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PECULIAR, eccl. law. In England, a particular parish or church, which has, within itself, independent of the ordinary jurisdiction, power to grant probate of wills, and the like. 1 Eng. Eccl. R. 72, note; Shelf. on Mar. & Div. 538. Vide Court of peculiars.

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To raise money for the trek, Corinne and her team have run a number of events at The Olde Peculiar, including several quiz nights, a breakfast with Santa event, a Hollywood ball, a Greek BBQ and a garden party.

Pub team hits trail

Not limited to adolescents; this intuitive and engaging book, "Tae Sung's Peculiar Life; Tae Sung and the Flattened Snake," features the main character Tae Sung.

Elizabeth O'Carroll Releases Her Newest Book Tae Sung's Peculiar Life "Tae Sung and the Flattened Snake"

"The Gift of Being Peculiar" is the story of Kenza, a young girl who is not afraid to embrace her peculiarity.

Saving Children from an Ugly World: By Teaching Children the Gift of Being Different

Successful in a novice chase at Tramore last winter, Peculiar Genius made the frame with a second over two and a half miles at Wexford and a fourth over two at Cork on his first two starts this season.

Nolan's Genius to pass test

Mr Joseph most probably had in mind the Kenyan middle class a demographic peculiar in its habits in more ways than one.

The peculiar habits of Kenya's middle class parents

The lawyer admitted: "This was bizarre and peculiar behaviour which was recorded by CCTV.

I was an idiot, says train yob

ChudhryShujatHussain said first the government under cover of the election laws interfered with the Khatm-e-Nubawwat matter and now under a peculiar foreign and un-Islamic agenda in the garb of human rights attempts are being made to play dangerous game of further hurting sentiments of the Muslims and efforts are being made to get Namoos-e-Risalat laws changed through the Senate.

Shujat advises govt to refrain from changing Namoos-e-Risalat laws

I grew up with northern phrases: those words and descriptions used by family and friends that were peculiar to where I lived.

The phrases that defy a rational description

Ransom Riggs has written a companion volume to his popular Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children series and has cleverly presented this collection of ten short stories featuring the folklore of the peculiars I as though the author is one Millard Nullings, a peculiar himself and a former ward of Miss Peregrine's Home.

Riggs, Ransom: Tales of The Peculiar

The adventure that began with "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" and continued in "Hollow City" comes to a thrilling conclusion with "Library of Souls".

Library of Souls

Continuing the fantastical world of peculiars, Riggs delivers on a companion to his Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children series with a collection of fables with a unique spin.

Riggs, Ransom. Tales of the Peculiar

Horace projects his own dreams (cue the old truism about films being rather like dreams) and is also obsessed with people's clothes, which is certainly peculiar.