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• Mozambique rule — British South Africa Co v Companhia de Moçambique Court House of Lords Date decided 8th September 1893 Citation(s) …   Wikipedia

• Thorson's rule — (named after Gunnar Thorson by S. A. Mileikovsky in 1971)Mileikovsky, S. A. 1971. Types of larval development in marine bottom invertebrates, their distribution and ecological significance: a reevaluation. Marine Biology 19: 193 213] states that… …   Wikipedia

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