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 Halifax.Halifax Law. 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Halifax (in Nova Scotia).
 
So called by the Hon. Edward Cornwallis, the governor, in compliment to his patron, the Earl of Halifax (1749).   1
 


 Halifax.Halifax Law. 

 
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