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Petition

the Crown or either House of Parliament for alteration of matters in Church or State, without the previous approval of the contents by three justices or the majority of a grand jury, and further, that no petition

dissent

dissent 1 : to withhold assent or approval [unfair squeezeout transactions-the kind to which public shareholders seem most likely to "R. C. Clark"] see also appraisal

Poor Prisoners, Defence of

at the trial. Rules for carrying the act into effect may be made by the Attorney-General, with the approval of the Lord Chancellor and a Secretary of State, and regula-tions as to scales of payment may be

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agree

on a verdict "New York Law Journal"] 2 : to indicate willingness or acceptance : give assent or approval [agreeing to this proposal]

Milk Marketing Board

in the Agricultural Marketing Act, 1931 (21 & 22 Geo. 5, c. 42), (English) s. 1, and was approved on 28th July, 1933, by the (English) Milk Marketing Scheme (Approval) Order, S.R. & O. 1933, No. 789.

plea bargain

the prosecutor in a criminal case work out a mutually satisfactory disposition of the case subject to court approval. It usually involves the defendant's pleading guilty to a lesser offense or to only one or some of

Enactment

The passing of a bill into a law the giving of legislative sanction and executive approval to a bill whereby it is established as a law

vote

of opinion or will in response to a proposed decision ;esp : one given as an indication of approval or disapproval of a proposal, motion, or candidate for office b : the total number of such votes

subscribe

been subscribed] vi 1 : to sign one's name to a document ;also : to give consent or approval by signing one's name 2 : to agree to purchase and pay for securities esp. of a new

subdivision

subdivision 1 : an act or instance of subdividing [obtain approval of his of the land] 2 : a tract of land subdivided into lots [to provide streets and

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