a governor or mayor, large powers of appointment and removal of heads of departments or other subordinate officials. [Polit. Cant, U. S.] [Webster 1913 …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Ripper bill — Ripper act Rip per act or Ripper bill Rip per bill An act or a bill conferring upon a chief executive, as a governor or mayor, large powers of appointment and removal of heads of departments or other subordinate officials. [Polit. Cant, U. S.]… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• ripper — /rip euhr/, n. 1. a person or thing that rips. 2. Also, ripper bill, ripper act. a legislative bill or act for taking powers of appointment to and removal from office away from the usual holders of these powers and conferring them unrestrictedly… …   Universalium

• Jack the Ripper conspiracy theories — seek to explain a series of murders in the East End of London in 1888 that were blamed on an unidentified assailant known as Jack the Ripper . Since then, the identity of the killer has been hotly debated. Over a hundred suspects have been… …   Wikipedia

• Jack the Ripper — Infobox Serial Killer name=Jack the Ripper caption= A Suspicious Character, from The Illustrated London News for 13 October 1888 carrying the overall caption, With the Vigilance Committee in the East End . birthname= Unknown alias=Saucy… …   Wikipedia

• Tim "Ripper" Owens — Infobox musical artist | Background = solo singer | Instrument = Name = Timothy S. Owens Img capt = Tim Ripper Owens Born = Birth date and age|1967|9|13|mf=y Akron, Ohio Died = Alias = Genre = Heavy metal Thrash metal Power metal Speed metal… …   Wikipedia

• Eugene Ripper — is Canadian singer songwriter, modern rock guitarist and multimedia producer from Toronto Ontario. He is a former member of Canadian punk new wave act Stark Naked and the Fleshtones (1979 1984). After going solo in 1985, Ripper distinguished… …   Wikipedia

• Tribute act — A tribute act is a music group, singer, or musician who specifically plays the music of a well known music act, often one which has disbanded or ceased touring. Probably the largest class of tributes acts are Elvis impersonators, individual… …   Wikipedia

• Characters of Crash Bandicoot — This is a list of characters from the Crash Bandicoot video game. Crash Bandicoot is a series of platform video games published by Activision. The series was formerly developed by Naughty Dog from 1996 to 1999, and by Traveller s Tales, Eurocom… …   Wikipedia

• Electoral district of Belmont — Infobox Australian Electorate name = Belmont state = wa caption = lifespan = 1989–present mp = Eric Ripper mp party = Labor namesake = Belmont area = 56.9 class = East MetropolitanThe Electoral district of Belmont is a Legislative Assembly… …   Wikipedia

• Chris Gregg — QPM, (b.Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England) is a former Detective Chief Superintendent and was head of West Yorkshire Police’s Homicide and Major Enquiry Team (HMET).[1] Gregg joined the force in 1974 and as a constable was put on front line… …   Wikipedia