A country's gross government debt (also called public debt, or sovereign debt) is the financial liabilities of the government sector.: 81  Changes in government debt over time reflect primarily borrowing due to past government deficits. A deficit occurs when a government's expenditures exceed revenues.: 79–82  Government debt may be owed to domestic residents, as well as to foreign residents. If owed to foreign residents, that quantity is included in the country's external debt.In 2020, the value of government debt worldwide was $87.4 US trillion, or 99% measured as a share of GDP. Government...

In the Russian political lexicon, a silovik (Russian: силови́к, IPA: [sʲɪlɐˈvʲik]; plural: siloviki, Russian: силовики́, IPA: [sʲɪləvʲɪˈkʲi], lit. force men) is a politician who came into politics from the security, military, or similar services, often the officers of the former KGB, GRU, FSB, SVR, FSO, the Federal Drug Control Service, or other armed services who came into power. A similar term is "securocrat" (law enforcement and intelligence officer). Siloviki is also used as a collective noun to designate all troops and officers of all law enforcement agencies of Russia or Belarus, not ...

Slivovitz, slivovitza, slivovitsa, sliboviță, šljivovica, śliwowica, Schlivowitz, slivovice, slivovica or slivovka is a fruit spirit (or fruit brandy) made from damson plums, often referred to as plum spirit (or plum brandy). Slivovitz is produced in Central, Eastern and Southern Europe, both commercially and privately. Primary producers include Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Italy, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Greece, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia and Ukraine. In the Balkans, slivovitz is considered a kind of rakia. In Central Europe it is considered a kind of pálinka...

Empress Dowager Cixi (Chinese: 慈禧太后; pinyin: Cíxǐ Tàihòu [tsʰɨ̌.ɕì tʰâi.xôu]; Manchu: Tsysi taiheo; formerly romanised as Empress Dowager T'zu-hsi; 29 November 1835 – 15 November 1908), of the Manchu Yehe Nara clan, was a Chinese noblewoman, concubine and later regent who effectively controlled the Chinese government in the late Qing dynasty for 47 years, from 1861 until her death in 1908. Selected as a concubine of the Xianfeng Emperor in her adolescence, she gave birth to a son, Zaichun, in 1856. After the Xianfeng Emperor's death in 1861, the young boy became the Tongzhi Emperor, and she...

== Latin == === Alternative forms === quam diū bene sē gesserint quamdiū sē bene gesserit (singular) === Phrase === quamdiū sē bene gesserint (Medieval Latin) (England, law, of an office) Held as long as the officeholder does not abuse the post (literally: “As long as they behave well”). ==== Related terms ==== dūrante benēplacitō === References === Jonathan Law and Elizabeth A. Martin (2014), “quamdiu se bene gesserint”, in A Dictionary of Law, 7th edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN