A public Road near Coventry.
— from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare

of Portugal, who combined the astronomical tables of Europe and Asia, and raised these monuments of his scientific genius in his favourite pursuit (astronomy) in all the capital cities of India, while engrossed in war and politics, requires neither eulogy nor defence.
— from Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, v. 1 of 3 or the Central and Western Rajput States of India by James Tod

The service presented itself in these words: "Throughout the day The Business Wire makes available press releases, news stories, and other information from the world of business.
— from The Online World by Odd De Presno

Even just so, when our body is at rest, that the concoction is everywhere accomplished, and that, till it awake, it lacks for nothing, our soul delighteth to disport itself and is well pleased in that frolic to take a review of its native country, which is the heavens, where it receiveth a most notable participation of its first beginning with an imbuement from its divine source, and in contemplation of that infinite and intellectual sphere, whereof the centre is everywhere, and the circumference in no place of the universal world, to wit, God, according to the doctrine of Hermes Trismegistus, to whom no new thing happeneth, whom nothing that is past escapeth, and unto whom all things are alike present, remarketh not only what is preterit and gone in the inferior course and agitation of sublunary matters, but withal taketh notice what is to come; then bringing a relation of those future events unto the body of the outward senses and exterior organs, it is divulged abroad unto the hearing of others.
— from Gargantua and Pantagruel by François Rabelais

She has a nice one-thousand dollar camel's hair shawl, and she will make Smith get her an imitation one, and she will sit in a pew right next to her neighbor in church, in order to prove that she is her equal.
— from The Art of Money Getting; Or, Golden Rules for Making Money by P. T. (Phineas Taylor) Barnum

At the same time, she had a fancy for the merry and easy-mannered Drouet, who threw her a pleasant remark now and then, and in other ways extended her the evidence of that regard which he had for all members of the sex.
— from Sister Carrie: A Novel by Theodore Dreiser

“Allow me to caution you, sir, and to remind you once more, if you are unaware of it,” the prosecutor began, with a peculiar and stern impressiveness, “that you have a perfect right not to answer [pg 527] the questions put to you now, and we on our side have no right to extort an answer from you, if you decline to give it for one reason or another.
— from The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

