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Crystallology

The science of the crystalline structure of inorganic bodies

Deadhouse

A morgue a place for the temporary reception and exposure of dead bodies

Chylifaction

The act or process by which chyle is formed from food in animal bodies chylification a digestive process

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Chemolysis

A term sometimes applied to the decomposition of organic substance into more simple bodies by the use of chemical agents alone

Detritus

A mass of substances worn off from solid bodies by attrition and reduced to small portions as diluvial detritus

Brad

of a head also a small wire nail with a flat circular head sometimes a small tapering square bodied finishing nail with a countersunk head

Commonwealth Court

Commonwealth Court : a court in Pennsylvania that hears cases involving administrative agencies or other governmental bodies

jurisdiction

NOTE: Jurisdiction determines which court system should properly adjudicate a case. Questions of jurisdiction also arise regarding quasi-judicial bodies (as administrative agencies) in their decision-making capacities. ancillary jurisdiction : jurisdiction giving a court the power to adjudicate

land

land 1 : an area of the earth usually inclusive of improvements, bodies of water, and natural or man-made objects and extending indefinitely upward and downward compare air right 2 :

morgue

morgue : a place where the bodies of persons found dead are kept until identified and claimed by relatives or released for burial or autopsy

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