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will

will 1 : the desire, inclination, or choice of a person or group 2 : the faculty of wishing, choosing, desiring, or intending 3 : a legal declaration of a person's wishes regarding the disposal of...

white-collar crime

white-collar crime : crime that is committed by salaried professional workers or persons in business and that usually involves a form of financial theft or

warrant

a sheriff) to perform a specified act required for the administration of justice [a of arrest] [by of commitment] administrative warrant : a warrant (as for an administrative search) issued by a judge upon application of an

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war criminal

war criminal : an individual who has committed a war crime

war crime

war crime : an act committed usually during an international war for which individual criminal liability will be imposed by a domestic or international

waiver

waiver [Anglo-French, from waiver to waive] : the act of intentionally or knowingly relinquishing or abandoning a known right, claim, or privilege ;also : the legal instrument evidencing such an act compare estoppel, forfeiture NOTE: Acts...

marriage

marriage 1 : the state of being united to a person of the opposite sex as husband or wife in a legal, consensual, and contractual relationship recognized and sanctioned by and dissolvable only by law see...

beneficiary

beneficiary pl: -ries : a person or entity (as a charity or estate) that receives a benefit from something: as a : the person or entity named or otherwise entitled to receive the principal or income...

loan or credit agreement

the promissory note, security agreement, or mortgage. Common provisions in a loan agreement include provisions regarding the lender's commitment to lend, repayment and note terms, things that must happen before the lender is obligated to advance funds,

co-felon

co-felon : one who commits a felony with another

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