n. setting in a row Rheiad, n. a radiating Rheian, n. a streak, a stripe Rheianu, v. to streak, to stripe Rheio, v. to radiate, to gleam Rheibes, n. a witch, a charmer Rheibiad, n. a bewitching Rheibiadaeth, n. witchery Rheibiadu, v. to fascinate Rheidiadus, a. fascinating Rheibiaeth, n. rapacity Rheibiant, n. a forcible possessing Rheibiedig, a. seized; fascinated Rheibio, v. to seize, to snatch, to captivate, to bewitch Rheibiol, a. seizing; bewitching Rheibioldeb, n. a seized state Rheibog, n. power of digestion Rheibus, a. rapacious, greedy Rheidedd, n. necessity, want Rheidiannu, v. to necessitate Rheidiant, n. necessity, need Rheidio, v. to necessitate; to need Rheidiol, a. necessary, needful Rheidioldeb, n. necessariness Rheidioli, v. to render needful Rheidus, a. necessitous, needy Rheidusni, n. neediness, need Rheiduso, v. to render needy Rheiddin, a. radiating; profuse Rheiddio, v. to radiate; to dart Rheiddyn, n. a dart, a glance Rheiniad, n. a throwing a lance Rheinio, v. to throw a lance Rheitheg, n. canon of speech Rheithfawr, a. greatly just Rheithiad, n. a regulation Rheithiadol, a. canonical Rheithiadur, n. a regulalor Rheithio, v. to fix a law Rheithiol, a. established as law Rheithioreg, n. rhetoric Rheithiwr, n. a juryman Rhelyw, n. a trail; a residue, the rest Rhem, n. what runs out Rhemiad, n. a running out: n. a muttering Rhemmwth, n. a gorbelly; a glutton Rhemp, n. an excess; frenzy: a. bewitched: crazy Rhempiad, n. an infatuation Rhempian, v. to snatch greedily Rhempio, v. to run to excess Rhen, n. the supreme, the Lord Rhenc, n. a row, rank Rhenciad, n. placing in a row Rhencio, v. to place in a row Rhent, n. an income; a rent Rhentu, v. to get income, to rent Rheol, n. a rule, an order Rheolaidd, a. orderly, regalar Rheoledigaeth, n. regulation Rheoli, v. to order, to sway Rheolus, a. orderly, regular Rheolwr, n. ruler Rhes, n. a row, a rank Rhesel, n. a rack, a grate Rheselu, v. to form a rack Rhesio, v. to set in a row Rhestog, n. plaited work; mat Rhestr, n. array, order, rank Rhestredigaeth, n. arrangement Rhestriad, n. an arranging Rhestrig, n. a row, a range Rhestrog, a. rowed; plaited, matted Rhestrol, a. ordinal; arrayed Rhrestru, v. to range, to marshal Rhesu, v. to place in a row Rheswm, n. reason, sense Rhesymeg, n. logic; reasoning Rhesymiad, n. a reasoning Rhesymol, a. rational; tolerable Rhesymoldeb, n. rationality Rhesymu, v. to reason, to argue Rheth, n. a pervading quality Rhrethren, n. a pike, a lance Rhëu, v. to run about; to move Rheuedd, n. activity, agility Rhew, n. what is slippery; frost Rhewi, v. to freeze; to be ice Rhewiad, n. a freezing Rhewlyd, a. freezing, frosty Rhewyn, n. a drain, a gutter Rhewys, a wanton, lusting Rhi, n. what is specific; a chief Rhiaidd, a. notable, pre-eminent Rhial, n. an original lineage Rhiallu, n. hundred thousand Rhian, n. a dame, a lady Rhianaidd, a. feminine; female Rhianon, n. a goddess, a nymph Rhiaint, n. a parent, a source Rhiol, a. noble, royal Rhib, n. a streak; a dribblet Rhibin, n. scanty row, streak Rhibio, v. to streak; to dribble Rhibib, n. a reed pipe; a hautboy Rhic, n. a notch; to groove Rhicio, v. to notch; to groove Rhiciol, a. notching; grooving Rhid, n. a drain; semen Rhidio, v. to drain; to secrete Rhidyll, n. a riddle, a sieve Rhydyllio, v. to riddle, to sift Rhidys, n. a drain; a rill Rhidysio, v. to flow dribbling Rhidd, n. a centre; an obstacle Rhiddio, v. to centre; to repel Rhieddu, v. to act as a chief Rhieniol, a. feminine Rhieni, n. ancestry, parents Rhieniaeth, n. parentage Rhieniol, a. parental Rhies, n. a dame, a lady Rhif, n. what divides; number Rhifadwy, a. numerable Rhifedigaeth, n. numeration Rhifedydd, Rhifiedydd, n. a numerator Rhifedd, n. numerousness Rhifiad, n. a numbering Rhifiannol, a. numerary Rhifiannu, v. to numerate Rhifiog, a. numerous, many Rhifnod, n. a numeral Rhifnodol, a. numerical Rhifnodiad, n. numeration Rhifo, Rhifnodi, v. to numerate, to number, to count, to reckon Rhifol, a. numeral, numerical Rhifyddeg, n. arithmetic Rhifyn, n. a single number Rhifyddiaeth, n. numeration Rhiff, n. what divides or parts Rhifft, n. what is divided, a rift Rhig, n. a notch, a groove; the pillory Rhign, n. a notch, a groove Rhignedd, n. a notched part Rhigo, v. to notch, to groove Rhigod, n. a pillory Rhigol, n. a groove; trench Rhigoliad, n. a grooving; a trenching Rhigolydd, n. groove plane Rhilgwm, n. a long row; rote Rhigymu, v. to say by rote Rhing, n. a creak, a clink Rhingwar, n. a clamp Rhyngyll, n. a serjeant Rhingyllaeth, n. serjeantship Rhil, n. an interstice Rhill, n. a row; trench; drill Rhilio, v. to row; to drill Rhim, n. a rim, an edge Rhimio, v. to rim, to edge Rhimp, a rim, an extremity Rhimpyn, n. an extremity; a rhyme Rhimyn, n. a rim, an edge Rhimynu, v. to form a rim Rhin, n. what pervades; a channel; a virtue, a secret; a charm Rhinc, n. a creak; a gnash; a quail Rhincio, v. to creak; to gnash Rhinciol, a. creaking; clacking