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diversity
diversity
n 1: noticeable heterogeneity; "a diversity of possibilities";
"the range and variety of his work is amazing" [syn: {diverseness},
{multifariousness}, {variety}]
2: the condition or result of being changed
office
OFFICE. An office is a right to exercise a public function or employment,
and to take the fees and emoluments belonging to it,. Shelf. on Mortm. 797;
Cruise, Dig. Index, h.t.; 3 Serg. & R. 149.
2. Offices may be classed into civil and military.
3.-1. Civil offices may be classed into political, judicial, and
ministerial.
4.-1. The political offices are such as are not connected immediately
with the administration of justice, or the execution of the mandates of a
superior officer; the office of the president of the United States, of the
heads of departments, of the members of the legislature, are of this number.
5.-2. The judicial offices are those which relate to the
administration of justice, and which must be exercised by persons of
sufficient skill and experience in the duties which appertain to them.
6.-3. Ministerial offices are those which give the officer no power
to judge of the matter to be done, and require him to obey the mandates of a
superior. 7 Mass. 280. See 5 Wend. 170; 10 Wend. 514; 8 Vern. 512; Breese,
280. It is a general rule, that a judicial office cannot be exercised by
deputy, while a ministerial may.
7. In the United, States, the tenure of office never extends beyond
good behaviour. In England, offices are public or private. The former affect
the people generally, the latter are such as concern particular districts,
belonging to private individuals. In the United States, all offices,
according to the above definition, are public; but in another sense,
employments of a private nature are also called offices; for example, the
office of president of a bank, the office of director of a corporation. For
the incompatibility of office, see Incompatibility; 4 S. & R. 277; 4 Inst.
100; Com. Dig. h.t., B. 7; and vide, generally, 3 Kent, Com. 362; Cruise,
Dig. tit. 25; Ham. N. P. 283; 16 Vin. Ab. 101; Ayliffe's Parerg. 395; Poth.
Traite des Choses, Sec. 2; Amer. Dig. h.t.; 17 S. & R. 219.
8.-2. Military offices consist of such as are granted to soldiers or
naval officers.
9. The room in which the business of an officer is transacted is also
called an office, as the land office. Vide Officer.
culture
culture
n 1: a particular society at a particular time and place; "early
Mayan civilization" [syn: {civilization}, {civilisation}]
2: the tastes in art and manners that are favored by a social
group
3: all the knowledge and values shared by a society [syn: {acculturation}]
4: (biology) the growing of microorganisms in a nutrient medium
(such as gelatin or agar); "the culture of cells in a
Petri dish"
5: (bacteriology) the product of cultivating micro-organisms in
a nutrient medium
6: a highly developed state of perfection; having a flawless or
impeccable quality; "they performed with great polish"; "I
admired the exquisite refinement of his prose"; "almost an
inspiration which gives to all work that finish which is
almost art"--Joseph Conrad [syn: {polish}, {refinement}, {cultivation},
{finish}]
7: the attitudes and behavior that are characteristic of a
particular social group or organization; "the developing
drug culture"; "the reason that the agency is doomed to
inaction has something to do with the FBI culture"
8: the raising of plants or animals; "the culture of oysters"
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