EMERICH VATTEL
\ɪmˈɛɹɪt͡ʃ vˈatə͡l], \ɪmˈɛɹɪtʃ vˈatəl], \ɪ_m_ˈɛ_ɹ_ɪ_tʃ v_ˈa_t_əl]\
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A celebrated Swiss publicist and jurist; born at Couvet, Neuchatel, April 25, 1714; died Dec. 28, 1767. His great work is "The Law of Nations; or, Principles of the Law of Nature applied to the Affairs of Nations and Sovereigns" (2 vols., 1758). He wrote also: "Philosophical Leisure Hours" (1747); "Literary, Moral, and Political Miscellanies" (1757); "Questions of Natural Right; or, Observations on Wolf's Treatise on the Law of Nature" (1762).
By Charles Dudley Warner
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basidiomycota
- comprises fungi bearing the spores on basidium: Gasteromycetes (puffballs); Tiliomycetes (comprising orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts)); Hymenomycetes (mushrooms; toadstools; agarics; bracket fungi); in some classification systems considered a division of kingdom comprises fungi bearing spores on a basidium; includes Gasteromycetes (puffballs) Tiliomycetes comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts) Hymenomycetes (mushrooms, toadstools, agarics bracket fungi).