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PRONUNCIATION OF ANCIENT LIGHTS

ancient lights play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ANCIENT LIGHTS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Ancient lights is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES ANCIENT LIGHTS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Right to light

Right to light is a form of easement in English law that gives a long-standing owner of a building with windows a right to maintain the level of illumination. It is based on the Ancient Lights law. The rights are most usually acquired under the Prescription Act 1832.

Definition of ancient lights in the English dictionary

The definition of ancient lights in the dictionary is the legal right to receive, by a particular window or windows, adequate and unobstructed daylight.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ANCIENT LIGHTS

anchusin
anchylose
anchylosis
anchylostomiasis
anchylotic
ancient
Ancient Greek
ancient history
ancient monument
Ancient of Days
ancient wisdom
anciently
ancientness
ancientry
ancile
ancilla
ancillaries
ancillary
ancipital
ancipitous

WORDS THAT END LIKE ANCIENT LIGHTS

animal rights
Bill of Rights
bragging rights
bright lights
brights
civil rights
hazard warning lights
heights
highlights
human rights
knights
lights
nights
northern lights
rights
sights
the bright lights
thoughts
tights
traffic lights
voting rights

Synonyms and antonyms of ancient lights in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «ancient lights» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ANCIENT LIGHTS

Find out the translation of ancient lights to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of ancient lights from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «ancient lights» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

古灯
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

luces antiguas
570 millions of speakers

English

ancient lights
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

प्राचीन रोशनी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

أضواء القديمة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

древние огни
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

luzes antigos
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

প্রাচীন লাইট
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

feux anciens
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Lampu kuno
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

alten Leuchten
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

古代のライト
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

고대의 빛
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Lampu kuno
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

đèn cổ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பண்டைய விளக்குகள்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

प्राचीन दिवे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Antik ışıklar
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

luci antiche
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

starożytni światła
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

древні вогні
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

lumini vechi
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αρχαία φώτα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

antieke ligte
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

gamla lampor
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

gamle lamper
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of ancient lights

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ANCIENT LIGHTS»

The term «ancient lights» is used very little and occupies the 157.741 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ANCIENT LIGHTS» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about ancient lights

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ANCIENT LIGHTS»

Discover the use of ancient lights in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to ancient lights and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Ancient Lights
Shelagh Stephenson. He goes round with the bottle. The candles flicker and gutter. Thg all look at him expectantly. He sits down on the chair and lights a cigarette. Silence. Bea So? I thought you were going to tell us one ofyour stories, Tad?
Shelagh Stephenson, 2014
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Ancient Lights
In that cave a young Bedouin makes a monumental discovery--a sealed urn containing 12 multicolored gems that are the Urim and Thummim, the ancient lights of Israel.You will quickly be thrust into the conspiracy and subplots that develop as ...
Ralph D. Curtin, 2006
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The Jurist ..
It is not in every casein which an action can be maintained for the obstruction of ancient lights, that an injunction will be granted by a. court of equity. Something more is required than that amount of injury for which damages may be recovered  ...
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THE TRANSFORMATION OF AMERICAN LAW, 1780-1860
60 Indeed, the common law rule of "ancient lights," which enabled the owner of an ancient tenement to prevent his neighbor from undertaking any building that would interfere with his own enjoyment of sunlight, rested on even more ...
Morton J. HORWITZ, 1977
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Between Law and Custom: 'High' and 'Low' Legal Cultures in ...
But a Conservative government secured the tax in ANCIENT LIGHTS Most state high courts in the United States abandoned the English common law easement of "ancient lights" in the mid-nineteenth century. This rule had it that if one owned  ...
Peter Karsten, 2002
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Report of Cases in Chancery: Argued and Determined in the ...
280 ANCIENT LIGHTS. 1. Where A., being entitled to ancient lights overlooking B .'s property, alters and extends them, and afterwards B. builds up and obstructs the ancient lights, the Court will, at the suit of A., grant an injunction against /;.
Great Britain. Court of Chancery, Charles Beavan, Henry Bickersteth Baron Langdale, 1869
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Ford Madox Ford: Prose and Politics
ii One of the most interesting of these documents is Ancient Lights. Ford's ostensible subject here is the decay he found in politics and literature following the Boer War, which he took to be the watershed between the two centuries or, in his ...
Robert Green, 1981
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Ancient Lights Or the Bible, the Church and Psychic Science
1923. An attempt to restore the ancient lights of the bible and the church.
St. Clair Stobart, 2010
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The Legal Examiner
LAW OF ANCIENT LIGHTS. (Continued from page 393.) In the city of London the law of ancient Lights is qualified and controlled by a peculiar custom, of which we shall here endeavour to give some account. For this purpose, and before ...
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Heart Versus Head: Judge-made Law in Nineteenth-century America
ANCIENT LIGHTS, IMPLIED GRANTS, AND GOOD NEIGHBORS Several legal historians have reported the "overthrow" in antebellum America of longstanding English legal authority regarding the "ancient- lights" easement. In the past, one ...
Peter Karsten, 1997

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ANCIENT LIGHTS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term ancient lights is used in the context of the following news items.
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Nicholas Mangan at Chisenhale Gallery
Ancient Lights” explores the links between the Pierre du Soleil ... “Ancient Lights” explores the recent works of Nicholas Mangan, which are ... «AMA, Jun 15»
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Ancient lights: Stargazing in Sussex
Light that left the galaxy Messier 82 more than 12 million years ago fell on a field in Sussex County on May 14. It dripped through the hazy night ... «Delmarva Daily Times, May 15»
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HSL Find Home Sweet Home With Katherine Jenkins
... idiosyncratic and funky-looking 'practical' lights which he also designed and sourced from Ancient Lights. HSL additionally supplied some of ... «Live Design, Apr 15»
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Stephen Lovatt And Rachel Nash to Star in Mesmeric Thriller
Previous plays include the Olivier-winning comedy The Memory of Water, An Experiment with an Air Pump, Ancient Lights, Five Kinds of ... «Scoop.co.nz, Mar 15»
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OUT IN THE FIELD: A roundabout way to the boozer
Also looking good is the newly refurbished Crown and Anchor off the seafront and the next on my list is the former Ancient Lights, Rat and ... «Eastbourne Herald, Feb 15»
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Design notebook: the best bathroom scales
Its shape is inspired by ancient lights that Balthus found in situ. Although he produced others to illuminate additional properties over the years, ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Dec 14»
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Season Of Light
Even today these ancient lights, and some more modern luminaries, still shine around the globe during this collective Season of Light. Each of ... «Los Angeles Post-Examiner, Dec 14»
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What's on this weekend in north Kent and south east London …
Ancient Lights at Erith Playhouse, Erith, on Saturday. The production is a touching comedy about friendship and the realisation of one's true self ... «News Shopper, Dec 14»
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Silvis Little League diamond name-change vote on Wednesday
... diamond improvements, such as making parking lots more handicapped accessible, replacing ancient lights with more efficient LED lighting, ... «Quad-Cities Online, Nov 14»
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Welcome to the permanent dusk: Sunlight in cities is an endangered …
The so-called “Ancient Lights” law, passed in 1832, prevents new constructions from blocking light that has continuously reached the interior of ... «Salon, Apr 14»

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