"The amount," said the Justice, "is not unreasonable.Ransie Bilbro, you are ordered by the Court to pay the amount of five dollars before the decree of divorce is issued."

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We call them consols because, in the early 1700s, the British Government issued what they called consols or consolidated debt of the British Crown that paid a certain amount of pound sterling every six months forever.

我们称之为公债是因为早在十八世纪初,英国政府规定他们称之为英国皇家,统合公债或者联合公债,要求永久性地,每六个月支付一定数量的英镑

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