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Elderly woman with covered head.

  • ... that other than "incapable" beneficiaries, the Variation of Trusts Act 1958 only allows the courts to alter trust documents for potential beneficiaries, not confirmed ones?
  • ... that Serbian poisoner Baba Anujka (pictured), aged over 90 at the time of her trial, was sentenced to 15 years' hard labor?
  • ... that in England and Wales, legal aid, a court of criminal appeal, county courts and limits on the use of the death penalty were proposed as early as 1652 by the Hale Commission?
  • ... that by the time Lyon's Inn was dissolved it was being run by only two of the standard twelve governors, neither of whom had any idea what their duties were?
  • ... that Malaysian blogger Alvin Tan was put on trial for sedition after posting a photograph of himself eating pork as a Ramadan greeting?

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  1. Wikipedia:Recent additions/2012/March#6 March 2012
  2. Wikipedia:Recent additions/2008/January
  3. Wikipedia:Recent additions/2010/March
  4. Template:Did you know nominations/Baba Anujka (September 2019)
  5. Wikipedia:Recent additions/2010/June
  6. Wikipedia:Recent additions/2009/October
  7. Template:Did you know nominations/Alvin Tan (blogger) (May 2015)