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Savigny

British  
/ ˈsavɪɲɪ /

noun

  1. Friedrich Karl von (ˈfridrɪç ˈkɑl fɔn). 1779–1861, German legal scholar, who pioneered the historical approach to jurisprudence, emphasizing custom and precedent

"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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“Of course there are synergies, and the bigger the group the more bargaining power with suppliers and landlords for example,” said Ludovic Grandchamp of Savigny Partners, an advisory firm focused on the retail sector.

From Reuters Sep. 25, 2018

Through Avalon Group and Savigny Partners, investment banks that acted as matchmakers, the two women met Mr. Fisher, who was building a mass-market shoe company.

From New York Times Aug. 1, 2012

One sign that Mobutu's end had come: Switzerland announced it had seized his villa at Savigny, near Lausanne, valued at some $5.5 million.

From Time Magazine Archive

De Maistre and Savigny covered the same ground at one point; they both subjected the future to the past.

From The History of Freedom by John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton, Baron Acton

II, 770 ff; Savigny in the Abb. der Berliner Acad.,

From Principles Of Political Economy by John J. (John Joseph) Lalor

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