Rhincyn, n. a creak, a clink, a gnash, a clack Rhinfawr, a. greatly endowed Rhiniad, n. an using of mystery Rhinio, v. to endure with a virtue; to use mystery Rhiniol, a. mysterious, secret Rhint, n. a notch, a groove Rhintach, a. notched, grooved Rhinwedd, n. virtue; mystery Rhinweddol, a. virtuous Rhip, n. a skip, an over-skip Rhipai, n. a hatchel Rhipio, v. to pass or skip over Rhis, n. what is broken into points Rhisellt, n. a grater; a rasp Rhisg, n. bark, rind Rhisgen, n. a dish or bowl of bark Rhisgl, n. bark, coat or rind Rhisglad, n. a barking Rhisglo, v. to bark, to strip bark Rhisglog, a. having bark Rhisglyn, n. a piece of bark Rhisgo, v. to bark, to strip of bark, to peel Rhith, n. guise, appearance, semblance, an embryo Rhithedd, n. apparentness Rhithiant, n. appearance Rhithio, v. to appear, to seem Rhithiol, a. appearing, apparent Rhithiogaeth, a. appearance Rhithiogi, v. to give appearance Rhiw, n. a drift; a slope Rho, n. what is put off; a gift Rhoc, n. a rocking, a shake Rhocas, n. a lad, a youth Rhocian, v. to keep rocking Rhocos, n. broken particles Rhoch, n. a grunt, a groan Rhochain, v. to keep grunting Rhochiad, n. a grunting Rhochi, v. to grunt, to growl Rhôd, n. an orb; a wheel; the ecliptic Rhodell, n. a whirl, a spindle Rhoden, n. a switch, a whip Rhodfa, n. a circular course Rhodiana, v. to stroll about Rhodienai, n. a gadding gossip Rhodienol, a. ambulatory Rhodio, v. to walk about Rhodl, n. a paddle; a scull Rhodle, n. a course, a range Rhodli, v. to paddle, to scull Rhodol, a. wheeling; wandering Rhodres, n. ostentation; pomp Rhodresgar, Rhodresol, a. ostentatious, pompous Rhodresu, v. to swagger Rhodreswr, n. a boaster, a swaggerer Rhodwedd, n. an orbit, a course Rhodwydd, n. an open course Rhodd, n. a gift, a present Rhoddedigaeth, n. a donation Rhoddi, v. to give, to bestow Rhoddiannol, a. donative Rhoddiant, n. a donation Rhoddol, a. giving, bestowing Rhoddwyr, n. a giver, a bestower Rhogl, n. scent, odour, smell Rhoi, v. to give to bestow Rhol, n. a roll, a cylinder Rholbren, n. a rolling-pin Rholen, n. a roll, a roller Rholiad, n. a rolling Rholian, v. to be rolling about Rholio, v. to roll or turn about Rholyn, n. a roll, a roller, a chub Rhon, n. a tail; a pike, a lance Rhonc, n. a sinking Rhonca, a. sinking Rhoncian, v. to sink, to become hollow Rhonell, n. a tail; hair of a tail Rhonellog, a. having a tail Rhonos, small broken particles Rhont, n. a frisk, to gambol Rhonta, v. to frisk, to gambol Rhonten, n. a merry frisker Rhontyn, n. a frisker Rhos, n. moist land, a moor: n. rose Rhosb, n. a whim, a trick; a doggerel Rhosbai, n. a doggerel rhymster Rhosdir, n. fenny ground Rhoslyd, a. fenny, marshy Rhost, a. dried, browned, over roasted Rhostio, v. to brown over, to roast Rhostog, n. the plover Rhoth, a. loose; hollow Rhu, n. a loud utterance, a roar Rhuad, n. a roaring; loquacity Rhuadol, a. roaring Rhuadu, v. to make a roaring Rhaudwy, a. roaring Rhuch, n. a film; a husk Rhuchion, n. husks Rhuchioni, v. to clear of husks Rhuchionyn, n. a husk; a film Rhud, n. a cast or drive forward Rhudd, a. ruddy hue, crimson: a. ruddy, crimson; callow Rhuddain, a. crimson Rhuddo, v. to make crimson Rhuddog, n. the redbreast Rhudded, n. a red streak; a path Rhuddel, n. a ruddy hue; a glow Rhuddeli, n. a red slave Rhuddell, n. ruddle, red ochre to mark sheep Rhuddellen, n. one of a ruddy hue Rhuddellu, v. to stain with crimson Rhuddem, n. a ruby Rhudden, n. a red streak Rhuddfa, Rhuddfan, n. parched spot Rhuddfelyn, n. orange yellow Rhuddgoch, a. pink red Rhuddiad, n. a turning to crimson Rhuddin, n. heart of timber Rhuddion, n. husks Rhuddlas, a. crimson blue Ruddlwyd, a. russet colour Rhuddos, n. the marigold Rhuddwern, n. bird cherry tree Rhuddugl, n. the radish Rhuf, n. what breaks out; a flush Rhufell, n. the fish roach Rhufon, n. a reddened one; a warrior Rhug, n. what has breaks or points Rhugl, a. free, ready; fluent; rife Rhugledd, n. quick motion, fluency Rhuglen, n. a drum Rhuglgroen, n. a rattle made of dry skin with stones in it Rhugliad, n. friction; clearance Rhuglo, v. to clear, to smooth, to rub Rhull, a. rife; frank; rash; hasty Rhum, n. what projects or swells Rhumen, n. a paunch Rhumog, a. rotund: n. paunch Rhumwth, n. a greedy-gut Rhun, n. a lavish one Rhuo, v. to roar; to talk Rhuol, a. roaring, loquacious Rhuor, a. roaring, blustering Rhus, a start, a recoil; reynard Rhuso, v. to start; to hesitate Rhusol, a. starting; hesitating Rhusgar, a. apt to start; restive Rhusiad, n. a starting from Rhuth, n. breaking out or from Rhuthr, n. a gust, a rush, an assault, an attack; a good while Rhuthro, v. to rush; to assault Rhuthrol, a. rushing; assailing Rhuthriad, n. a rushing on Rhuwch, n. exterior coat; a rug Rhuwchen, n. a rough coat; a rug Rhwb, n. a rub, a chafe Rhwbiad, n. rubbing; friction Rhwbio, v. to rub, to chafe Rhwch, n. what is rough; a grunt Rhwchiad, n. a grunting Rhwchial, n. a shrill grunting