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John Marshall

Definition: John Marshall

John Marshall

Noun

1. American jurist; as chief justice of the Supreme Court he established the principles of United States constitutional law (1755-1835).

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Synonym: John Marshall

Synonym: Marshall (n). (additional references)

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Specialty Definition: John Marshall

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

John Marshall was an American judge who was appointed Chief Justice of the United States on January 20, 1801 and served until 1835.

Marshall wrote several important Supreme Court opinions, including:

See also: John Marshall (archaeologist)

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "John Marshall."

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Crosswords: John Marshall

English words defined with "John Marshall": amenabledemonstrative ofinvested, invested with. (references)
Specialty definitions using "John Marshall": Devil BookGeneva BullMarshall Space Flight Center. (references)

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Modern Usage: John Marshall

DomainUsage

Clever

An act of the legislature, repugnant to the constitution, is void. (references; author: John Marshall)

Listening well is as powerful a means of communication and influence as to talk well. (references; author: John Marshall)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: John Marshall

DomainTitle

Books

  • John Marshall Harlan: Great Dissenter of the Warren Court (reference)

  • The great dissenter, John Marshall Harlan, 1833-1911 (reference)

  • What Kind of Nation: Thomas Jefferson, John Marshall, and the Epic Struggle to Create a United States (reference)

  • John Marshall and the Heroic Age of the Supreme Court (Southern Biography Series) (reference)

  • A Chief Justice's Progress: John Marshall from Revolutionary Virginia to the Supreme Court (Contributions in American History) (reference)

    (more book examples)

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Image Slideshow: John Marshall

Illustrations:
John Marshall

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Photo Album: John Marshall

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Gov. and Mrs. John Marshall Slaton, full-length portrait, standing, facing front. Credit: Library of Congress.

Home of Chief Justice John Marshall, Richmond, Va. Credit: Library of Congress.

Chief Justice John Marshall. Credit: Library of Congress.

John Marshall. Credit: Library of Congress.

U.S. Capitol paintings. Chief Justice John Marshall by Brooke I. Credit: Library of Congress.

Statues and sculpture. John Marshall bust in old U.S. Supreme Court room. Credit: Library of Congress.

John Marshall, head-and-shoulders portrait, right profile. Credit: Library of Congress.

  

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Familiar Quotations: John Marshall

AuthorQuotation

John Marshall

An act of the legislature, repugnant to the constitution, is void.
Listening well is as powerful a means of communication and influence as to talk well.

President Andrew Jackson.

John Marshall has made his decision: now let him enforce it!

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: John Marshall

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Economic History

Marshall Islands

The Spanish explorer de Saavedra landed there in 1529. They were named for English explorer John Marshall, who visited them in 1799. The Marshall Islands were claimed by Spain in 1874. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: John Marshall

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

john marshall law school

202

john marshall

153

john marshall high school

82

chief justice john marshall

15

hubert john marshall

11

john marshall law school chicago

10

john marshall law

10

john marshall jones

8

hubert john marshall sir

7

john marshall harlan

5

ethnographic film john marshall

2
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Anagrams: John Marshall

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-h-h-j-l-l-m-n-o-r-s"

-4 letters: marshall.

-5 letters: hallahs, halloas, marshal, mollahs, normals, oarsman.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: John Marshall


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

4A 6F 68 6E      4D 61 72 73 68 61 6C 6C

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001010 01101111 01101000 01101110 00100000 01001101 01100001 01110010 01110011 01101000 01100001 01101100 01101100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#74 &#111 &#104 &#110 &#32 &#77 &#97 &#114 &#115 &#104 &#97 &#108 &#108

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

004A 006F 0068 006E      004D 0061 0072 0073 0068 0061 006C 006C

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

4481748024767848574677878

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Images: Slideshow
7. Images: Photo Album
8. Quotations: Familiar
9. Quotations: Non-fiction
10. Expressions: Internet
11. Anagrams
12. Orthography
13. Bibliography


  

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