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Cleland

/ ˈklɛlənd /

noun

  1. ClelandJohn17091789MBritishWRITING: writer John. 1709–89, British writer, best known for his bawdy novel Fanny Hill (1748–49)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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"I sentence you to not less than 30 years and not more than 60 years," Cleland said.

And, after acknowledging that he was talking to a 68-year-old man, Judge Cleland announced his decision.

"I'm not going to sentence you to centuries in prison," Judge John Cleland announced in his deep baritone.

The jury was afforded a 20-minute break to “clear their heads,” as Senior Judge John Cleland described it.

Later that day, Judge Cleland warned the panel that they will be sequestered when they begin deliberations.

Cleland alone, in his Institution of a Nobleman , had treated it seriously.

It appears in the arms of Cleland, and also in the crest of Shakerley, Bart.

Cleland fell in the fight; the clans disbanded, and Mackay occupied the castle of Blair.

Cleland had, when little more than sixteen years old, borne arms in that insurrection which had been put down at Bothwell Bridge.

The enemy whom Dundee had most reason to fear was a youth of distinguished courage and abilities named William Cleland.

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