Rhwchiala, v. to grunt Rhwchiawl, a. grunting Rhwchws, n. a ray, a skate Rhwd, n. sediment; smut; rust Rhwdog, a. covered with rust Rhwf, n. what swells or puffs out Rhwg, n. what projects; a ruff Rhwgn, n. a rub, a friction Rhwng, n. an intermediacy Rhwmp, n. a borer, an anger Rhwn, what covers over Rhwnc, n. snore; rattle Rhwnciad, n. a rattling, guggling Rhwncian, v. to rattle, to guggle Rhwnen, n. a single pear Rhwnsi, n. a rough coated horse Rhwnt, n. what covers over Rhwnyn, n. pears Rhws, n. cultivated region Rhwtio, v. to corrode; to fret Rhwtion, n. dregs Rhwtioni, v. to produce dregs Rhwtws, n. broken parts; dregs Rhwth, a. wide, gaping, yawing Rhwy, n. excess, superfluity Rhywol, a. excessive superfluity Rhwych, n. whaf extends Rhwyd, n. a net, a snare Rhwyden, n. a small net; a caul Rhwydiad, n. a reticulation Rhwydo, v. to net, to ensnare Rhwydog, a. reticulated, netted Rhwydd, a. free, easy, tolerable Rhwyddâd, n. a making easy Rhwyddâu, v. to facilitate Rhwydd-deb, n. facility; success Rhwyddineb, n. easy, free state Rhwyddoli, v. to facilitate Rhwyddyni, v. to facilitate Rhwyf, n. what impels; ambition; a ruler; an oar Rhwyfadain, n. a directing fin Rhwyfadur, n. a swayer Rhwyfain, v. to be swaying Rhwyfan, n. impulse; sway: v. to sway; to lead Rhwyfaniad, n. domination Rhwyfanu, v. to dominate Rhwyfanus, a. imperious Rhwyfiad, n. a swaying; a rowing Rhwyfiant, n. domination Rhwyfo, v. to sway; to row Rhwyfol, a. swaying; rowing Rhwyfolaeth, n. dictatorship Rhwyfoldeb, n. a state of sway Rhwyfus, apt to sway; haughty Rhwyg, n. a rent, a rupture Rhwygo, v. to rend, to tear Rhwygol, a. rending tearing Rhwyll, n. a ring-fence; a paddock: n. an interstice, fret work; a casement Rhwyllo, v. to form insterstices Rhwyllog, a. fretted; cross-barred; grated Rhwym, n. a bond, a tie: a. bound, tied, fastened Rhwymedigaeth, n. restriction Rhwymedigol, a. restrictive Rhwymtdd, n. restraint; bondage Rhwymiad, n. a binding, a tying Rhwymiant, n. restriction Rhwymo, v. to bind, to tie Rhwymyn, n. a band: a swathe Rhwymynu, v. to swaddle Rhwyn, n. a wind, a twist Rhwyno, v. to bind, to tie Rhwyoli, v. to render excessive Rhwys, n. vigour; wantonness; luxurance Rhwysedd, n. vigourousness Rhwysg, n. a carreer; sway Rhwysglo, v. to run headlong Rhwysglyd, a. froward, restive Rhwysgol, a. swaying; risking Rhwysiad, n. invigoration Rhwysog, a. vigorous, luxuriant Rhwysol, a. invigorating Rhwysogi, v. to luxuriate Rhwysoldeb, n. vigour Rhwysoli, v. to invigorate Rhwystr, n. hinderance; let Rhwystredig, a. hindering Rhwystri, n. hindrance; let Rhwystro, to hinder, to obstruct Rhwystrusi, n. hindrance Rhwyth, n. what pervades; juice Rhwytho, v. to pervade, to ooze Rhy, n. excess, superfluity Rhyado, v. to leave utterly Rhyaddo, v. to promise overmuch Rhyal, n. a procreation Rhybarch, n. extreme regard Rhybed, n. a clinched state Rhybediad, n. a clinching Rhyborthi, v. to support fully Rhybrynu, v. to purchase fully Rhybuch, n. earnest longing Rhybudd, n. notice, warning Rhybuddio, v. to give notice Rhybuddiol, a. warning Rhyburo, v. to purify fully Rhybwyso, v. to over-weigh Rhybwyth, n. a retort; over-play Rhych, n. a trench, a furrow Rhychio, Rhychu, v. to trench, to furrow Rhychwant, n. a span length Rhychwantu, v. to span Rhychware, n. excess of play Rhyd, n. a course; a ford Rhydaf, n. an overspreading Rhydain, n. a young deer, a fawn Rhydalu, v. to over-pay Rhydanu, v. to spread greatly Rhydarf, n. excessive rout Rhydeddu, v. to render supreme Rhyderig, a. barren, as to breeding Rhydgoch, a. of a russet colour Rhydio, v. to ford, to pass Rhydle, n. a fording place Rhydlyd, a. apt to rust, rusty Rhydni, n. rustiness, rust Rhydöi, v. to overspread Rhydollt, n. sawdust Rhydres, n. arrogance Rhydresol, a. supercilious Rhydu, v. to rust, to grow rusty Rhydweli, n. an artery Rhydwf, n. exuberance Rhydwng, n. an anathema Rhydyllu, v. to perforate Rhydyn, a. overstrained Rhydd, n. liberty, freedom: a. at large; free; liberal Rhyddâd, n. a liberating Rhyddadlu, v. to dispute overmuch Rhyddail, n. second leaves Rhyddaol, a. loosening, freeing Rhyddâu, v. to free, to liberate Rhydd-did, Rhyddid, n. liberty Rhydderchafu, v. to over exalt Rhyddewyllys, n. freewill Rhyddiaith, n. free language; prose Rhyddiant, n. relaxation liberation Rhyddineb, n. freedom, facility Rhyddogni, v. to over-supply Rhyddonio, v. to gift greatly Rhyddrent, n. gavelkind Rhyerchi, v. to ask earnestly Rhyfion, n. currants Rhyfael, n. excessive gain Rhyfai, n. an extreme fault Rhyfail, n. a prepossession Rhyfaint, n. an excess Rhyfalu, v. to grind extremely Rhyfanu, v. to impress Rhyfarnu, v. to pre-judge Rhyfawrth, n. March wind Rhyfedd, a. surprising, wonderful Rhyfeddod, n. a surprise, a wonder Rhyfeddol, a. surprising, wonderful Rhyfeddu, v. to wonder, to be surprised Rhyfel, n. war, warfare Rhyfela, v. to wage war, to war Rhyfelog, a. belligerent.
— from A Pocket Dictionary: Welsh-English by William Richards

