Definition of double standard. 1  1 : bimetallism. 2  2 : a set of principles that applies differently and usually more rigorously to one group of people or circumstances than to another; especially : a code of morals that applies more severe standards of sexual behavior to women than to men.
Schoharie County property sale set for May 17. 5/6/2014. By Jim Poole. Wooded acreage, waterfront, spectacular views, a few homes and a couple of commercial properties--all will be on sale next Saturday, May 17. That's the date of Schoharie County's property auction. It starts at 10am at the county office building in Schoharie.
1680 -- The Virginia House of Burgesses orders each Virginia county to purchase 50 acres of land, to be laid out for a. town and storehouses. By an Act of Assembly the purchase of 50 acres was authorized for the Town of Norfolk, the. purchase price being 10,000 pounds of tobacco.