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quinquennial

taking five years. In Scots law the five-year prescriptive period is known as the quinquennium despite the fact that the present legislation does not use that term. It applies to most claims for money other than those arising from personal injuries.

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GAD produces the Quinquennial Review of the Great Britain National Insurance Fund every 5 years.

The Quinquennial Review - GAD takes the long view

Perhaps it is time to think about what each biennial, triennial, quinquennial does in relation to the local systems of which each is inevitably a part and what the particular affordances are of different formats for different moments and places.

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In 2010, the quinquennial survey underwent a major revision.

Survey of Finance Companies, 2015

These were women balancing books on their heads in the style of the classic finishing-school posture exercise, cast by Irena Haiduk to form an "Army of Beautiful Women" for the performance Spinal Discipline, 2017, a component of the artist's enigmatic contribution to the quinquennial exhibition.

IRENA HAIDUK

In China, Xi secured his position as the most powerful Chinese leader since Mao at the quinquennial Communist Party Congress in September.

What to watch in 2018

China's quinquennial Communist Party congresses are that rare event where ritual and dogma combine with introspection and strategy.

China's contradictions

"The Holy Father Francis thanked His Eminence Cardinal Ludwig ME-ller at the conclusion of his quinquennial mandate," the Vatican announcement said.

Pope names Jesuit prelate to succeed ME-ller at doctrine office

Serving as the matchmaker's spy to help girls to be paired to suitable men, Sage accompanies the future brides, along with an escorting guard of soldiers, to the quinquennial summer Concordium, a debutante ball.

Beaty, Erin. The Traitor's Kiss: Traitor's Trilogy, Book 1

Shortterm (2011-2012) forecasts were based on annual data and longterm (2013-2022) forecasts were based on quinquennial data.

Comparative longterm mortality trends in Cancer vs. Ischemic Heart Disease in Puerto Rico

For the Parrikar-led dispensation, a quinquennial brush with issues that have been central to the economic survival of the state is not something new.

The Liberal Ethos Of Goan Society

The second quinquennial Screen Futures summit gave me the rare opportunity to scrutinise a packed program, trying to work out which events I couldn't miss.

Championing change: the 2016 screen futures summit

The book uses data from Singapore's quinquennial Household Expenditure Surveys (HES), which includes wages, rents, interests and dividends as income.