This band, in 1840, as denoted by the annuity pay rolls, numbered 193; of whom, 33 were men, 54 women, and 106 children.
— from The Indian in his Wigwam; Or, Characteristics of the Red Race of America From Original Notes and Manuscripts by Henry Rowe Schoolcraft

This statement alone is no inadequate illustration of the character of John Jay's paternal grandfather; sagacity, enterprise, and application, are qualities we may justly infer from [Pg 344] commercial success; and when the fruits thereof were, in no small degree, sacrificed by adherence to a proscribed religion, no ordinary degree of moral courage and pure integrity must have been united to prudential industry.
— from The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 3, September 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy by Various

Lord ---, the unpopular Tory minister, was once chased through the streets of London by a mob, and, being in danger of his life, took shelter in the shop of a Whig linen-draper, declaring his own unpopular name, and appealing to the linen-draper’s feelings page 571 p. 571 of hospitality; whereupon the linen-draper, utterly forgetful of all party rancour, nobly responded to the appeal, and telling his wife to conduct his lordship upstairs, jumped over the counter, with his ell in his hand, and placing himself with half a dozen of his assistants at the door of his boutique, manfully confronted the mob, telling them that he would allow himself to be torn to a thousand pieces ere he would permit them to injure a hair of his lordship’s head: what do you think of that?’
— from Lavengro: The Scholar, The Gypsy, The Priest by George Borrow

