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fair play and substantial justice

of fairness which a court's assertion of personal jurisdiction over a nonresident defendant must meet in order to avoid a violation of the defendant's right to due process see also minimum contacts International Shoe Co. v. Washington

freedom of speech

government restrictions based on content and subject only to reasonable limitations (as the power of the government to avoid a clear and present danger) esp. as guaranteed by the First and Fourteenth Amendments to the U.S. Constitution

Beware

be cautious to take care commonly followed by of or lest before the thing that is to be avoided

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busywork

active work of little value performed merely to occupy time avoid boredom or to look busy as while he was waiting he filled the days with busywork

Action redhibitoria

Action redhibitoria, an action instituted to avoid a sale within six months from the conclusion of the contract on account of some vice or defect

Necessary

Such as must be impossible to be otherwise not to be avoided inevitable

Inevitability

Impossibility to be avoided or shunned inevitableness

Internal combustion

water jacket water cooled or by air currents air cooled to give the maximum thermodynamic efficiency and to avoid excessive friction or seizing

isolationism

international economic and political relations specifically by not entering into alliances or other international agreements in order to avoid becoming entangled in foreign wars and to be able to devote the nations energies primarily to advancing its

VerbarLitotes

A diminution or softening of statement for the sake of avoiding censure or increasing the effect by contrast with the moderation shown in the form of expression a form

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