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ramage

[ ram-ij ]

noun

Anthropology.
  1. a descent group composed of individuals descended from one ancestor through any combination of male and female links.


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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of ramage1

1610–20, in sense “the branches of a tree” (1936 in this sense); < French, equivalent to ram- ( Old French ram, raim ) branch (< Latin 峾ܲ ) + -age -age
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Ramage pleaded guilty to the murder and was jailed for at least 22 years, while Hill was found guilty of the same charge by jury and received a minimum 20-year sentence at the High Court in Glasgow.

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The trial heard how Ms Turner stayed near to Ramage's lover Jason Bell, 51, at the time of the killing.

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The court heard Ramage confronted Ms Turner shortly before the killing.

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The prosecutor said Ramage had 37 previous convictions including a five-year jail-term for abduction and serious assault in 2010.

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Tony Lenehan KC, defending Ramage, said she was someone who had been "brutalised" from a previous relationship, but was "a woman capable herself of brutality".

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