But for the boundaries prescribed by the Treaty of Utrecht (viz. those limited by Cape Bonavista and Point Riche) new boundaries were substituted, viz., those limited by Cape St. John round by the north to Cape Ray.
— from The Story of Newfoundland by Birkenhead, Frederick Edwin Smith, Earl of

he started: "The boy stood on the burning deck"--then he had to stop, for Mr. Stuck-up, the Turkey, was taking his afternoon parade right near him.
— from Half-Past Seven Stories by Robert Gordon Anderson

For nearly three years Lady Caroline lived in our house—if that miserable existence of hers could be called living—bedridden, fallen into second childhood: "Pleased with a rattle, tickled with a straw;" oblivious to both past and present, recognising none of us, and taking no notice of anybody, except now and then of Edwin's little daughter, baby Louise.
— from John Halifax, Gentleman by Dinah Maria Mulock Craik

"True honest people," says Nicole after Pascal, "require no sign.
— from The Ancient Regime by Hippolyte Taine

Birth rate: NA births/1,000 population Death rate: NA deaths/1,000 population Net migration rate: NA migrant(s)/1,000 population Sex ratio: NA male(s)/female 15-64 years: NA male(s)/female Infant mortality rate: NA deaths/1,000 live births Life expectancy at birth: total population: NA years female: NA years male: NA years Total fertility rate: NA children born/woman HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: NA% HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: NA HIV/AIDS - deaths: NA Nationality: noun: Norfolk Islander(s) adjective: Norfolk Islander(s) Ethnic groups: descendants of the Bounty mutineers, Australian, New Zealander, Polynesians Religions: Anglican 37.4%, Uniting Church in Australia 14.5%, Roman Catholic 11.5%, Seventh-Day Adventist 3.1%, none 12.2%, unknown 17.4%, other 3.9% (1996) Languages: English (official), Norfolk a mixture of 18th century English and ancient Tahitian Literacy: NA Government Norfolk Island Country name: conventional long form: Territory of Norfolk Island conventional short form: Norfolk Island Dependency status: territory of Australia; Canberra administers Commonwealth responsibilities on Norfolk Island through the Department of Environment, Sport, and Territories Government type: NA Capital: Kingston Administrative divisions: none (territory of Australia) Independence: none (territory of Australia) National holiday: Pitcairners Arrival Day, 8 June (1856) Constitution: Norfolk Island Act of 1979 Legal system: based on the laws of Australia, local ordinances and acts; English common law applies in matters not covered by either Australian or Norfolk Island law Suffrage: 18 years of age; universal Executive branch: chief of state:
— from The 2002 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

Total fertility rate: 3.53 children born/woman (2006 est.) HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: NA HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: NA HIV/AIDS - deaths: NA Nationality: noun: Timorese adjective: Timorese Ethnic groups: Austronesian (Malayo-Polynesian), Papuan, small Chinese minority Religions: Roman Catholic 98%, Muslim 1%, Protestant 1% (2005) Languages: Tetum (official), Portuguese (official), Indonesian, English note: there are about 16 indigenous languages; Tetum, Galole, Mambae, and Kemak are spoken by significant numbers of people Literacy: definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 58.6% male: NA% female: NA% (2002) Government East Timor Country name: conventional long form: Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste conventional short form: East Timor local long form: Republika Demokratika Timor Lorosa'e
— from The 2007 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency