The balance of power between the Federal government. When we think of a âbalance of powerâ we think of a weighing of interests between two entities, in this case the federal and state governments of the United States, both of which have vested interests in the powers which control and shape the nation.
The surname Webb was first found in Wiltshire where they held a family seat anciently from about the time of the Norman Conquest in 1066. This name is confined south of a line drawn from the Wash to the Dee.
This most interesting surname is of Old Scandinavian and Anglo-Saxon origin, and has two possible interpretations. Firstly, it may be of topographical origin for a dweller by the thorn-bush(es), from the Old Norse, Olde English thorn, a thorn-bush or hedge, with the suffix -s, of that place.he first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of William Thorn, which was dated 1206, in the Curia Regis Rolls of Sussex, during the reign of King John, known as Lackland, 1199 - 1216. Surnames became necessary when governments introduced personal taxation. In England this was known as Poll Tax.