Witherspoon (surname)
Witherspoon ( ) is a Scottish surname, deriving from the elements ''wether'', an archaic name for 'sheep' and ''spang'', which means 'a narrow strip of land'. The name is found in the county of Lanarkshire.
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John Witherspoon College
John Witherspoon College is a non-denominational Christian liberal arts college in Rapid City, South Dakota. The college was founded in 2012 and named after the pastor, scholar and American Founding Father John Witherspoon. The college was crea ...
, a non-denominational Christian liberal arts college in Rapid City, South Dakota
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Witherspoon Cottage
Witherspoon Cottage is a historic cure cottage in Saranac Lake, Franklin County, New York. It was built about 1910 as a boarding house and is a -story, square frame dwelling in the Queen Anne style. The gable roof has hipped roof dormers. It ...
, a historic cure cottage located at Saranac Lake, New York
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Witherspoon Building
Witherspoon Building is a historic office building located in the Market East neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was designed by architect Joseph M. Huston (1866–1940) and built between 1895 and 1897. It was built for the Presbyteri ...
, a historic office building located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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Witherspoon-Hunter House
Witherspoon-Hunter House is a historic home located at York, York County, South Carolina. It was built about 1825, and consists of a two-story, front section covered by a gable roof, with a one-story L-shaped rear annex. The house is of frame co ...
, a historic home located at York, York County, South Carolina
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Witherspoon Institute
The Witherspoon Institute is a conservative think tank in Princeton, New Jersey. The Institute was founded in 2003 by Princeton University professor and conservative Robert P. George, Luis Tellez, and others involved with the James Madison Progr ...
Witherspoon v. Illinois
''Witherspoon v. Illinois'', 391 U.S. 510 (1968), was a U.S. Supreme Court case where the court ruled that a state statute providing the state unlimited challenge for cause of jurors who might have any objection to the death penalty gave too much ...
'', 391 U.S. 510 (1968), U.S. Supreme Court case regarding selection of jurors in capital cases
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Witherspoon questions
A death-qualified jury is a jury in a criminal law case in the United States in which the death penalty is a prospective sentence. Such a jury will be composed of jurors who:
#Are not categorically opposed to the imposition of capital punishment;
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, questions asked of prospective jurors in capital cases in the United States about their views regarding capital punishment
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Witherspoon Street School for Colored Children
The Witherspoon Street School for Colored Children educated the African-American children of Princeton, New Jersey from 1858 until the Princeton Public Schools were integrated in 1948. The school was originally located at the building still stan ...
, a former school in Princeton, New Jersey
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The Curious Case of Edgar Witherspoon
''The Twilight Zone'' (1985) is the first of three revivals of Rod Serling's acclaimed 1959–64 television series of the same name. It ran for two seasons on CBS before producing a final season for syndication.
The show was narrated by Charles ...
", the first episode of the third season (1988–89) of the television series ''The Twilight Zone''
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Miss Witherspoon
''Miss Witherspoon'' is a play written by Christopher Durang. It was one of three finalists for the 2006 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. The play, a black comedy, was named one of the Ten Best Plays of 2005 by ''Time Magazine'' and '' Newsday''.
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'', a play written in 2005 by Christopher Durang
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Weatherspoon Weatherspoon is a surname that may refer to:
* Cephus Weatherspoon (born 1948), American football player
* Chuck Weatherspoon (born 1968), American football player
* Clarence Weatherspoon (born 1970), American basketball player
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Wetherspoons
J D Wetherspoon plc (branded variously as Wetherspoon or Wetherspoons, and colloquially known as Spoons) is a pub company operating in the United Kingdom and Ireland. The company was founded in 1979 by Tim Martin and is based in Watford. It op ...
, a pub company in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland
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Wotherspoon
Wotherspoon is a surname first recorded in the 13th century with its origins in England and Scotland.
History
The history of the surname Wotherspoon reveals a divergent roster of spellings over the centuries. Today only a handful of variants sur ...