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The allegations presented against Roger would have led to the death penalty, resulting in him denying the claims to avoid punishment. Later in 1270, Foliot's Castle Fenwick was besieged by royal troops under the command of Reginald de Grey , who intended to capture Godberd and his companions, but the outlaws managed to flee before the Sheriff's ...
The gay panic defense or homosexual advance defense is a victim blaming strategy of legal defense, which refers to a situation in which a heterosexual individual charged with a violent crime against a homosexual (or bisexual) individual claims they lost control and reacted violently because of an unwanted sexual advance that was made upon them.
Guardsman is a rank used instead of private in some military units that serve as the official bodyguard of a sovereign or head of state. It is also used as a generic term for any member of a guards unit of any rank.
Guardsman, a soldier of the Guards Division of the British Army Guardsman , a tugboat originally named Empire Nina , renamed in 1947 Guardsman (character) , a character in Marvel Comics
The National Guards Unit of Bulgaria on parade The Guard Battalion during the Estonia 100 parade in 2018. This is a list of past and present army units whose names include the word guard.
Stop-loss was created by the United States Congress after the Vietnam War. Its use is founded on Title 10, United States Code, Section 12305(a) which states in part: "... the President may suspend any provision of law relating to promotion, retirement, or separation applicable to any member of the armed forces who the President determines is essential to the national security of the United ...
A "Vault Guardsman" figure was released in Toy Biz's Spider-Man line under the "Techno Wars" label. A figure of Guardsman was released in wave 30 of the Marvel Minimates line. A figure of Guardsman was released in wave 2 of Hasbro's Iron Man 2 film tie-in toyline. A figure of a Vault Guardsman was released in Hasbro's Marvel Legends toy line.
Upon the establishment of India's independence in 1947, the country became a dominion within the British Commonwealth of Nations.Nevertheless, the armed forces, namely, the British Indian Army (IA), the Royal Indian Navy (RIN) and the Royal Indian Air Force (RIAF) - under the helm of King George VI as the Commander-in-Chief - retained their respective pre-independence ranks and corresponding ...